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Democratic California Congressman Ro Khanna
Former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral
Wall Street Journal personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen
Suffolk County DA Democratic primary candidate Linda Champion
Recent segments
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Juliette Kayyem On Appeals Court Immigration Decision: 'This Is Outrageous'
Yesterday, a federal appeals court upheld a hold on President Obama’s executive action to delay deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants.… -
Ivan & Alyosha Perform Live On Boston Public Radio
If you’re a fan of folk-pop indie rock bands, we have something here for you. If you don’t like folk-pop indie rock bands, but like Dostoyevsky and “The… -
Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans On Police Misconduct In Other Cities: "That's Not All Of Us"
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on Boston Public Radio to take listener questions for “Ask the… -
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…
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/8/26: The Return of "Neighborism"
Ahead of Mother’s Day, we open the phone lines to hear what the holiday means to you. It can be a celebration, or more complicated. Or, just an excuse to get brunch. How do you make time to connect with the women in your life?Then, The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols on the U.S. attempted oil blockade in Iran. And violinist and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea performs for Live Music Friday. NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell delivers the real news from the Met Gala, and discusses how Lowell residents are the first to put up a battle against data centers. -
BPR Full Show 5/7/26: Henry Winkler and Sandwiches
Henry Winkler zooms in at the top of the show ahead of his Emerson Commencement address this weekend.Auditor Diana DiZoglio and attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan join in Studio 3 on the heels of their SJC hearing yesterday; AG Campbell will be on the show next week.Andrea Cabral discusses the release of Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide note, by a federal judge ... and, the latest on redistricting across the country.Shirley Leung discusses her latest reporting on the Croft School collapse and the Mass income tax. -
BPR Full Show 5/6/26: The Joy Of Gardening
Li Fung, the top UN human rights official in Sudan, discusses the humanitarian crisis there amid civil war and starvation.C.L. Fornari, aka The Garden Lady, joins us at the library to discuss her new book "Hydrangea Happiness" and all things in the garden this spring.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem joins at the library to discuss the latest in Iran. And, and how Trump's sons landed a massive Pentagon deal, flaunting corruption at the highest level of our government. -
BPR Full Show 5/5/2026: Trump's Economy and the Kentucky Derby
John King joins via zoom to discuss a cracking MAGA coalition over affordability and foreign wars, and the 4.3 million Americans no longer receiving food stamps.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Mass, discusses the SCOTUS decision on voting rights act, their temporary stay on mifepristone in the mail.Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter NBC Sports Boston, discusses Cherie DeVaux's historic Kentucky Derby win and how the Celtics got knocked out of the first-round of the playoffs. Plus, the death of Yankees broadcaster John Sterling. -
BPR Full Show 5/4/26: Another Setback In Abortion Access
The Guardian's Margaret Sullivan discusses global press freedom ratings at their lowest in a quarter century.Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers talks the mifepristone manufacturers petitioning SCOTUS to restore full access to the medication, and the millions of Americans dropping from Obamacare in the wake of subsidy expirations.Brandon Terry, author of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" discusses his work — a warning that we romanticize the battles of that era at our peril.Clementina Chéry of the Louis D. Brown Pease Institute zooms in ahead of the 30th annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace on May 10.