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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Press Play with journalist Yawu Miller and GBH’s Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with Venezuelan piano phenom Leo Blanco
Former U.S. China Ambassador Nicholas Burns
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
Recent segments
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Author And Self-Described Vagrant Sebastian Junger Talks 'Freedom' In Conversation About New Book
The journalist, filmmaker, and "Perfect Storm" author's latest book centers on the concept of freedom, and his time traversing hundreds of miles along Pennsylvania train tracks. -
Brattle Theatre Executive Director: Outpouring Of Community Support Was Like 'It's A Wonderful Life'
Ned Hinkle and Ivy Moylan joined Boston Public Radio to talk about making it through COVID-19 and the programming they have scheduled for the year ahead. -
Revs Call Winthrop Shooting An Example Of 'Whitelash'
"There's still a sense to normalize him [the shooter], and make him whole, even when he's done such a despicable act," said Rev. Emmett G. Price III. -
Senate President Spilka: Baker's Two-Month Tax Holiday 'Probably' Not Happening
"We probably will defer to take up the Governor's bill on the two-month" proposal, Senate President Spilka says. -
'We Should Be Making Strategic Investments': Democratic Gov Hopeful Danielle Allen Pans Baker's Sales Tax Holiday Pitch
Allen also backed mandatory vaccinations for some public-facing state employees. -
'No Logical Reason' Why Line 3 Pipeline Should Be Expanded, Says Bill McKibben
President Biden is being criticized for not taking action against the Line 3 pipeline.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 7/24: Genocide Scholar On Gaza & GBH CEO On Rescission
Today:Omer Bartov is the Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He joins us to discuss his view that Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza constitute genocide.Then GBH CEO Susan Goldberg stops by studio 3 to update us on the impacts of losing federal funding. -
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Best Of BPR 7/23: Fired Market Basket Execs Allege Hostile Takeover & La Saison's Road From Tehran To Boston
Today:Market Basket executives Tom Gordon and Joe Schmidt join Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to discuss their firings, in the wake of speaking out against the company's latest. And, husband-and-wife owners of La Saison bakery, Soheil Fathi & Sarah Moridpour discuss their journey from Tehran to the Boston area. -
BPR Full Show 7/23: Have We No Shame?
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the Labubu craze and 200 years of American Art on display at the PEM.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Israel's expanded attacks in central Gaza, the growing daily deaths at food and humanitarian sites operated by the IDF, and France's media organization calling for the removal of its freelancers who remain in Gaza, citing starvation.Market Basket employees -- Joe Schmidt and Tom Gordon -- were fired hours after Schmidt appeared on our show yesterday. We check back in with them on the latest in the Market Basket family feud. Ariel Foxman is the VP of brand and experience for the Boston Seaport and Brandon Cardet-Hernandez is a Boston School Committee and member of the Mass council for Latino Empowerment. They are married, and join for our "How Do You Two Know Each Other?" segment.Soheil Fathi and Sarah Moridpour of La Saison Bakery join to discuss their journey from Tehran to Boston. -
Best Of BPR 7/22: The Garden Lady On GBH & Suspended Market Basket Supervisors Speak Out
Today:“The Garden Lady” herself, C.L. Fornari, joins to discuss her program on GBH and CAI.And, Joe Schmidt and Paul Quigley have each worked at Market Basket for decades; they're currently suspended in the wake of turmoil in the board room over leadership at the company. They join to discuss.