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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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Listen: A Very Jazzy News Quiz With Robert Pinsky And Laurence Hobgood
If jazz music is poetry in motion, then Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood—a poet and jazz pianist, respectively—take it to a whole other level. They’ve… -
Congressman Jim McGovern: Pentagon Needs "Top-To-Bottom" Audit After Professional Sports Scandal
Congressman Jim McGovern says there’s a better way to honor American veterans than bankrolling lavish patriotic displays at professional sports games—and… -
Obama Thought He Would Be The President To End Two Wars. But Will He Start A Third?
Barack Obama was going to be the president to end two wars. Could he start a third?Last week, the White House announced that American advisers will be… -
A Very Spooky News Quiz
If you didn’t know the Omni Parker Hotel in Boston was haunted (it is!) then you might want to listen to this week’s News Quiz from Boston Public Radio.… -
Senate President Stan Rosenberg: DCF Needs To Change The Way It Does Business
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families needs significant reform to prevent future child abuse cases like the death of Bella Bond, said… -
LISTEN: Got Gripes About The MBTA? So Does Stephanie Pollack—And She Helps Run It
Got gripes about the MBTA? So does Stephanie Pollack—and she helps run it. The Transportation Secretary joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan to discuss her…
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/04: "A Heavier Silence" For Palestinians This Eid & Local Aid Groups Supporting Ukrainians
Today:Ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice holiday, we talk with the Palestinian owners of two local bakeries: Abdulla Awad of Yafa Bakery in Somerville and Sami Herbawi of Andala Coffee House in Cambridge. And, we talk with two the leaders of two New Hampshire-based aid groups for Ukraine: Alan Himmer of the Ukraine Crisis Aid Group, and Susan Mathison of the New Hampshire-based Common Man for Ukraine. -
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Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks
Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 year old.Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, former president of Emerson College, discusses the state of higher education. -
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BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.
We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE.Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the state of police reform five years after George Floyd's murder and why state Democrats are warning of harm to the health care system under Trump's budget proposal.UN humanitarian aid worker Olga Cherevko zooms in to discuss the latest conditions in Gaza.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung continues our Market Basket coverage and gets into the finances behind the Boston mayoral race.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA failing to publicize a major e. coli outbreak and a wine critic's dispatch from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.