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Coming up on BPR, Thursday, January 2, 2025:
NBC's Chuck Todd
Former Sec. of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer
Recent segments
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Eng says MBTA is considering later night subway service
Eng said Monday on Boston Public Radio, he wants to help people who need more transit options after midnight. -
Healey says she wants 'justice done for Sandra Birchmore'
A Stoughton police detective was indicted on federal charges of murdering Birchmore in 2021. Governor Healey said she was 'horrified' of detective's conduct. -
Warren raises alarm over potential GOP Senate control with Deaton's nomination
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren also criticized Deaton's nomination being funding from cryptocurrency billionaires and defended her own record on fighting for working families. -
ArrowFest launches, celebrates Harvard Square’s new community theater
A new nonprofit formed to take over the black box Oberon Theatre in Harvard Square. Now, an 11-day festival will showcase local performance artists and renovated performance spaces. -
What a new mpox outbreak means for Massachusetts
Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett said the international medical community should be paying attention to the mpox outbreak in the Congo. -
Multicultural celebration at Roxbury's Madison Park to feature opera singers
Bradley Vernatter, CEO and general director of the Boston Lyric Opera, and Haris Lefteri, creative director of Hibernian Hall speak with Boston Public Radio about multicultural event.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 12/09: Assad's Regime Falls & The New Conservative Identity Politics (Same As The Old Conservative Identity Politics)
Today: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.Charlie Sennott of The GroundTruth Project and Frontline's Martin Smith update on the latest out of Syria.And, outgoing Harvard professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses DEI in retreat, and the right's original big lie -- about identity politics. -
BPR Full Show 12/09: Concepts Of A Plan...
Brian McGrory, head of Boston University's journalism department, discussed Trump's Meet the Press interviewRevs Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discussed the young men leaving their churches in favor of 'masculine' Orthodox ChristianityFood policy analyst Corby Kummer on the reality behind a seeming rise in food recallsAcademic Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the retreat of DEI initiatives by higher ed institutions ahead of Trump's inauguration -
Best Of BPR 12/06: Roundhead Brewing & LMF Ian Coury
Luis Espinoza and Craig Panzer are the duo behind Massachusetts’ first Latino-owned brewery – Roundhead Brewing. They stop by the library to talk Latino beer, and the state of craft beer in the state.And, Ian Coury is our guest for Live Music Friday, he’s a 22 year-old mandolin phenom carving his own path in the world of Brazilian Choro music, he joins ahead of a free show next week in Roxbury. -
BPR Full Show 12/06: Adieu
We open the lines to ask about the latest attempt by corporations to boost worker productivity by banning personal phones on the job. Ian Coury is our guest for Live Music Friday. He’s a 22 year-old mandolin phenom carving his own path in the world of Brazilian Choro music. Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett talks about the science behind gender affirming care, renewed conversation around medical debt in the U.S. and physician strikes in Boston.James Bennett II discusses a Village Person’s revisionist history of the ‘Y.M.C.A.' song, plus his reflections on 2024 music and movies.Then we asked folks to weigh-in on the news that 'Y.M.C.A.' is not a gay anthem.Roundhead Brewing Company is Massachusetts’ first Latino-owned brewery. We’ll talk with co-owners Luis Espinoza and Craig Panzer about the upcoming Latino beer festival and sample some brews.We end the show with a Christmas tree potpourri. -
Best Of BPR 12/05: "It Started with the Hats" + Trump's Big Tariff Lie
Today:In the 1980s, the height of the crack epidemic, Paul Joyce was a Boston police officer. He’s now out with a new book about how the department struggled during that era, and the rise in gun and gang violence. He joins to discuss his new book “It Started With the Hats” – the life experiences of Boston’s founding street gang members.And, MIT economist Jon Gruber breaks down Trump’s view on tariffs, and how changing policy would affect the global economy.