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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts public safety secretary Andrea Cabral
Author Patrick Radden Keefe
Music panel with Berklee’s Emmett G Price III, GBH’s James Bennett II and CRB’s Brian McCreath
Recent segments
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Wu announces $60 million affordable housing program, previews push for rent stabilization
Boston’s mayor tells GBH News the city will bring a local rent control option to the Legislature in January. -
Lidia Bastianich on home cooking as an act of love and cultural exchange
The award-winning chef is celebrating 25 years on PBS -
Fallout from COVID–19 a major factor in RSV cases and treatment, doctor says
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett explained how the pandemic created a perfect storm for this virus season on Boston Public Radio. -
Massachusetts nonprofit helps veterans and horses heal together
"The healing that happens out here is just absolutely incredible." -
New England Conservatory celebrates 50 years of its contemporary musical arts department
A concert series will celebrate the New England Conservatory's Contemporary Musical Arts department. -
‘No news is good news’: National security expert on political violence in the US
Experts were concerned about widespread political violence after the midterm elections.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 1/23: Executive Orders
Chuck Todd on Sean Hannity's interview with Trump.Andrea Cabral on the role of the DOJ in carrying out Trump’s first-round of executive orders, and reaction from police groups to his pardoning of J6 rioters.Phillip Martin & Denise Jillson on a billionaire’s grip on real estate in Harvard Square, off of Phillip’s recent reporting. Denise is Executive Director at the Harvard Square Business Association.Jon Gruber talked about what’s (likely) to come for Medicaid, Inflation Reduction Act funding and more -
Best Of BPR 1/22: Immigration Raids In Schools And Churches & Bug Pain
Today:National security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses the Trump administration saying they will target schools and churches for immigration raids.And, naturalist Sy Montgomery discusses the changing science around insects' ability to feel pain. -
BPR Full Show 1/22: To Squash or Save?
President Donald Trump issued several executive orders that roll back climate progress. We take listener reactions on his energy policies. GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses a photography exhibit, Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light), at the Hood Museum in Dartmouth, NH. National security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses Trump's border executive orders and J6 pardons.Mark Pothier and Walter Robinson of the Plymouth Independent discuss local news efforts and clashes with town officials.Naturalist Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss chimpanzees sharing familial language, insects feeling pain and animals struggling in the LA fires.Now that we know bugs feel pain, will we stop killing them? We ask listeners. -
BPR Full Show 1/21: The Second Term
Jeffrey Thielman, president and CEO of the International Institute of New England, on their work resettling refugees and protecting immigrants.David Cash, former regional EPA director for New England, discusses Trump's energy plansShirley Leung on our modern oligarchy, with tech titans on bended knee for Trump.John King on Trump's executive orders -
Best Of BPR 1/21: Trump's Day One Immigration Orders & Climate Change Denial
Today:Wrapped up in Trump’s day-one actions were a string of executive orders designed to upend U.S. immigration policy – We talk with Jeffrey Thielman, President and CEO the International Institute of New England. And, David Cash, who until yesterday 11:59 AM headed the New England branch of the Environmental Protection Agency… Now he’s watching Donald Trump do his best to dismantle U.S. climate policy.