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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political commentator Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Lonnie DiNello – who says she staved off depression and loneliness with AI companions – she joins with the Boston Globe reporter who profiled her story, Dana Gerber.
Everyday Boston’s Cara Solomon and Stephen Pina, on the power of unexpected kindness in these very tough times.
Recent segments
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Chuck Todd: John Bolton's Allegations Against Trump Are 'Shocking' But Not Surpising
The former national security adviser's new book contains allegations that Trump should have been investigated more broadly for impeachable offenses. -
Jon Gruber: Generic Drugs Could Help Our Fight Against COVID-19, But There's Little Incentive For Companies To Develop Them
A COVID-19 vaccine will take a long time to develop. In the meantime, can we incentivize big pharma to look into generic treatments? -
Art Caplan: Supreme Court Ruling A Victory For LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court has recognized that a person's sex is partly a matter of choice, not just biology, Caplan said. -
John King On Supreme Court LGBT Ruling: These Decisions ‘Actually Change America’
The chief national correspondent for CNN said Monday's ruling could very well halt recent Trump administration rollbacks to LGBTQ protections. -
Trenni Kusnierek On NBA 2020-21 Season: 'This Is A League That’s Definitely Going To Get It Done'
The NBC Sports Boston anchor discussed a new coalition formed by Kyrie Irving and Avery Bradley that's raising questions about pandemic safety, and the ethics of playing amid Black Lives Matter protests. -
Michael Cutone: Police Can Foster 'Laboratory Of Innovation' To Help Communities
Can a policing strategy adapted from the military be part of a reformists' toolkit?
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/11: A Spotlight On Massachusetts' History Of Mistreating Disabled People
Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration. -
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Best Of BPR 6/10: RFK Purges CDC Panel & Embrace Ideas Festival
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of the Boston Medical Center joins to discuss the latest medical headlines.And, ahead of this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we talk with Embrace Boston CEO Imari Paris Jeffries. Plus, joining Imari both at the festival – and today’s show – Giselle Byrd. She’s the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States at Boston’s The Theater Offensive. -
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Best Of BPR 6/09: Trump's Law-And-Order Hypocrisy & The American Myth Of Meritocracy
Today:Trump deployed the national guard in California, without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom. We talk through the existential questions of presidential authority with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner. Plus, her suspicions about the government's new charges of human trafficking against a man they wrongly deported, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.And, journalist Adam Chandler argues in his new book “99% Perspiration” that the American Dream equating hard work with success has turned out to be more of an American fantasy.
