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Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Economic scholar & author Chuck Collins
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston School Committee member Brendan Cardet Hernandez
We will be back at the BPL Studio as soon as we make some updates to the space. We will keep you posted
Recent segments
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                    Jane Oates: $600 Unemployment Benefits Still MatterThe president of the nonprofit WorkingNation talked how unemployment funds affect and help struggling Americans.
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                    Juliette Kayyem: Explosion In Beirut Caused By 'Remarkable Form Of Negligence'The 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate that went off had been stored insecurely for over six years in a Beirut warehouse, Kayyem says.
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                    Remembering The First US Recipient Of A Near-Total Face TransplantConnie Culp died last week at the age of 57.
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                    Larry Tye: New Biography Of Joseph McCarthy Draws Throughline To Donald TrumpTye discussed his biography of McCarthy, "Demagogue: The Life And Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy."
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                    Carol Rose: ‘Massachusetts Is Not Immune' To Police MisconductThe executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts also explained the status of legislation, currently moving through the State House, to address police reform.
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                    John King: Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Attacks Could Suppress GOP Election TurnoutCNN’s chief national correspondent responded to a tweet from the president, who appeared to be reversing course on his prior narrative about fraudulent mail-in voting.
Listen to previous shows
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                    BPR Full Show 3/3: Zelensky and Trump Oval Office MisfortuneBPR Full Show 3/3: Zelensky and Trump Oval Office Misfortune
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                    Best Of BPR 2/28: Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao & Live Music With Castle Of Our SkinsToday:Massachusetts Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao joins Jim and Margery at the BPL on Feb. 28, 2025.And, Live Music Friday with Castle of our Skins – a Black arts institution dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. They perform at the Bethel AME Church in JP this Saturday.
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                    Best Of BPR 2/27: On The Courts With Andrea Cabral & Oscars Preview With James Bennett IIToday: The chief justice of the supreme court has halted a lower court decision ordering Trump administration to pay State Department, USAID contractors. We talk with Andrea Cabral about a sole jurist acting alone rather than on behalf of the American people.And, GBH arts and culture reporter James Bennett II gives his Oscars previews.
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                    BPR Full Show 2/27: Embrace The Coffee RevolutionChuck Todd for his Thursday D.C. check-in.Andrea Cabral on federal court scrutiny of DOGEShirley Leung on her latest columns about White Stadium and Trump targeting “eds and meds” in MassJames Bennett talks about some of his favorite Oscar-nominated shorts films & Oscar-nominated long films.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
