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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
BSO conductor Keith Lockhart co-hosts with Jim and Margery. They'll talk to:
CNN’s Brian Stelter
Live Music Friday with Jacyn Tremblay
Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez
Author/actor Marianne Leone on her new book “Christina The Astonishing"
Recent segments
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New Documentary Shows The Discriminatory History Of Public Housing
A new PBS documentary details the discrimination that minority people faced living in public housing. -
Bob Thompson On 'Love Is Blind,' Hillary's New Hulu Documentary, And Other TV Headlines
Is love really blind? Thompson walks us through Netflix's latest reality TV show. -
All Rev'd Up: The NAACP's Denial Of Boston's Proposed Slave Monument
The Boston branch of the NAACP wanted there to be a process surrounding the artwork, since it would've been placed in a public space. -
BU Epidemiologist Sandro Galea Talks Coronavirus
Galea said Americans shouldn’t panic, but should practice “the basic hygiene that we should always be doing." -
Elizabeth Warren Makes Her Super Tuesday Pitch To Mass. Voters
The Massachusetts Senator called in to “Boston Public Radio” on Monday for a quick interview. -
Steve Hoffman: Cannabis Control Commission Is Seeking Help From Beacon Hill To Make Marijuana Industry More Equitable
While the CCC is supposed to make sure people affected by the war on drugs are included in the state's legal market, they can't regulate the agreements made by individual cities and towns.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 10/11: Where Deplatformed YouTubers Go To Spew Hate + LMF Odyssey Opera
Today: GBH investigative reporter Phillip Martin, journalist Tim Biba and Megan Squire of the Southern Poverty Law Center tell us about Odysee, an alternative YouTube for the alt-right. And, Grammy-winner Gil Rose, baritone Aaron Engebreth and soprano Heather Buck, preview “Of Thee I Sing” and “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” tomorrow night at Jordan Hall with Odyssey Opera. -
BPR Full Show 10/11: Bucket Lists
Gil Rose is our guest for Live Music Friday. He's leading a first-of-its-kind opera production that fuses two political satires from songwriting legends George & Ira Gershwin at NEC’s Jordan Hall.GBH News investigative reporter Phillip Martin, Tim Biba & the SPLC’s Megan Squire join to talk about the proliferation of Odysee, LBRY and other online platforms catering to white supremacists. Leonard Glass is a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who is co-author of the 2017 book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Professionals Assess a President." He’s joins to talk about Trump’s mental fitness & the limits of the Goldwater Rule.Filmmakers Ken and Sarah Burns join to talk about their new four-hour, two-part film for PBS: Leonardo da Vinci.Then, we opened up the phone lines to talk about the Northern Lights and bucket list activities. -
Best Of BPR 10/10: Barbara Lynch Closes Shop + AITA For Hiring A Maid
Today:Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses Boston restaurateur Barbara Lynch announcing she's closing all her locations.And, we open the lines for Am I The A-Hole. This week's prompt involves an exhausted new mother fed up with her husband not helping out around the house, so she cancels his streaming services and hires a maid with the extra cash. -
BPR Full Show 10/11: In The Eye Of The Hurricane
We opened the lines to discuss on why we can't turn the TV off to hurricane coverage. Paul Reville on a new federal class action lawsuit against 40 colleges, accusing them of conspiring to overcharge on tuition.Andrea Cabral on Fox News’ official misinformation fact sheetCorby Kummer reflected on Barbara Lynch restaurant closuresShirley Leung on ballot question 5 AITA for cancelling streaming services when my husband doesn't clean? We discussed with listeners -
Best Of BPR 10/09: Popcorn Finance & Harris' Media Blitz
Today:In Somerville, bomb threats forced workers at the public library to cancel a children’s reading event featuring local drag queens. NBC10's Sue O’Connell discusses that story, Trump’s close relationship with Putin, and Kamala Harris' media blitz before Nov. 5. And financial consultant Chris Browning is host of Popcorn Finance, a snackable podcast series designed to help the average person get a leg up on their finances. Chris joins us to share some keys to financial success and stability.