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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Under the Radar's Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with rapper and illustrator Nick Shea
Chocolate sommelier Victoria Kichuk
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell
Recent segments
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                    As Supreme Court debates abortion, Cambridge doctor sees patients at the last clinic in MississippiDr. Cheryl Hamlin travels to Mississippi about once a month to perform abortions that local doctors refuse.
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                    Sen. Markey optimistic Democrats can pass social infrastructure packageThe senator said he's 'very confident' in his party's ability to find consensus on the multi-trillion dollar social infrastructure package known as the Build Back Better bill.
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                    Boston Pops seek to honor community and tradition in their holiday return to Symphony HallCommunity and holiday traditions are central themes of the Boston Symphony show.
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                    Under turkey attack? Here's how to fend off (or befriend) the wild birdsNaturalist Sy Montgomery shares some tips to avoid ruffled feathers
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                    Mayor Wu hints that an indoor vaccine mandate is imminent in BostonIn her first appearance on "Ask The Mayor," Michelle Wu also laid out her plans for hiring a new police commissioner.
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                    'We're not conquered or defeated': Mashpee Wampanoag tribe chairman reflects on ThanksgivingThe United American Indians of New England commemorates the National Day of Mourning at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth each year.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 4/03: ICE Agents Obstruct Justice To Take Custody Of A Man Mid-Trial & Federal Education Funds Withdrawn From MassachusettsToday:We talk with lawyer, former Suffolk County Sheriff, Andrea Cabral about the administration’s attack on law firms … Plus, the unprecedented detention of a defendant mid-trial.And, former education secretary Paul Reville discusses the Trump administration clawing back $106 million in unspent COVID funds to Mass. schools.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their WebsToday:Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads.
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                    BPR Full Show 4/02: Let Me Be Your AvocadoNBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the launch of the first US professional women's 15s rugby league and a controversy surrounding influencers and hot yoga. Harvard security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the justice department seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione and the results of Tuesday's supreme court election in Wisconsin.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale School of Management discusses Trump's "liberation day" tariffs and the response (or lack-thereof) by CEOs to the Trump administration.Naturalist Sy Montgomery explains how urban spiders build soundproofing into their webs and why an octopus hitched a ride on a shark.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/01: Former Denmark Ambassador On Trump's Greenland Land Grab & The ACLU Against TyrannyToday:Rufus Gifford, former ambassador to Denmark under Barack Obama -- who more recently worked on the Biden/Harris and Harris/Walz campaigns -- discusses Donald Trump's rhetoric about Greenland.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses their organization joining onto the legal team in defense of Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk.
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                    BPR Full Show 4/01: Rumeysa Ozturk CaseACLUM executive director Carol Rose discusses the local ACLU chapter joining on to legal filings in support of Rümeysa ÖztürkCorby Kummer on Trump's immigration impacts on farm workers and unions.Rufus Gifford, former Ambassador to Denmark parses through the Trump administration's rhetoric around Greenland.CNN's John King on national political headlines & Wisconsin election.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
