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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Tufts' Fletcher School international affairs expert Daniel Drezner
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer
Dr. Atul Gawande, former assistant administrator for global health at USAID
Recent segments
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Ryan Landry Makes the Last Pitch for “Christmas on Uranus"
The Gold Dust Orphans founder stars in the play alongside his dog, Dolly. -
Jonathan Gruber On Choosing The Best Health Care Plan
When it comes to health care, fewer choices may lead to better decisions. -
Reville Optimistic Legislature Will Be Able To Fund $1.5 Billion To Mass. Schools
Education reformers praised the bill for promising to inject $1.5 billion into the state’s schools, but the funding for the bill is expected to come from future tax revenues and the hope that the legislature continues to allocate funding for schools in future budgets. -
Hate Symbol Flashed On Live TV During Army-Navy Football Game
The upside down OK hand sign, known as a white power symbol, was flashed by men in uniform during the football game television coverage. -
Why Did Boris Johnson's Conservative Party Win In Such A Big Way?
On Dec. 12, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won 326 seats in the United Kingdom’s Parliament and secured an absolute majority. -
All Rev'd Up: Who Are The Black Hebrew Israelites?
The reverends discuss the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, which investigators think could have influenced the attackers in last week's anti-Semitic domestic terror attack in Jersey City.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 2/18: "If You're Not At The Table, You're On The Menu"
Today: Federal funding cuts are threatening community healthcare, and equity across every industry. NAACP’s Michael Curry minces no words about DEI rollbacks, and the fragility of our healthcare system -- nationally and here in Massachusetts.And, CNN’s John King joins to talk about the fracturing of the media as Trump bans the Associated Press from the Oval Office & Air Force One. -
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Best Of BPR 2/13: Elon Musk Gave MIT Economist Jon Gruber Whiplash & Democracy When?
Today:Jon Gruber, head of MIT's economics department, joins to discuss Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.And, we open the lines as Donald Trump reopens communication with Russia's Vladimir Putin -- before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- as the war in Ukraine enters three years of sustained bloodshed. -
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BPR Full Show 02/12: Losing Our Marbles
We start the show with "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu. Harvard national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses President Trump's posturing on Gaza and attempts within the government to shield itself from DOGE.Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, on the Trump administration's assault on science and health research. Naturalist Sy Montgomery says its the season of love --- and not just for humans. New England foxes, skunks, coyotes, racoons, mink, and barred owls are getting hot and heavy around Valentine's Day.