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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Under the Radar's Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with rapper and illustrator Nick Shea
Chocolate sommelier Victoria Kichuk
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell
Recent segments
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                    Bob Thompson Dissects CNN’s Move To Reject Trump AdsThe TV guru also discussed the latest in television and movies.
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                    'Step Into This Kafkaesque System As It Unfolded For Us'NPR reporter Aarti Shahani joined Boston Public Radio to discuss her new book, which details her family’s decade-long fight to remain in the U.S.
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                    Columnist Shirley Leung On The Harvard Discrimination Case RulingA judge ruled Harvard doesn't discriminate against Asian Americans.
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                    Emily Rooney: Should The Media Fact Check The President Live?CNN has started carrying graphic that fact-check the president as he speaks live on air.
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                    BPR News Quiz: 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'Our weekly news quiz featured Shakespearean shenanigans.
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                    Cabral: Botham Jean's Brother Hugging His Killer Is Appropriate. A Judge Hugging A Defendant Is NotWhen Botham Jean’s brother Brandt took the stand at the sentencing of his brother’s killer Amber Guyger, he had an unusual request for the judge. On the stand, Brandt forgave Guyger for killing his brother, and asked the judge if he could hug her. The judge allowed it.
Listen to previous shows
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                      Full Broadcast 3/12/18The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, March 12th, 2018. We began the show by holding a political roundtable to cover the latest national and local headlines. We opened the lines to hear if you think Elizabeth Warren should take a DNA test to confirm that she actually does have Native American heritage. Charlie Sennott joined us to give us the latest on the negotiations with North Korea. TV expert Bob Thompson gave us his picks for the best and worst shows on TV. Irene Monroe and Emmet Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up.
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                      Full Broadcast 3/09/18The full broadcast from Boston Public Radio Friday, March 9th, 2018. Daylights savings is this Sunday, so we opened the lines for our biannual question. Do you like daylight savings or do you think we should get rid of it? Doug Rau, the founder of the Daily Table, joined us to talk about the status of the project and the second store they opened in Dudley Square. Robert Kuttner, the co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, joined us to talk his new book, “Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism. Robert Kuttner. Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung joined us to talk about the international women's day. Under The Radar's Callie Crossley discussed the heartwarming interaction Michelle Obama had with a small girl. We had a pledge centric news quiz with WGBH's Henry Santoro and Andy Hick.
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                      Full Broadcast 3/08/18The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, March 8th, 2018. We talked to Meet The Press' Chuck Todd about the national headlines. Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral joined us. We opened the lines to talk about the commercialization of the women's movement. Former Security of Education Paul Reville joined us. Governor Baker joined us for another edition of Ask The Governor.
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                      Ask The Governor: March 2018Governor Baker joined Boson Public Radio for the March edition of Ask The Governor to take your questions and ours.
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                      The Ethics Of Pet CloningMedical ethicist Art Caplan joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the ethics of cloning your pets, a new at-home cancer test, and Apple offering their employees in-house health services.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
