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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Live Music Friday with three time Poet laureate Robert Pinsky
Former executive editor of the New York Times Jill Abramson
NBC 10 Boston media maven Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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The Revs On Legacy Of 'Aunt Jemima' Actress: 'Let’s Celebrate Her For What She Did … And Move On'
Irene Monroe and Emmett Price offered their take on pushback to the rebranding of Aunt Jemima, from a relative of the woman whose likeness was used in the company logo. -
Corby Kummer: 'Central Problem' For Restaurants Is Misbehaving Customer Base
Independent restaurants are short on funds for hiring workers to enforce mask usage among customers, Kummer says. -
Lisa Owens, Justin Steil Talk Racial Disparities In Boston Evictions
Owens and Steil urged state legislators to ratify legislation extending the eviction moratorium and offering more aid to renters and homeowners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Comedian Maeve Higgins On White Antiracism
Higgins explained the fine line between social media being a platform for shared learning or performative posting. -
Carol Rose On The Push To Ban Facial Recognition Technology Statewide
The state Senate's police reform bill includes a statewide ban on government use of facial recognition software. -
Boston Public Radio Full Show: 7/3/20
Listen to the full episode of Boston Public Radio from July 3, 2020.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 3/19: Who Wants To Bring Back Dueling?
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BPR Full Show 3/18: Fostering Friendship In Divided Times
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on war in the Middle East and the resignation of Joe Kent, the now-former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus join for a transit panel, focusing on plans for White Stadium, the Everett stadium for the Revs and World Cup plans at Gillette.Linda Bilmes, co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War" and Harvard Kennedy School public policy lecturer, discusses the financial cost of going to war in Iran.Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters column discusses why some heterosexual women are hiding their boyfriends, how to make friends as an adult, and and update on the library phone booth. -
BPR Full Show 3/17: The Irish Goodbye
CNN’s John King on national politics, food policy analyst Corby Kummer and NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey -
BPR Full Show 3/16: Movie Flicks And Fine Art
We start the week by checking in on Trump and Israel’s now 17 day war in Iran. Then, it's Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther on the TSA’s latest struggles and why he's a headphone evangelist. Author Janice Page discusses her memoir “The Year of the Water Horse."And retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses the ongoing legal battles after one year of Trump's immigration crackdown. -
BPR Full Show 3/13: The Hasslers And The Hassled
NCB10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses the rescission of a Biden-era rule on LGBTQ foster care placements and what the filibuster has to do with the SAVE Act.Live Music Friday with Irish musicians Matt & Shannon Heaton and flutist Kozo Toyota, one of three members of the Japanese band O'Jizo that plays traditional Irish music. Tonight, they all collaborate on a show at Club Passim.Dr. Megan Ranney of Yale School of Public Health discusses measles concerns and the epidemic of American gun violence.Iranian-American owners of La Saison bakery return ahead of Persian New Year, and to discuss the impacts of war on their family.