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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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                    Andrea Campbell: Boston Should Start School Year Fully RemoteThe city councilor says the school district hasn't answered questions about how to equitably or safely execute a hybrid model.
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                    Trump's $400 Unemployment Aid 'Not Legal,' Says Jon GruberEconomist Jon Gruber discussed President Trump's latest executive orders amid the pandemic.
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                    Plimoth Plantation’s Richard Pickering And Kate Sheehan On The Mayflower II’s ReturnPickering and Sheehan spoke about the museum’s ongoing effort to highlight the settlers' impact on the local Wampanoag tribe.
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                    Neil Gross: Reform The Police Force With New Generation Of CopsGross wonders what would happen if more people with progressive sensibilities joined the police force.
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                    Shannon O'Brien And Michael Curry On Kamala Harris As Biden's VP PickKamala Harris, named Tuesday as Joe Biden's running mate, will be the first woman of color and the fourth woman to appear on a major-party presidential ticket.
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                    Art Caplan: Antigen Testing For COVID-19 May Be Having Its MomentAntigen tests are less accurate than others, but can be administered more often and have a faster turnaround time.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 5/01: 'This Is The Moment' To Fight For Democracy & May Day In BostonToday:Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, author of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," discusses standing against authoritarianism and confronting disinformation. Her message is clear: the future of American Democracy depends on the willingness of Americans to fight for it.And, president of American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts Jessica Tang joins to discuss today's international day of action for the labor movement, amid widespread attacks on laborers, educators, and civil society more broadly from the Trump administration.
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                    BPR Full Show 5/01: Holding The LineMaria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of the Filipino news service Rappler. In 2021 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to a free press, reporting on dictator Rodrigo Duterte. Amy Spitalnik is CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. She’ll discuss antisemitism in America and those who argue it’s being politicized by the far-right. Jessica Tang is President of AFT Massachusetts, she joins ahead of an appearance at a May Day rally on Boston Common. Jelani Cobb is Dean of the Colombia Journalism School and writer for the New Yorker. He talks about Columbia in Trump’s crosshairs and journalism’s role holding Trump 2.0 to account.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/30: 'Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages' & Even Pigeons Know The Difference Between Monet And ManetToday:Patty Talahongva discusses her new film for Frontline, documenting climate devastation in Alaska for native communities; and the cultural impacts of forced relocation, first at direct hands of the American government, and now at the hands of its inability to deal with climate change.Then, it’s our favorite Hancock NH resident, author and naturalist Sy Montgomery on boozy chimps caught on camera getting loaded off of fermented breadfruit.
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                    BPR Full Show 4/30: Trading Politics For PopcornGBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses an Edvard Munch exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum and Francis Ford Coppola at a 'Megalopolis' showing at the Coolidge Corner Theater.Patty Tahalongva is director, producer and writer of PBS Frontline's latest film "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages." She joins via zoom to discuss the film, which follows the immediate impacts of climate change on indigenous communities forced to relocate.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks about crows with math skills, booze-fueled feasts for wild chimps and the Cape Ann woodpecker.Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral on the Justice Department halting funds for victims of hate crimes and child abuse, and a new report from Harvard University report on antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/29: The Lawyers Defending American DemocracyToday:Lawyers Defending American Democracy Executive Director Lauren Stiller Rikleen and former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbargar discuss attacks on the American legal system, and what their group is doing to hold bad actors to account.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
