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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Brandeis University President Arthur Levine about his new book "From Upheaval to Action: What Works in Changing Higher Ed,”
Summer camp segment with Jeanne Sherlock from Metro West YMCA and Chris Smith from After School and Beyond
The Ellie Fund's executive director Meredith Mendelson
Recent segments
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Lee Pelton Says He Will Use His New Role At Boston Foundation To Address City Inequities
Pelton will begin his tenure at the philanthropic organization in June, after nearly 10 years leading Emerson College. -
The Revs Talk Biden Catholicism, Debate Praise of Faith In Politics
During the "Boston Public Radio" interview, Rev. Monroe said she worries touting the President-elect's Catholicism would create a political double-standard, calling it "a slippery slope." -
Juliette Kayyem: Expect Widespread Immunity to COVID By Summer Of 2021
The national security analyst and CNN contributor said Americans have "every reason to be happy,” even if we have to hunker down for a while longer. -
Revs: 'We Should Be Able to Tell the Truth' This Thanksgiving Season
Irene Monroe and Emmett Price talked about the whitewashed legacy of British colonists. -
AG Healey: Trump's Efforts To Subvert Michigan Election May Violate Civil Rights Laws
'We're watching very closely.' -
Andrea Cabral: Legal Efforts to Overturn 2020 Results Are 'Incredibly Dangerous'
The frequent Boston Public Radio contributor said she's confident that GOP litigation won't hold up in court, but warned that the wider effort to call election results into question may well bring "catastrophic" harm to U.S. democratic integrity.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/18: Ask The Mayor November Edition
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Best Of BPR 11/17: Rickey 'FuQuan' McGee Is Free And Advocating For Open File Discovery
Today:Rickey McGee was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of a convenience store clerk who was killed during a robbery in the Fenway. For 28 years, McGee maintained his innocence. Behind bars, he co-founded the Harriet Tubman Project in 2021, which brings together incarcerated people fighting wrongful convictions.In October he was released from prison, and thanks to McGee’s own advocacy and the Innocence Program at the Public Defender’s Office, prosecutors officially dropped the murder case after new evidence weakened the testimony of the prosecution's main witness. McGee joined Jim and Margery in Studio 3 on Monday with his partner Jacqueline Fonseca, who works for the New England Innocence Project. -
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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.
