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Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Economic scholar & author Chuck Collins
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston School Committee member Brendan Cardet Hernandez
We will be back at the BPL Studio as soon as we make some updates to the space. We will keep you posted
Recent segments
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                    Rep. Ayanna Pressley Calls On 'All State Legislators To Strike Down' Baker Amendments To Police Reform BillPressley said the Massachusetts compromise police reform bill represented modest policy proposals given the "depth of hurt" caused by generations of brutality by police.
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                    Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins Hints At Massachusetts U.S. Attorney JobRollins said she has been approached about her interest in the U.S. attorney post currently held by Andrew Lelling.
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                    Cassellius Hopes To Have All High-Priority Students Back In Classrooms 'After The Winter Break'Boston schools will first bring 1,700 more students back to the classroom next week.
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                    The Revs Weigh In On Supreme Court's Ruling On Religious GatheringsThe “All Rev’d Up” hosts said that regardless of political affinity, everyone ought to be on the side of saving lives.
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                    Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky: 'I Cannot Wrap My Brain Around The Decision Not To Scale Back' As COVID-19 Cases RiseOpen schools safely and cut back on everything else, Pinsky argues.
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                    Walsh: Beacon Hill's Police Reform Won't Fundamentally Change Boston Police PracticesWalsh claimed that city has already enacted reforms the state has not yet finalized.
Listen to previous shows
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                      BPR Full Show 11/15/19: Marie Yovanovitch TestifiesToday on Boston Public Radio: We aired live audio from Friday's impeachment testimony, and opened our lines to hear impressions from callers.
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                      BPR Full Show 11/14/19: Joan Baez Commemorates 60 Years of Club PassimToday on Boston Public Radio: MSNBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed Wednesday’s impeachment hearing, and the addition of Deval Patrick to the 2020 presidential race. We opened our lines to callers to hear your thoughts on Wednesday’s impeachment hearing. Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral discussed efforts to save Rodney Reed, a Texas man currently facing the death penalty. Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigrant Forum, discussed the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on DACA, and its potential implications for the Trump presidency. Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick phoned in to discuss his newly announced campaign for president. Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, spoke about gun violence in the shadow of Wednesday’s shooting at a Santa Clarita high school, as well as the looming $100,000 per year cost of college tuition. Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn discussed the failures of leadership at Boeing in the wake of a botched apology from the company’s CEO over malware that caused two plane crashes. Activist and folk singer Joan Baez, alongside Betsy Siggins, co-founder of Cambridge’s Club Passim, discussed the singer's career and the legacy of the famed folk venue on the eve of its 60th anniversary concert.
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                      BPR Full Show 11/13/19: Bill Taylor and George Kent TestifyToday on Boston Public Radio: We aired live audio from Wednesday's public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry.
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                      BPR Full Show 11/12/19: 2020 Presidential Candidate Steve BullockToday on Boston Public Radio: We opened the lines to hear your thoughts on a potential 2020 presidential run by former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. Montana Governor Steve Bullock discussed his own 2020 run, and his views on the future of the Democratic Party. Former Secretary of Transportation James Aloisi and Chris Dempsey, Director of Transportation for Massachusetts, discussed mishaps on MBTA shuttle buses, and the ongoing debate over how aggressively to invest in Massachusetts transportation. Food writer Corby Kummer spoke about a surge of baguette vending machines in France, and a new study decrying the rise of hyper-palatable foods in the U.S. NBC Sports Boston Reporter Trenni Kusnierek discussed the New York Times opinion piece by runner Mary Cain, and the firing of former Bruins coach Bob Cherry from “Hockey Night” following his anti-immigrant comments. CNN’s John King broke down what to expect from the upcoming public impeachment hearings. Actor Marika Aubrey spoke about the musical “Come From Away,” which is playing at the Citizens Bank Opera House through November 17.
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                      Corby Kummer: The Modern World Is 'Not Good To Artisan Bakeries'Hold tight to your baguettes - the French countryside is beginning to lose many of its bakeries. Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio *on Tuesday to speak about why modern day consumerism is driving the death of rural bakeries and what this poses for communal camaraderie. "It's why we go to France - for the village bakery in every town," Kummer said. "We want it to be charming when we go to France but [the French] are living in the modern world, and the modern world is not good to artisan bakeries." The increased demand for instant delivery and detached shopping experiences is leading to the closure of many small town bakeries, Kummer said. "People are following the method of ordering Amazon delivery and going to malls because they want convenience - it's happening everywhere." The closing of bakeries also ends the breaking-of-bread camaraderie that community members share, Kummer added. "The bakery, in many of these villages, was the last place you could meet people - it's just a natural mingling place and community organizer as opposed to self-service super markets where you don't really talk to people," he said. "Mayors and various villagers have been trying to reconstitute these [bakeries] because they want a center when they see people in line and meet other villagers." *Kummer is a *senior editor at The Atlantic*, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
