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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political commentator Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
GBH’s James Bennett II
Recent segments
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'Antisocial' or 'fun'? Shoppers are split on the value of self-checkout kiosks.
"The machines are enormously expensive to install. And ... they're very glitchy, and you constantly have to rescan things." -
'Just a lot of weirdness': Paranormal expert recounts local legends
This Halloween, paranormal expert Jeff Belanger talks ghosts, hauntings and history. -
BU professor Joan Donovan explains the meteoric rise of misogyny on social media
She said creators like Andrew Tate have figured out how to "play the algorithms." -
Former Mass. public safety secretary explains the purpose of shelter in place orders
Three Maine towns were ordered to shelter in place after the Lewiston mass shootings. -
ICA's longtime director Jill Medvedow is stepping down
In a quarter century at its helm, she transformed it from a small museum with 10,000 annual visitors to around 310,000 today. -
Boston takes a stand against book bans by increasing access to challenged texts
Paul English is co-founder of BannedBooksUSA.org and The Boston Public Library has joined the Books Unbanned initiative.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 8/01: Deval Patrick On American Democracy & Photo-Copter Parents
Best Of BPR 8/01: Deval Patrick On American Democracy & Photo-Copter Parents -
BPR Full Show 7/31: Seagull Sand Storm (with Kamala Harris)
BPR Full Show 7/31: Seagull Sand Storm (with Kamala Harris) -
Best Of BPR: VP Kamala Harris And Kimberlé Crenshaw
Best Of BPR: VP Kamala Harris And Kimberlé Crenshaw -
BPR Full Show 7/28: Live from the NAACP National Convention
Today we broadcast live from the 114th NAACP National Convention, the first time the convention has returned to Boston since 1982. We started the show with Tanisha Sullivan, President of the NAACP Boston, and Michael Curry, CEO of Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. Rep. Ayanna Pressley stopped by, along with Marty Walsh, the Bay State Banner’s Ron Mitchell and Mel Miller, Naia Butler-Craig, Imari Paris Jeffries, and more. Robert Kraft and Mayor Michelle Wu called in. We also spoke to GBH News reporters Paris Alston and Phillip Martin.
