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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Press Play" media analysis with the Flipside’s Yawu Miller and GBH’s Adam Reilly
Satirist Andy Borowitz
“Live Music Friday” with singer-songwriter and guitarist Patty Larkin
Media maven Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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The ACLU Of Massachusetts Wants To Ban Facial Recognition Technology, For Now
The civil liberties organization has privacy concerns over a technology that is unregulated in the public space. -
Kellogg's To Phase Out Herbicide Found In It's Ingredient Supply Chain
Farmers rely on glyphosate for their crops, but Kellogg's is suggesting that trace amounts of it found in their ingredients are unsafe. -
Callie Crossley Isn’t Buying The Update To Florida's Felon Voting Rights Amendment
The “Under the Radar” host compared the updated law to the poll taxes of the pre-civil rights era. -
Emily Rooney: Will Kobe's Death Change Helicopter Regulations?
Rooney pointed out similarities between the Kobe Bryant tragedy and Stephen Colbert's family. -
Ezra Klein On The Roots Of America's Political Polarization
In Ezra Klein’s book “Why We’re Polarized,” he explores the reasons and history behind America's political divisions. -
Paul Reville On Harvard Professor Charged With Lying To F.B.I: ‘Clearly He’s Crossed The Boundaries'
The former Mass. Education Secretary said he expects a more severe response from the university once an internal investigation is concluded.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 3/20: Mahmoud Khalil's First Amendment Case & Tesla's Market Slump
Today:Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil is being held in Louisiana, awaiting his fate after the federal government targeted him for his pro-Palestine advocacy – We speak with one of the members of his legal team, the head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman.Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios. He discusses the latest on interest rates and the fed – holding steady at least for now -- and the fate of Tesla. -
BPR Full Show 3/20: Are we unhappier than ever?
Political analyst Chuck Todd returns for his weekly D.C. news roundupFormer secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral weighs in on the deportation of RI doctor Rasha Alawieh. She also discusses the Trump administration's attempts to bypass the judiciary.Dan Primack, business editor over at Axios, talks about the Fed's latest decision to keep interest rates steady because of ongoing economic uncertainty.Donna Lieberman leads the New York Civil Liberties Union. She joins us to talk about her role defending detained Colombia University student and green card-holder Mahmoud Khalil. -
BPR Full Show 3/19: Pump the Brakes? Boston’s Bike Lane Dilemma
BPR Full Show 3/19: Pump the Brakes? Boston’s Bike Lane Dilemma -
Best Of BPR 3/19: Marc Dunkelman Asks 'Who Killed Progress?' & Sy Montgomery Talks Homosexual Humpbacks
Today:Marc Dunkelman argues the abject failure of progressive politics to get things done played a role in the rise of Trumpism. He joins to discuss his book “Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress – and How to Bring It Back.”And, despite their name, there’s actually very little that we know about the mating habits of the majestic humpback whale. We talk about the first recorded mating observance of the humpback, between two male whales, with naturalist Sy Montgomery. -
BPR Full Show 3/18: Massachusetts Women's Hall Of Fame
BPR Full Show 3/18: Massachusetts Women's Hall Of Fame