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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Press Play” media analysis with the Wall Street Journal’s Callum Borchers & GBH’s Adam Reilly
Live Music Friday: singer/songwriter Debo Ray
PBS European travel guru Rick Steves
NBC10’s Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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The beloved tradition of Holiday Pops celebrates its 50th anniversary this season
The Boston Pops will be performing with Tanglewood Festival Chorus led by James Burton. -
Healey hopes for a spending bill deal ‘this week’
The governor said public employees are counting on the raises held up in the nearly $3-billion bill. -
Ryan Landry is back at it with 'The Rocky Menorah Christmas Show'
The musical is a holiday parody of the cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show." -
Cherry Street Music to honor the late Roland Hayes, BSO's first Black performer
"A Centenary Celebration" will be at the Allen Center in Newton on Sunday, Nov. 19. -
From concrete gray to ‘tutu’ green, Mass. shows off the many colors of coastal resilience
There are five hurricane barriers on the East Coast, but coastal cities are facing growing threats from sea level rise and storm surge. -
Chef Lidia Bastianich shares four generations of family recipes
The Italian American chef talks about her new cookbook and celebrating 25 years on public television.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/21: "Ask The AG" And Doris Kearns Goodwin
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses "The Light in the Piazza" at the Huntington, penguins getting a retirement home at the New England Aquarium and the Kennedy Center's MAGA makeover.Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new 8-part documentary series on the American West, with Kevin Costner, premiering on Memorial Day.Chris Dempsey and Rep. Bill Straus join for a transportation panel, discussing former T chief Brian Shortsleeve joining the GOP race for governor, a turbulent start for South Coast Rail and how to spend the $1.3 billion from the millionaire's tax.Attorney General Andrea Campbell joins for Ask The AG. We ask her about ICE raids and local law enforcement, Question 1, consumer protections and more. -
Best Of BPR 5/20: Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis & Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart Finally Gives Us A Scoop
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center discusses Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart calls in with July 4 news. -
BPR Full Show 5/20: Fifty Years Of Shark Mania
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Celtics out of the playoffs and breaking news about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson joins for a summer movie preview and reflects on 50 years since Jaws premiered. CNN's John King joins remotely to discuss the opposition to Trump's big, beautiful tax bill. -
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BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule
Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a local artist who makes mini-paintings of Boston scenes and leaves the canvases up around the city. He chronicles his work on TikTok as @armoneythomas. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses yesterday's SCOTUS arguments on the 14th Amendment, along with other contested Trump executive orders and the sense that "rule of law" is ending in America.