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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
“Ask The Governor,” with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, 11am-12pm
Live Music Friday with four time Grammy-Award Winning Bassist Oscar Stagnaro
Rebecca Winter, executive director of Mass 50501
Recent segments
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MIDA's Chef-Owner On 'Re-Engineering' Food, Reopening, And Expanding Businesses Amid COVID
Douglass Williams speaks about his restaurant, MIDA, coming out of the pandemic. -
'Are We Serious About It, Or Are We Just Talking About It?': 'All Rev'd Up' Hosts Talk Reparations For Tulsa's Black Residents
Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price III said more needs to be done to compensate victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre and their families. -
‘Astonishing’ And ‘Insane’: Former Suffolk County Sheriff Talks Division Among Senate Democrats
“It stands in the way of anything getting done,” Andrea Cabral said about weaknesses within the Democratic Party. -
Reform Advocate Makes Case Against Defunding Police, Argues For Fixing Problems From Within
Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, said the Boston Police Department needs sustained internal pressure, along with increased funding, to become the force that the city deserves. -
Boston Book Shop Owner Recounts ‘Wonderful’ Bible Eater And The Voracious Readers Who Kept His Business Afloat Through COVID-19
Ken Gloss, proprietor of Boston's Brattle Book Shop, said he wasn't sure what became of the woman who would eat pages out of the Douay-Rheims translation of the Bible. -
Embattled Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White Faces Wednesday Removal Hearing
New video affidavits from White's daughter and sister-in-law allege White's wife was the aggressor in alleged domestic violence.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/14: Trusting Media, Shelter Music And A Gator In The Charles
The Boston Globe's Nancy Barnes and Shirley Leung join for “Press Play" media analysis. The talk about AI in journalism, new polls about Americans' trust in media, and the 2025 Globe Summit. GBH's Callie Crossley discusses a bill on book banning, new lousy polling numbers for President Trump and Cheryl Hines' new memoir.Shelter Music Boston performs for Live Music Friday. They’re celebrating 15 years of performing in local homeless shelters. We talk with founder Julie Levin, founding violist Rebecca Strauss and managing director Carrie Eldridge-DicksonNBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell recaps her trip to Canada reporting on the Christmas tree cutting ceremony. Plus, SCOTUS declining to hear case to overturn same-sex marriage and an alligator in the Charles River. -
BPR Full Show 11/13: Government Shutdown Has Ended
BPR Full Show 11/13: Government Shutdown Has Ended -
BPR Full Show 11/12: Potatoes!
The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses Norman Rockwell's family speaking out against the Trump administration for warping his legacy and Serj Tankian's exhibit at the Armenian Museum in Watertown.Comedian and actor Tom Papa joins ahead of a show on his "Grateful Bread" tour.Boston Ballet executive director Ming Min Hui and artistic director Mikko Nissinen discuss their current production of 'Jewels' and their original production of The Nutcracker.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell joins remotely from Nova Scotia, where Mayor Wu has traveled to pick up Boston's Christmas tree.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on U.S. intelligence showing the Israeli military warned there was evidence of war crimes in Gaza, raising legitimate questions of American complicity if Israel faces war crimes charges. Plus, the UK pausing intelligence-sharing with the U.S. over boat strikes in the Caribbean. -
Best Of BPR 11/11: Axios' Dan Primack On All The President's Profits & Rep. Jake Auchincloss Talks Government Shutdown
Today: The Trump family is raking it in on the crypto-currency market. We talk to Axios Boston business editor Dan Primack about all the ways the Trump family is using the presidency to grow their personal wealth. Then, Congressman Jake Auchincloss discusses the government shutdown, the Democratic party's future, and Veterans Day.