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Monday on BPR:
GOP Chair Amy Carnevale & Mass Dems Chair Steve Kerrigan
Amherst College's Ilan Stavans
Rickey “FuQuan” McGee of The Harriet Tubman Project and Jacqueline Fonseca of the Innocence Project
Princeton’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Recent segments
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BPR Rewind: The Funny Girl, The Space Odyssey, And The Believer
This week, Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversation from the past few months. Here's what's on the docket for Monday, August 24: -
Red Wine, Like Revenge, Is A Dish Best Served Cold
Have you been drinking red wine wrong your entire life? (Well, hopefully not your entire life.) If you've been drinking it at room temperature, the answer… -
BPR Jumps A Shark (Or, Rather, Wrestles One)
When most beachgoers hear the word "shark," they run screaming in the other direction. But not Elliot Sudal. The 27-year-old has made a name for himself… -
Moulton Talks Iran, Trump, And Veterans
As the showdown over the Obama Administration's Iran deal heats up in Congress, Representative Seth Moulton of the Massachusetts 6th district joined Jim… -
Iran Deal Sheds Light On Powerful Influence Of Lobbying Organizations On Congress
Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Eliot Engel are both prominent members of New York's Democratic Congressional delegation. They also have just… -
A Very Mobile News Quiz: Two Pedicab Drivers Face Off
Next time you need to get somewhere fast, think bigger than the MBTA or Uber. Think...pedicab. Dana Bein and Jenn Brundage, two expert pedicab drivers…
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BPR REWIND FULL SHOW 12/26/17 The Turkey Takeover
If you can never get a seat at Boston’s wildly popular restaurant Myers and Chang—Myers and Chang can now come to you by way of a great new cookbook, Myers + Chang At Home. Chef Joanne Chang joins Jim and Margery to talk about it. We open up the lines and ask you about the turkeys who have been taking over parts of Massachusetts. Adam Gopnick joins Jim and Margery to regale us with tales of trying to make it New York City, it’s the subject of his new memoir, At the Stranger's Gate: Arrivals in New York. Microsoft exec turned experimental chef Nathan Myhrvold about his latest cookbook—a 50 pound exploration and explanation of bread, Modernist Bread, The Art and Science Jacques Pepin and his granddaughter Shorey join Jim and Margery to talk about their latest collaboration, A Grandfather's Lesson: In the Kitchen With Shorey -
Goodbye 2017 Hello 2018
2017 was a tough year, so we opened the lines to hear you vent about the worst parts of the year and what you are excited to see in 2018. Plus, food writer Corby Kummer, tech writer Andy Ihnatko, Emily Rooney, Callie Crossley, and a festival news quiz. (Full Show 12/22/17) -
Ask The Attorney General Maura Healey: Net Neutrality
Attorney General Maura Healey joined us for another edition of Ask The AG where she took your questions and ours. Plus, medical ethicist Art Caplan, Mass. Senator Ed Markey on the new GOP tax plan, and we opened the lines to hear if you think the man flu is real. (12/21/17) -
The Taxing Minutiae Of The GOP Tax Plan
With the imminent passing of the GOP tax plan in the near future, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on the plan. Plus, author Celeste Ng, animal expert Sy Montgomery, Harvard Business Schools' Michael Norton and Nancy Koehn, and CNN's John King. (Full show 12/19/17) -
Do You Believe In UFOS?
After the revelation that the Pentagon had active program searching for UFOs came to light this weekend, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on UFOS. Are they real or is it just light hitting off a weather balloon? Plus, A political roundtable, ACLU's Carol Rose, Charlie Sennott, and TV expert Bob Thompson.