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Coming up Monday on BPR:
UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, Imran Riza
Former education secretary for Massachusetts Paul Reville
Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory
NEPM’s Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith, hosts of The Fabulous 4-1-3
Recent segments
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Former Suffolk County Sheriff Cabral On Impeachment: I Have Never Seen A Case 'Put Together As Well' As House Impeachment Managers
Cabral said it was "indisputable" that Trump incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol but acknowledged that the former president will likely be acquitted. -
Lincoln Project Co-Founder On Why She Left The Organization — And The Republican Party
"It's outrageous there are Republican senators who have already decided they will not convict," Jennifer Horn said. -
'You Are Either A Patriot Or A Traitor,' Rep. Pressley Says
Pressley called on senators to convict Trump during the impeachment trial and said that to not speak out is to be complicit in his actions. -
Harvard's Danielle Allen On The 'Re-Knitting' Of America: 'We Don't Have An Alternative But To Put In The Work'
A scholar of democracy, Allen also spoke about her potential run for governor of Massachusetts in 2022. -
Former U.S. Sen. Flake Would 'Likely Vote To Convict' Trump For Inciting Insurrection
"The only way forward for Republicans" is to denounce Trumpism, Flake said. -
Expecting The Expected At This Week's Senate Impeachment Trial? Constitutional Law Expert Laurence Tribe Thinks You're 'Dead Wrong'
The Harvard Law professor emeritus predicted that this week's impeachment hearings will be "spell-binding" and "terrifying" enough to sway a handful of pro-Trump senators.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/04: "A Heavier Silence" For Palestinians This Eid & Local Aid Groups Supporting Ukrainians
Today:Ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice holiday, we talk with the Palestinian owners of two local bakeries: Abdulla Awad of Yafa Bakery in Somerville and Sami Herbawi of Andala Coffee House in Cambridge. And, we talk with two the leaders of two New Hampshire-based aid groups for Ukraine: Alan Himmer of the Ukraine Crisis Aid Group, and Susan Mathison of the New Hampshire-based Common Man for Ukraine. -
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Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks
Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 year old.Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, former president of Emerson College, discusses the state of higher education. -
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BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.
We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE.Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the state of police reform five years after George Floyd's murder and why state Democrats are warning of harm to the health care system under Trump's budget proposal.UN humanitarian aid worker Olga Cherevko zooms in to discuss the latest conditions in Gaza.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung continues our Market Basket coverage and gets into the finances behind the Boston mayoral race.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA failing to publicize a major e. coli outbreak and a wine critic's dispatch from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.