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Tuesday on BPR, live from BPL:
GBH’s Jared Bowen
Comedian Tom Papa
Boston Ballet's executive director Ming Min Hui & artistic director Mikko Nissinen
NBC10’s Sue O’Connell
National security expert Juliette Kayyem
Recent segments
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Juliette Kayyem On IG Firings: Trump Is 'Positioning For Losing’
The national security expert said she believes the president is looking to halt future investigations into his administration's conduct, should he lose his re-election bid in November. -
Williamstown Theatre Festival Cancels Summer Season Amidst Coronavirus Concerns
The season will, however, be available online to listen to on Audible. -
Stimulus Package For Healthcare System 'Won't Be Enough,' Says Jonathan Gruber
The coronavirus stimulus package funds dedicated towards healthcare could be billions of dollars short in aid. -
Art Caplan: Rationing Guidelines Reflect Inequities Of Healthcare System, But Are 'What You've Got To Do'
Massachusetts' new guidelines for rationing medical resources prioritize young and otherwise healthy people. -
Chris Muther And Cat Mrs. Davenport Review Freeze-Dried Meals For Social Distancing
The travel writer gave highest marks to the freeze-dried beef stroganoff -
D’Amato Says Food Bank Supplies Are OK, Despite 50% Demand Increase
The Greater Boston Food Bank president said she’s mostly concerned with keeping workers safe from COVID-19.
Listen to previous shows
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Corby Kummer | The Planetary Diet
Food critic Corby Kummer joined BPR to talk about new study that outlines the best diet for your health and the planet. -
BPR Full Show 1/29/19 : Road Rage, Super Bowl, John King
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, January 29th , 2018. We opened up the lines and asked our listeners about a local road rage incident that made headlines. Have you ever experienced road rage? Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek joined us on the line from Atlanta, where she is covering the lead-up to the Super Bowl. Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn evaluated the prospects of a Howard Schultz presidential run. Food reporter and senior editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer looked at the future of candy hearts now that NECCO has gone out of business. Shirley Leung, interim Editoral Page Editor at The Boston Globe, discussed a push to bring online lottery to Massachusetts. Now that Marie Kondo mania is sweeping the nation, we asked our listeners: Have you brought her approach to the office? Do you diligently cull your work email inbox, or are you overwhelmed with unread messages? -
BPR Full Show 1/28/19 | Politics, Green Book, Smoking Weed With Your Parents
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, January 28th, 2018 Former State Rep. and 2018 Republican nominee for Senate Geoff Diehl and Michael Curry of the NAACP joined us for our political round table. With the government open for another three weeks, we opened up the lines to hear whether our listeners think it’s time for President Donald Trump to back down from his demand for a border wall or for Democrats to compromise. Media scholar Bob Thompson told us what he’s looking forward to on television this week. Physician and poet Dr. Rafael Campo joined us to discuss how reading and writing poetry has influenced the way he practices medicine. Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of “All Revved Up” where we discussed the film “Green Book.” We spoke to WGBH News Analyst Charlie Sennott about the political crisis occurring in Venezuela. -
BPR Full Show 1/25/19
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, January 25th, 2018. We opened up the lines to hear how our listeners feel about Gov. Baker’s bill that would allow residents to bet on professional sports online. We spoke with Under the Radar Host Callie Crossley about the controversy surrounding a student from Covington High School, seemingly mocking a Native American veteran during a protest. Beat the Press Host Emily Rooney joined us with her weekly list of the biggest moments in the media. Attorney General Maura Healey stopped by the Boston Public Library for another edition of “Ask the AG,” where she fielded calls from our listeners. Alex Whitmore and Kathleen Fulton, the founders of Taza Chocolate, joined us for our weekly news quiz. -
BPR Full Show 1/24/19 : Shutdown continues, Rep. Katherine Clark, Criminal Justice Reform
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, January 19th, 2018. It’s now day 34 of the government shutdown. We asked our listeners: Is it time for President Donald Trump to compromise? Rep. Katherine Clark joined us for her take on the ongoing government shutdown and her demands for Trump to re-open the government. A new report found that the Trump administration may have separated thousands more migrant children from their parents at the border than initially reported. Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral joined us for that and more. Former Mass. Secretary of Education Paul Reville joined us for the latest education headlines, including the Covington Catholic High School controversy. We continue our education conversation with best-selling author Tara Westover, who broke from her fundamentalist family, where formal schooling was shunned, and graduated from Harvard University. We were joined by David Caplan, MD, PhD., a professor of neurology at the Harvard Medical School and a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. In the 2018 midterm elections, women’s political energy shifted the balance of Congressional power. What other impacts will women’s anger have in politics? Rebecca Traister, author of "Good and Mad: How Women’s Anger is Reshaping America" joined the show.