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Tuesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
CNN’s John King
Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart
Actor Ethan Hawke
The Boston Foundation’s Lee Pelton
Recent segments
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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. -
National Boston Cream Pie Day celebrates the state's official dessert
Chef Augustine François Anezin and staff created the Boston Cream Pie at the Parker House Hotel in the 1860s. -
Folk icon Tom Rush won’t say ‘I Quit’
The singer-songwriter spoke about new music and his early days in Harvard Square. -
Israel's Consul General to New England speaks about the Israel-Hamas war
Meron Reuben spoke to Boston Public Radio about Israel's reaction to recent attacks.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 7/22: The Garden Lady On GBH & Suspended Market Basket Supervisors Speak Out
Today:“The Garden Lady” herself, C.L. Fornari, joins to discuss her program on GBH and CAI.And, Joe Schmidt and Paul Quigley have each worked at Market Basket for decades; they're currently suspended in the wake of turmoil in the board room over leadership at the company. They join to discuss. -
BPR Full Show 7/22: Sparkling Vs. Still Water
CNN chief national correspondent John King on the latest national political news.C.L. Fornari, the garden lady, joins to discuss her Saturday afternoon CAI/GBH broadcast ... and takes listener questions about plants and gardening.Joe Schmidt, Tom Gordon, and Paul Quigley are Market Basket supervisors suspended by the company in the wake of CEO Artie T Demoulas being placed on leave. They were suspended over allegations they have been engaging in "disruptive behavior within the company."Sports authority Trenni Casey discusses the WNBA entering in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement with players, and the NFL's female coaching surge. -
Best Of BPR 7/21: Trump Vs. Murdoch & Trump Vs. Harvard
Today: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.We talk with NBC10 commentator Sue O'Connell about President Trump's new lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over new reporting on his connections with Jeffrey Epstein.And, Princeton's Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses the latest in higher education, as Harvard takes the Trump administration to court over federal funding. -
BPR Full Show 7/21: The Only Prescription
Boston Globe's Shirley Leung and former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral sub in the host seats for Jim and Margery. Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans talks about how Hispanic and Latino communities are adapting to the Trump administration's immigration policies, and ICE’s latest push to build migrant tent camps. Local woman Sue O’Connell discusses inner-party GOP debate over the Epstein files, Stephen Colbert’s cancellation and the Astronomer CEO caught on the Coldplay concern 'kiss cam.'Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses local hits to Medicaid from Trump’s massive spending bill, plusnew evidence on the harms of vaping. Princeton University's Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses how claims of anti-semitism are being used to undercut DEI in higher-ed, and why Black Americans are continuing to boycott big-box retailers. -
BPR Full Show 7/18: We're Gonna Need a Diet Coke
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell and former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral guest host for Jim and Margery.GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Yawu Miller join for our weekly "Press Play" media analysis segment to talk about the PBS/NPR clawback, the WSJ Jeffrey Epstein report and other media news of the day.Boston Landmarks Orchestra just launched their annual series of free summer concerts at the Hatch Shell and throughout Boston. We talk with music director Chris Wilkinson and principal clarinet Rane Moore, plus enjoy a live music performance. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans reacts to this year’s Emmy Nominations, Colbert's cancellation and The Bear season four. Jeffrey Thielman & Nazia Jamal join to discuss how Trump policies are impacting immigration here in New England. Jeff is the Executive Director of the International Institute of New England, Nazia is an educator and refugee who arrived from Afghanistan in 2024.