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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
NBC10 Boston media maven Sue O'Connell
Ask the Governor with Maura Healey, 12-1pm
Live Music Friday: Deborah Henson-Conant
Recent segments
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The Revs Remember Civil Rights Activist Mimi Jones
Jones, who died in Roxbury on Sunday at the age of 73, was famously photographed during a protest at a motel pool in Florida. -
Drs. Joshua Budhu, Méabh O’Hare On 'Excited Delirium' And Racism In The Medical World
Budhu and O’Hare discussed their latest piece in The Washington Post, co-written alongside Dr. Altaf Saadi. -
'I May Destroy You' Is Unlike Anything Else On TV, Says Bob Thompson
The show, which is written, co-directed and acted in by Michaela Coel, grapples with sexual assault. -
Shirley Leung: Brooks Brothers Bankruptcy Affects Massachusetts Workers
Four hundred employees will be laid off with no severance, Leung said. -
Federal Agents In Portland Make The US Look 'Autocratic,' Says Charlie Sennott
The federal government's handling of protesters makes our country look like a place that limits freedom of expression, Sennott says. -
Singer-Songwriter Lori McKenna Talks “The Balladeer" and Her Love for Kitchen Conversations
The Grammy Award-winner will be performing a livestream concert on Friday evening at Club Passim.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 3/19: Pump the Brakes? Boston’s Bike Lane Dilemma
BPR Full Show 3/19: Pump the Brakes? Boston’s Bike Lane Dilemma -
Best Of BPR 3/19: Marc Dunkelman Asks 'Who Killed Progress?' & Sy Montgomery Talks Homosexual Humpbacks
Today:Marc Dunkelman argues the abject failure of progressive politics to get things done played a role in the rise of Trumpism. He joins to discuss his book “Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress – and How to Bring It Back.”And, despite their name, there’s actually very little that we know about the mating habits of the majestic humpback whale. We talk about the first recorded mating observance of the humpback, between two male whales, with naturalist Sy Montgomery. -
BPR Full Show 3/18: Massachusetts Women's Hall Of Fame
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Best Of BPR 3/17: The Case Of Mahmoud Khalil & Republicans Love Electric Vehicles Now?
Today:Princeton public affairs professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad warns that the Trump administration’s actions against Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil puts higher education on the front lines of authoritarianism, right here in America.Plus, environmentalist Bill McKibben joins to discuss what the majority of Americans who support a transition away from fossil fuels can do during Trump 2.0. -
BPR Full Show 3/17: Buttermilk Public Radio
Environmentalist Bill McKibben discusses EPA rollbacks, despite the majority of Americans supporting policies to protect the climate.Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers and the NAACP discusses the reshaping of our reality through selective data sharing by the federal government. Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the RFK Jr.-backed proposal to cut certain foods from SNAP benefits.Princeton University's Khalil Gibran Muhammad focuses in on the detention of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, and the threat to academic freedom and free speech on campus and beyond.