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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Press Play" with BU media researcher Joan Donovan
Live Music Friday: rapper/producer JoiBeatz and rapper/educator Red Shaydez
Retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner
Rhode Island filmmaker Stephen Smith & Brown University polar oceanographer Chris Horvat
Recent segments
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LISTEN: In Praise Of The Peep, The Quintessential Spring Snack
Does any snack sing "spring" quite like the pastel-colored culinary marvel that is the Peep?*Let me answer that for you: no. Jim Braude and Margery Eagan… -
After The Germanwings Tragedy, How Can We Make Future Flights Safer?
Mere hours after Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz crashed a passenger airplane into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board, airlines in Europe… -
A National Conversation On Race Didn't Happen Over Lattes. Could It Happen Over Late Night?
Coffee giant Starbucks was skewered earlier this month when it introduced a campaign trying to get customers to talk about race (not surprisingly, it… -
Lavrov's Exit From Iran Talks Means Negotiations Will Likely Go Into 'Pause Mode'
World leaders have been gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland for weeks trying to hammer out a deal on the future of Iran's nuclear program. Today, their… -
Charter School Gains May Help Low-Performing Public Schools, Says Education Secretary
Charter schools in Boston have made extraordinary gains, according to a new report from Stanford University. New Massachusetts Secretary of Education… -
Ask This Old House: Plumbing, Heating, And A Mysterious Phone Call
Now that you've replaced your roof once—or twice—this brutal, ice-dam-filled winter, how about planning some more fun warm-weather projects? Whether…
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 11/16: The Emerald Tutu & A Coughing Crisis
Best Of BPR 11/16: The Emerald Tutu & A Coughing Crisis -
Best Of BPR 11/15: Cambridge's Indigenous Street Signs & Sy Montgomery
Best Of BPR 11/15: Cambridge's Indigenous Street Signs & Sy Montgomery -
BPR Full Show 11/15: The Christmas Creep
BPR Full Show 11/15: The Christmas Creep -
BPR Full Show 11/14: Attorney General's Response To DiZoglio
BPR Full Show 11/14: Attorney General's Response To DiZoglio -
BPR Full Show 11/13: It's Hard to Throw a Pillow
BPR Full Show 11/13: It's Hard to Throw a Pillow