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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Under the Radar's Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with rapper and illustrator Nick Shea
Chocolate sommelier Victoria Kichuk
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell
Recent segments
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                    Bob Thompson On HBO's 'Lovecraft Country'The new series premiered on Sunday and is already highly rated, said Thompson.
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                    Lynch Discusses The Budget Crisis At US Postal ServiceThe USPS warned 46 states that it could not guarantee all mailed-in ballots would be delivered in time to be counted for the November election.
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                    Callie Crossley On The Mispronunciation Of Kamala Harris' NamePurposely mispronouncing the vice presidential candidate's name is racist, Crossley says.
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                    Annie Copps On Home Cooking Local Cuisine During The PandemicWant to taste the flavors of Cape Cod and Maine but don't feel comfortable going out to eat? Copps has you covered.
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                    Corby Kummer: Michigan Requires Routine COVID-19 Testing For Meatpacking PlantsThe state became the first in the nation to require COVID-19 screening and testing for all employees in food processing industries.
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                    Sue O'Connell On The Neal-Morse Congressional Race ControversyThe Democratic congressional primary has been thrown into chaos with just weeks to go.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 4/25: Karen Read's Second First Week In Court & Hip Hop Leadership With Paul WillisToday:GBH’s Adam Reilly & NBC10’s Sue O’Connell are here for media analysis segment “Press Play” – The nation’s journalistic bulwark “60 Minutes” has just lost its lead producer, who quit over loss of journalistic integrity at CBS. Plus, Sue’s dispatch from the Karen Read courtroom.And, Live Music Friday with Paul Willis, a Boston-based rapper and educator who’s spent his career in nonprofits helping youth with his artistry. His latest project is “Hip Hop Leadership,” part album, part teaching curriculum.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/24: Mount Holyoke President Sees "A Positive Shift" In Higher Ed Standing Up To TrumpMount Holyoke College president Danielle Holley was an early critic of President Trump administration's encroachment into academic freedom. She discusses the growing chorus of college and university leaders standing up for their independence.And, Michael Curry of the NAACP and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, discusses the fate of Carney Hospital in Dorchester -- shuttered in the wake of the Steward Health Care scandal.
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                    BPR Full Show 4/24: Shut Up And Pack!Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA moving to ban some food dyes and RFK Jr.'s MAHA agenda. He also discusses a free grocery store in Maryland and Megan Markle’s new jelly endeavor.Danielle Holley is the President of Mount Holyoke College and joins to talk about the role of higher-ed leaders in the era of Trump 2.0. She’s been outspoken about resisting federal pressure and said she’d rather forgo federal contracts than abolish DEI practices. Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein ponders the relationship status of Paul Revere and dishes some advice for a woman whose partner likes to go on dates to Costco.The NAACP's Michael Curry joins to discuss recent headlines around healthcare & racial justice, including the latest on the Steward Healthcare case.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/23: A Joyful Revolution & Comedians In ShortsToday: Embrace Boston’s Imari Paris Jeffries and Jenee Osterheldt of the Globe’s “A Beautiful Resistance” series and Everyone 250 join ahead of a major rally happening this Saturday to protest racial injustice happening on the federal level, while also commemorating 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr. led a very similar Freedom Rally here in Boston. And, some very funny figures in Boston’s comedy world join us ahead of a show at the Regent in Arlington tonight: Tony V, Lenny Clarke, Frank Santorelli and director Jordan Tofalo join us to talk about comedy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
