BPR: Market Basket, Callie Crossley, Walden Media, Emily Rooney, Friday News Quiz

Members of the production team of our 89.7 midday show Boston Public Radio.

August 08, 2014

Updated January 10, 2016

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(Starts at 1:00) Jim and Margery talked to Nancy Koehn about new developments surrounding the Market Basket protests. Koehn is a historian at Harvard Business School, and author of Ernest Shackleton Exploring Leadership.
(Starts at 31:20) WGBH's Callie Crossley will join Jim and Margery for her regular Friday segment. Callie talked about forgotten races for state office, as well as a lawsuit filed against Whole Foods over yogurt. Callie Crossley is host of the Sunday show Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.
(Starts at 50:11) Michael and Chip Flaherty will be back on BPR. The Flahertys' Walden Media helped produce the new film The Giver, starring Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges. Here is the trailer from The Giver.
(Starts at 1:11:44) Friday's Open Mic guest will be Greater Boston and Beat the Press host Emily Rooney. Emily will offer another edition of Emily's List.
(Starts at 1:30:03) On the Friday News Quiz, Maryanne O'Hara — author of Cascade — and Michael Volmar — producer of Under Quabbin and curator at the Fruitlands Museum — will be the two contestants.