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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Ask the Governor" with Gov. Maura Healey, 11:00am - 12:00pm
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng, 1:00pm
Recent segments
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Callie Crossley Calls Work-From-Home App Sneek 'Surveillance Of The First Order'
Among other things, the program photographs workers at their computer every one to five minutes. -
Sue O'Connell Denounces Jared Kushner's Role In Trump Administration Coronavirus Response
O'Connell pointed to Kushner's lack of background in public health or government. -
Corby Kummer: The Restaurateur Dilemma During Coronavirus
Legal liability will be better for restaurants that close down, Kummer said, but many are trying to stay open. -
Village Voice: Poems For Social Distancing
"When things are really bad, poets always find the good thing," said Richard Blanco. -
Alex Beam's New Book Reveals The Rocky History Behind The Farnsworth House
In "Broken Glass: Mies Van Der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece,” Beam explores the relationship between architect and client. -
Holyoke Mayor Morse Discusses Deaths At Veterans Center
Following an outbreak of COVID-19 at The Soldiers’ Home, a veterans center in Holyoke, at least fifteen individuals have been confirmed as dead. At least six of the dead tested positive for COVID-19 while six others are awaiting test results.
Listen to previous shows
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Best of BPR: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Talks Education Equity
Best of BPR: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Talks Education Equity -
Best of BPR: Juneteenth & Health Equity
Best of BPR: Juneteenth & Health Equity -
BPR Full Show 6/19: Reflecting on Juneteenth
Michael Curry reflects on last week’s Health Equity Compact Trends Summit, and Juneteenth in Boston. We followed his segment by taking calls and texts about what it means to celebrate Juneteenth and support Black communities. Jenee Osterheldt of the Globe discusses season 3 of A Beautiful Resistance. The series is all about Black joy and Black lives. Rumman Chowdhury is a Responsible AI fellow at the Berkman Center at Harvard, and Will Knight is a senior writer at WIRED. They join for an AI/tech panel. Charlie Sennott joins to discuss the death of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, a seeker of truth. Corby Kummer discusses the local seafood we should be getting ourselves familiar with; NYC setting minimum wage for food delivery workers. We wrapped up the shows by discussing how animals seem to be fighting back. One example are the Orcas off the coast of Spain are attacking sailboats in targeted strikes, sinking three boats in the last year alone. -
Best Of BPR: Gov. Maura Healey Is Bracing For "Misguided" SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
Best Of BPR: Gov. Maura Healey Is Bracing For "Misguided" SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling -
BPR Full Show 6/16: Father's Day with the Governor
The Harvard Medical School morgue manager was arrested this week for stealing and selling human body parts. We opened up the phone lines to get general reactions and talk about donating bodies to science. Shirley Leung reflected on the state of hybrid and in-person workplaces in Boston and beyond. She’ll also touched on Scott Kirsner’s recent Mass. moonshot ideas published in the Globe, the decline of downtown convenience stores and the demise of the Instant Pot. Gov. Maura Healey joined for “Ask the Governor,” 12-1pm. She answered questions about rent control and affordable housing, recent pardons, climate goals, the new green bank, the MBTA, and more… Cambridge Symphony Orchestra is staging a performance of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet tomorrow, with live ballet from former Boston Ballet dancers and students from Tony Williams’ Boston City Youth Ballet. We heard from conductor Cynthia Woods & choreographer Gino Di Marco, plus husband and wife duo Ruth and Bill Whitney. Ruth plays Juliet, Bill plays tuba in the orchestra. They also treated us to some live ballet to accompany the music. Sunday is Father’s Day. We opened the phone lines for a potpourri discussion on dads.