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Coming up Tuesday on BPR, live at the BPL:
PBS documentarian Ken Burns
Farming panel with Ken Rapoport of Azuluna Foods and Christopher Grallert, Green City Growers
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
GBH President & CEO Susan Goldberg
Ask The Mayor with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, 1-2pm
Recent segments
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‘This Is Frat Behavior’: National Security Expert Juliette Kayyem Condemns Rep. Moulton For Unplanned Afghanistan Trip
The Harvard Professor and CNN analyst did not mince words when asked her thoughts on the Congressman’s Tuesday visit to Kabul. -
At The Arnold Arboretum, A New Interactive Experience Channels ‘Restoration, Healing And Joy.’ But Don't Call It Theater.
Director Summer L. Williams joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the American Repertory Theater’s “Arboretum Experience,” which is open to the public and will run through the fall. -
Brights Spots Amid A 'Cultural Depression': Mass. Cultural Council's Michael Bobbitt Talks Post-Pandemic Arts Recovery
Bobbitt discussed the future of arts in the Commonwealth during an interview on Boston Public Radio Monday. -
AG Maura Healey Upholds Baker's Vaccine Mandate: 'It's Absolutely Legal In My View'
With FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, Healey says she expects more mandates to come. -
Director Rudy Hypolite Wanted To Show Boston's Gang Culture In A 'Different Light.' His Film's Just Been Nominated For An Emmy
Hypolite, alongside Boston community leader Robert Lewis Jr., joined a Friday edition of "Boston Public Radio" to talk about their documentary "This Ain't Normal." -
Famed 'Make Way For Ducklings' Sculptor Nancy Schön Commemorates Unlikely Love
The 92-year-old artist spoke about her latest work in a Thursday interview on Boston Public Radio.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/8: Breaking Up Over Politics?
Live Music Friday with a performance from the Boston Civics Orchestra, celebrating their 100th season kick-off this Sunday. Nancy Gertner on abortion rights, the future of the Supreme Court and Trump pardons.Joe Curtatone, President of the Alliance for Climate Transition joined alongside Rahsaan Hall, President of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. Meredith Goldstein ran through a handful of her latest advice columns on issues like not wanting to kiss your husband, unwelcome ex-texts, dealing with bad texters, and post-election existential dread. -
Best Of BPR 11/07: AITA Trump Bumper Stickers
Today:We asked listeners about what you want to hear from us in the wake of Trump’s election? And you answered: All politics all the time is not what matters to you. So … Am I The A-Hole is back … When a Trump-supporting step-dad offers to let his son’s fiancée use his car – but it’s all MAGA’d out with bumper stickers – and she refuses to drive it … Is she the jerk, or is the grown man playing a prank on a teenage girl the a hole? -
BPR Full Show 11/7: It's Chicken
NBC political director Chuck Todd joins with his reaction to Tuesday’s election.Then, we open up the phone lines to ask how Democrats can move forward after this national shift to the right and ask Trump voters why the Dems just weren't connecting with them.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral talks about the implications of a GOP-controlled Senate (and possibly House) under a second Trump term. She also discusses whether Biden should pardon Trump and the future of Jack Smith’s investigation into 2020 election subversion. Former secretary of education Paul Reville reacts to Ballot Question 2, which scrapped the MCAS graduation requirement. Reville had a key role in the original implementation of MCAS, nearly 20 years ago. We then take your mind off politics by talking about chickens for five minutes. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses her latest stories on women voter turnout and her interview with Katherine Clark. It's "Am I the A-hole" day. We ask about a dad who "pranked" his kids by covering their car with Trump bumper stickers. -
BPR Full Show 11/6: The 47th President
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discussed the election, historic precedence for non-consecutive terms and moreNational security analyst Juliette Kayyem on threats to this election from other nations, and internally; and how the rest of the world is respondingMichael Curry of the NAACP spent election day in Michigan poll-watching. He talked about his experience and the election results generally. -
Best Of BPR 11/06: Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael Curry
Today:Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks us through a stunning Trump victory last night – an overperformance from the right, and a failure from the Democrats to rally voters behind Harris.And we talk with Michael Curry, of the NAACP, about the generational shift this election in terms of race and equity.