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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Axios business editor Dan Primack
Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve
National security expert Juliette Kayyem
Live Music with Sonja Tengblad
Recent segments
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Joe Kennedy III Would Vote 'No' On Obama's Trade Bill If It Went Before The House Today
Congressman Joe Kennedy III joined Jim Braude on Boston Public Radio to discuss the issues facing his district, including President Obama’s controversial… -
Charlie Sennott Parses Osama Bin Laden's Bookshelf
What was Osama Bin Laden reading before he was killed? Charles Sennott, head of The GroundTruth Project, joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the… -
Congressman Bill Keating On The Lessons Learned From The Marathon Bombings
Congressman Bill Keating joined Boston Public Radio on Tuesday to discuss ways the intelligence community has learned from the Boston Marathon bombings… -
Is Boston 2024 'Socially Sustainable'?
Plans around the proposed Olympic Games in Boston have zeroed in primarily on the economic stability of the games and the construction of new facilities.… -
With Release Of Bin Laden Documents, Is The U.S. Government Trying To Send A Message To Sy Hersh?
Four years after Osama bin Laden was killed in a top-secret raid by Navy SEALs, the United States government is releasing a score of documents, books, and… -
Baker: Number Discrepancy From MBTA Report "Doesn't Matter Very Much"
Numbers from Governor Charlie Baker’s MBTA advisory report have come under fire for potentially exaggerating the number of sick days taken by employees…
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 8/22: Justice For Yacht Rock
Local woman, NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell, hosts with Harvard national security expert (and yacht rock fan) Juliette Kayyem. GBH reporters Adam Reilly and Phillip Martin are our guests for Press Play media analysis. We talk with Phillip about his recent reporting on “pink slime" journalism. Plus, journalist deaths in Gaza, MSNBC’s rebrand and House Democrats’ probe into the Paramount / Skydance merger. Jill McCracken performs for Live Music Friday, ahead of the We Make Noise Fest this Saturday in Downtown Crossing. We also talk with organizer and artist Naomi Westwater about how this event platforms women and queer artists. Under the Radar host Callie Crossley discusses Mayor Wu's debate with Todd Lyons, Gavin Newsom's Trump trolling on X, and Gov. Healey pushing to bring the Connecticut Sun to Boston. Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks leopard seal mating songs and a large New Zealand parrot that tried to make a move on her. -
BPR Full Show 8/21: Straight Men Still Read Books For Fun?
Nancy Gertner weighs in on legal fights against Trump's D.C. takeoverKhalil Gibran Muhammad offers thoughts on Trump meddling with the SmithsonianBill McKibben says the sun is “having a moment,” 4.6 billion years on. He’ll join to discuss the future for solar energy, in light of his new book “Here Comes the Sun.”Voices from Ukraine is a new original musical that's touring New England, with a cast of Ukrainian actors sharing their stories of life during wartime. We’ll talk with two of those teenage actors, Sofiia Kopytko and Taisiia Grygorova... plus Susan Mathison from Common Man for Ukraine. -
BPR Full Show 8/20: Transit, Water and Ayanna Pressley
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the Democrats' strategy on the Epstein files, gerrymandering, and more.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on discuss Trump's push to eliminate mail-in voting, and the coastal threats from Hurricane Erin.Former transit secretary Jim Aloisi joins with former Transportation4Mass director Chris Dempsey for a transit panel.Max Rome of Charles River Watershed Association and Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay join to talk about urban beaches, water quality and environmental justice. -
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BPR Full Show 8/18: The Alaska Meeting, Summer Movies and Religious AI Chatbots
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Margery while Jim is still out on vacation.Businesses are seeing workforce disruptions with ICE disruptions. We talk to Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans about that, plus, about a new study on how language barriers affect your internet experience.It's still summer movie season. Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his unabashed reviews of new summer flicks, including the Freaky Friday sequel and some Disney reboots. For more than 40 years, former labor secretary Robert Reich has been sounding the alarm on rising inequality in America, and how to fix it. He’s out with a new memoir “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America."It's All Rev’d Up with the Revs Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe. They talk about technology and faith: including the rise of Silicon Valley techno-religion, and an AI chatbot for religious questions.