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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Mas GOP chair Amy Carnevale and Mass Dems chair Steve Kerrigan
Ali Noorani of the Barr Foundation
Princeton’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Recent segments
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Trenni Kusnierek Weighs The Likelihood Of A Brady-Less Patriots
"I just think for fans, it’s jarring, ” the NBC Sports reporter said in an interview Tuesday. -
Prisoners Who Expose Inhumane Treatment Are 'Whistle Blowers' Says Andrea Cabral
Inmates in Parchman, MS have used contraband cell phones to expose poor living conditions. -
All Rev'd Up: The Legacy Of John Lewis
On Dec. 29, 2019 seventeen term congressman Rep. John Lewis announced that he is receiving treatment for stage four pancreatic cancer -
Sy Montgomery On How Australia's Wildfires Will Affect Its Diverse Animal Populations
A new report estimates more than a billion animals are 'dead or dying' from the fires. -
BPR Politics Roundtable: Can A Lower Tier Candidate Breakthrough In Democratic Race?
In three weeks, voters in New Hampshire will cast their votes in the first presidential primary of the 2020 election. -
Bob Thompson: The New York Times Turned Their Endorsement Into A Reality TV Show
On Sunday, the New York Times decided to select their endorsement for the candidate to beat former reality television star and President Donald Trump via their television show “The Weekly”.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/11: A Spotlight On Massachusetts' History Of Mistreating Disabled People
Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration. -
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Best Of BPR 6/10: RFK Purges CDC Panel & Embrace Ideas Festival
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of the Boston Medical Center joins to discuss the latest medical headlines.And, ahead of this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we talk with Embrace Boston CEO Imari Paris Jeffries. Plus, joining Imari both at the festival – and today’s show – Giselle Byrd. She’s the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States at Boston’s The Theater Offensive. -
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Best Of BPR 6/09: Trump's Law-And-Order Hypocrisy & The American Myth Of Meritocracy
Today:Trump deployed the national guard in California, without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom. We talk through the existential questions of presidential authority with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner. Plus, her suspicions about the government's new charges of human trafficking against a man they wrongly deported, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.And, journalist Adam Chandler argues in his new book “99% Perspiration” that the American Dream equating hard work with success has turned out to be more of an American fantasy.
