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Thursday on BPR:
Journalist and The Guardian US media columnist Margaret Sullivan
Former Massachusetts public safety secretary Andrea Cabral
Matthew Miller, writer/producer of "Tony"
Our 2017 conversation with Anthony Bourdain
Recent segments
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Michelle Wu On Her Plan To Rethink Development in Boston
On Monday, the Boston city councilor-at-large released a sweeping plan to redesign the zoning and approval process in the city. -
Bob Thompson Dissects CNN’s Move To Reject Trump Ads
The TV guru also discussed the latest in television and movies. -
'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. -
Columnist Shirley Leung On The Harvard Discrimination Case Ruling
A judge ruled Harvard doesn't discriminate against Asian Americans. -
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. -
BPR News Quiz: 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'
Our weekly news quiz featured Shakespearean shenanigans.
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.