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Kick Your New Year's Resolutions Into High Gear With A Kung Fu News Quiz
If one of your New Year's resolutions this year was to get in shape, we've got just the right News Quiz to kick you into high gear. Husband-and-wife team… -
A Very Cheesy News Quiz: Two Massachusetts Cheesemakers Face Off
Looking for an excuse to eat all the cheese your heart desires now that the holiday season is over? If so, you're in luck. Tuesday, January 20 is National… -
BPR Year In Review: Politics, Television, and Comedy
Charlie Sennott joins us for a year in review inspired by the MFA's Goya exhibit. He discusses the resurgence of old Cold War tensions, and the… -
BPR Rewind: The Activism Edition
Author and activist Naomi Klein says we have to make a choice: capitalism or the environment. She joins to discuss her latest book: "This Changes… -
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Former MBTA Chief: Officials Have Known About Long Island Bridge Problems For Years
What has former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Rich Davey been up to since leaving office in October? We got his thoughts on everything from…
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Full Broadcast: 4/23/2018
The full broadcast from Monday, April 23, 2018. Includes: Political roundtable with writer Joanna Weiss and Boston Globe State House bureau chief Frank Phillips, Charles Sennott of The GroundTruth Project, Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price, Eric Jackson of "Eric In The Evening," and Heather Goldstone of "Living Lab Radio." -
Full Broadcast 4/20/18
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio form Friday, April 21, 2018. We opened up the lines to you about today's holiday, 4/20, and how you're feeling about recreational marijuana coming to the commonwealth this summer. Chef, teacher and writer Annie Copps joined us to talk about her new cookbook, "A Little Taste Of Cape Cod." Emily Rooney read from her famous list of fixations and fulminations and gave her take on a scandal brewing at the Boston Globe. Business columnist Shirley Leung explained the latest news regarding the candy company NECCO. We took your calls about mindful vacation — do you think you could really unplug while getting away? Callie Crossley talked through Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, the most recent Bill Cosby trial testimony and two black men arrested at Starbucks. The founders of Hermit Woods Winery tried their hands at our famous Friday News Quiz. -
News Quiz: Local Wine Breeds Local Flavor
Hermit Wood Winery co-founders Ken Hardcastle and Bob Manley joined Boston Public Radio to talk about their wine and compete in this week’s news quiz. -
Ask The Governor: April 2018
Governor Charlie Baker joined us to take your questions and ours in this month's edition of ask the governor. -
Full Broadcast 4/19/18
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, April 19th, 2018. Congressman Michael Capuano joined us for another look behind the congressional curtain. Yesterday, we asked you about the thousands of Starbucks employees who are getting racial sensitivity training after two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia for trespassing. Today, we asked you about your experiences with sensitivity training and if you think they work. Governor Charlie Baker joined us take your questions and ours on this month's ask the governor segment. With the price of colleges continuing to skyrocket, we opened the lines and asked you if you wished you had avoided student loans and gone to a community college. NECN's Sue O' Connell joined us to talk more about the college vs. community college debate.