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Tuesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
PBS Frontline's Michael Kirk
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
CNN’s John King
Joe Curtatone from the Alliance for Climate Transition and Emily Reichert of MassCEC
Recent segments
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Bob Thompson Reviews 'One World: Together At Home' Simulcast
The simulcast provided some of the best entertainment in the age of coronavirus, Thompson said. -
Director Miles O'Brien Talks New Frontline Documentary 'Coronavirus Pandemic'
The new documentary looks at the different political response rates to the coronavirus pandemic. -
Dr. Vanessa Kerry On COVID-19 In Massachusetts
The state's hospitals have done well to prepare for the surge, but the national response has been mired by politics. -
Emily Rooney On The Origins Of The New Coronavirus Outbreak
Almost as soon as word of a new coronavirus outbreak that first infected people in China reached the internet, conspiracy theories about its origin spread quickly. -
Callie Crossley Weighs In On Jerome Adams Controversy: ‘It Just Didn’t Sit Well'
Crossley pushed back on the notion that drugs are the reason for higher COVID-19 cases in communities of color. -
Juliette Kayyem: 'Adaptive Recovery' Phase Of The Coronavirus
What will life after social distancing look like?
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 12/04: Rep. Pressley Pushes Biden For Broader Pardons + Sen. Whitehouse Says "Grotesqueness" Of Trump's Cabinet Picks Is The Point
Today: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley frames President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter a matter of legacy – and calls on him to pardon others in this country who have had their lives upended by war on crime prosecutions or wrongful convictions, beyond his own family members.And, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse tells us the “grotesqueness” of Trump’s cabinet picks is a feature – not a bug. We talk with him about Trump 2.0, and his experience at the COP29 climate summit. -
BPR Full show 12/04: Tick-Tock Death Clock
We open the show to get your thoughts on all of Trump's cabinet picks. Will there be a trickle-down effect of loosened moral and ethical codes?Senator Sheldon Whitehouse zooms in to discuss Supreme Court ethics, his experience at COP29, how Democrats can respond to a second Trump term and his thoughts on the Hunter Biden pardon.Juliette Kayyem discusses Kash Patel at the FBI, martial law in South Korea, and the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan.Chris Kimball of Milk Street Kitchen has a new baking book, "Milk Street Bakes."We ask listeners whether they -- like Jim -- have ever used the "Death Clock" app to learn the time of their demise. Rep. Ayanna Pressley discusses national pushback to DEI efforts and the Hunter Biden pardon. -
Best Of BPR 12/03: Nonprofits Under Threat & Rethinking BOS Nation FC
Today:Boston Foundation president and CEO Lee Pelton discusses the organization's new ONE+ Boston mortgage program for low-income home buyers, and threats at the national level to the work nonprofits do.And, NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discusses the soccer situation in the city, from stadiums to emerging teams. -
BPR Full Show 12/03: Gotta Buy Your TV Now
Trenni Casey discussed the NCAA fining Ohio State & Michigan for a melee that broke out at their game on SundayLee Pelton of the Boston Foundation discussed ONE+ a new program focused on racial wealth disparities in the state; and TBF's housing report card.Jared Bowen discussed Luca Guadagnino's newest film with A24, "Queer"; and the box office success of Gladiator II.Sue O'Connell discussed brain rot, the Oxford University Press's word of the year -
Best Of BPR 12/02: Mass' Major Drought & Mass Deportation
Today:Sue O’Connell fills in for Margery. We talk with two local mayors – of Salem and Attleboro – about the historic drought conditions in the state. And, Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans discusses the president-elect’s threat of day-one mass deportations.