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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Tufts' Fletcher School international affairs expert Daniel Drezner
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer
Dr. Atul Gawande, former assistant administrator for global health at USAID
Recent segments
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Callie Crossley On The Re-purposing Of A Confederate Statue
"It's really become a gathering space. I thought wow, what a way to reinvent in the moment," Crossley said. -
Corby Kummer: Trader Joe's Is 'Finally Saying No To Racist Branding'
Trader Joe's follows in the steps of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's in removing branding critics say is racist. -
Rep. Joe Kennedy On Delay To Senate Republican COVID Relief Proposal: 'It’s Really Dangerous News For Our Country'
The congressman said further federal relief is critical to support struggling families and educators, and to bolster coronavirus testing capabilities. -
Ali Noorani On President Trump's Call To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From The Census
The census has historically counted everyone, regardless of citizenship or legal status. -
Paul Reville: Boston Public Schools' Tentative Hybrid Reopening Plan
BPS released a tentative, still unofficial plan that would incorporate in-person and remote learning during their fall reopening. -
Jared Bowen: What Museums Are Like During COVID-19
Museums have begun to reopen amid the pandemic, with measures in place to encourage social distancing.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule
Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a local artist who makes mini-paintings of Boston scenes and leaves the canvases up around the city. He chronicles his work on TikTok as @armoneythomas. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses yesterday's SCOTUS arguments on the 14th Amendment, along with other contested Trump executive orders and the sense that "rule of law" is ending in America. -
BPR Full Show 5/15: Full Of Baloney
Political analyst Chuck Todd with his weekly D.C. rundown.Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks about the return of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk. And, her new bill to stop the garnishment of wages for people with student loans in default. Dr. Sarah Fortune leads a tuberculosis research team at Harvard whose NIH funding was just cut by the Trump administration. She talks about the importance of scientific research and the future of her lab.MIT economist Jon Gruber explains how cuts to higher education will impact the biotech, medical and education economy in Massachusetts. -
Best Of BPR 5/15: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Describes Inhumane Conditions In For-Profit Louisiana Detention Center
Today:Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tells of her visit to constituent Rumeysa Ozturk in a Louisiana detention center, of the fight to get her released, and how Democrats are fighting back against the Trump administration.And, Dr. Sarah Fortune, chair of the department of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses how a surprise philanthropic donation is keeping her scientific research alive – despite cuts from the Trump administration. -
Best Of BPR 5/14: The Security Risk Of Qatar's Gifted Airplane & Tick Season Is Getting Worse
Today:National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the amount of work that will have to go into retro-fitting the Qatari airplane to suit Trump's presidential needs.And, naturalist Sy Montgomery discusses warming climate's impact on ticks and the humans who get bit by them. -
BPR Full Show 5/14: Kicking And Screaming
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the no-nudity dress code at Cannes and 'Kimberly Akimbo' at the Emerson Colonial Theatre.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem explains why the Qatari plane gifted to President Donald Trump poses security problems. Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses new FDA-approved 'natural' food colorings, the golden age of the fried-chicken sandwich and Michelin stars coming to Boston restaurants.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery on this season's tick problem and new research on the rhythmic capabilities of sea lions.