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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 Cabral: Amy Cooper Doesn't Deserve To See Her Case DroppedCooper currently facing false reporting charges after video footage of her racist 911 call went viral.
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                    Chuck Todd: Trump's 'Alternative Reality' Leading To 'Disaster'The divide between reality and Trump's reality is growing ever further apart, leading up to a disaster for the Republican party, Todd says.
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                    Wyatt Jackson, Gen Rubin Explain Their Call To 'Get Up'The award-winning performers collaborated on their new protest single, which urges listeners to take action against racism in their own lives.
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                    Jenifer McKim On The 'Revolving Door' Of The Mass. Parole SystemSo-called technical violations of parole were the reason cited for revoking parole in nearly 90 percent of cases in Massachusetts in 2018.
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                    Art Caplan On The Ramifications Of An Airborne CoronavirusThe medical ethicist's comments followed a recent announcement from the WHO, confirming evidence that suggests the coronavirus can travel on tiny droplets through the air.
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                    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum To Reopen With New Pandemic ProtocolsThe new museum experience will still be able to provide visitors with the intimacy to art that they search for, says the museum's director.
Listen to previous shows
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                    BPR Full Show 02/12: Losing Our MarblesWe start the show with "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu. Harvard national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses President Trump's posturing on Gaza and attempts within the government to shield itself from DOGE.Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, on the Trump administration's assault on science and health research. Naturalist Sy Montgomery says its the season of love --- and not just for humans. New England foxes, skunks, coyotes, racoons, mink, and barred owls are getting hot and heavy around Valentine's Day.
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                    Best Of BPR 2/12: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Pushes Back Against Challenger Josh Kraft On HousingToday:Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on Feb. 12, 2025. She discusses her upcoming testimony before Congress, Josh Kraft entering the Boston mayoral race, and the latest on plans for a soccer-specific stadium in neighboring Everett.
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                    Best Of BPR 2/11: 'The Rule Of Law Is Basically Breaking Down' & Love Your Wicked Awesome NeighborToday:Civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo discusses Trump's attacks on transgender people via executive order, and the institutions complying with alarming speed.Then, Nikki Shults and Stephen Pina of Everyday Boston join to spread some kindness with a card-writing campaign.
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                    BPR Full Show 2/11: A Gallon Of MilkLGBTQ civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo on threats to gender affirming care and bans against transgender people in college sports and the militaryACLU of Massachusetts' Carol Rose on the history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court Nikki Shults and Stephen Pina of Everyday Boston discussed their "Love Your Wicked Awesome Neighbor” program, where people can write cards so strangers throughout the city will feel less alone around Valentines Day.CNN’s John King on national politics news
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
