EXPLORE MORE
Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Economic scholar & author Chuck Collins
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston School Committee member Brendan Cardet Hernandez
We will be back at the BPL Studio as soon as we make some updates to the space. We will keep you posted
Recent segments
- 
                    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 ResponseO'Connell pointed to Kushner's lack of background in public health or government.
- 
                    Corby Kummer: The Restaurateur Dilemma During CoronavirusLegal 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 HouseIn "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 CenterFollowing 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
- 
                    Best Of BPR 9/20: LMF James Carter & LeopoldstadtToday:Saxophonist James Carter is back in town for two shows Saturday night at Scullers Jazz Club. But first, he and his band swing by the BPL.And, Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt is on stage now at the Huntington. We speak with director Carey Perloff and actor Rebecca Gibel about the play, about a Jewish family in Vienna at the rise of the 20th century.
- 
                    BPR Full Show 9/20: Stressed But BlessedPeople are more stressed than ever. We opened the lines to hear what listeners are stressed over.James Carter performed for Live Music Friday, ahead of his return to Boston this weekend at Scullers. Longtime Boston broadcaster/music critic Steve Elman joined as well. Callie Crossley on Harris/Oprah interview.Director Carey Perloff and actress Rebecca Gibel joined to talk about their work in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Leopoldstadt.Corby Kummer broke down some myths and misconceptions about sugar, food waste bans making a difference in Mass., and the hidden environmental cost of food.We ended the show by discussing sparkling vs. still water
- 
                    Best Of BPR 9/19: The Choice & TaxachusettsToday:Legendary Frontline filmmaker Michael Kirk previews their latest film highlighting “THE CHOICE” voters have between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.And, Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses a murky new pro-business group fighting Massachusetts' high-tax reputation.
- 
                    BPR Full Show 9/19: Get Out Of My SeatThe GOP keeps throwing insults at Kamala Harris. Will this do anything to do the polls? Listeners weighed in. Shirley Leung on a new nonprofit started by local businesspeople looking for a tax break, and new reporting on the demographics of people leaving Mass. Andrea Cabral on the controversy around Gov. Healey’s pick for head of state policeJimmy Tingle & Eric Aronson are two filmmakers set to release new projects. They’ll talk about their movies, and what it takes to be a small-scale filmmaker in today’s day and age. Michael Kirk joined to talk about his latest film for FRONTLINE, “The Choice.” Profiling presidential candidates in the leadup to the election.AITA for not giving up my seat on the plane? Listeners weighed in
- 
                    Best Of BPR 9/18: A BPR Busing PanelToday:We talk with two people who were bused in the city of Boston -- a decision 50 years ago with lasting impacts -- Michael Curry, later head of the Boston NAACP, and Kim Janey, who would go on to become the city’s first Black, first female Mayor. Joining them in conversation is Ted Landsmark, whose image came to define the moment by way of the Pulitzer Prize winning photo “The Soiling of Old Glory.” He’s now a distinguished professor at Northeastern.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
