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Monday on BPR:
The Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G Price III
Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans
The Fletcher School’s Daniel Drezner
Bonde Wine Shop's Bertil Jean-Chronberg & Alexandra Whisnant of Zuzu’s Petals wine bar
Recent segments
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Healey says she had no choice on blocking Brookline's fossil fuel ban
AG tells Boston Public Radio state law required her to rule against the town's energy efficiency initiative. -
Rep. Keating urges U.S. to sanction members of Russian parliament
Keating just returned from meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Munich Security Conference. -
U.S. sanctions against Russia are the ‘tightening of the screws,’ national security analyst says
Juliette Kayyem discusses U.S. sanctions against Russia as tensions rise in Ukraine on Boston Public Radio. -
Immigration backlog is the result of longstanding political gridlock, says Julio Ricardo Varela
The Latino Rebels news blog founder joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the obstacles to immigration reform. -
‘Is this the rest of my life?’ What it's like living with long COVID
Kate Porter and Ghenya Grondin joined Boston Public Radio to discuss how long COVID has upended their lives. -
Interim Suffolk County DA says his office is looking into Charles Bogues' 1993 murder conviction
Hayden joined Boston Public Radio to discuss his agenda and bid for a full term.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 8/22: Justice For Yacht Rock
Local woman, NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell, hosts with Harvard national security expert (and yacht rock fan) Juliette Kayyem. GBH reporters Adam Reilly and Phillip Martin are our guests for Press Play media analysis. We talk with Phillip about his recent reporting on “pink slime" journalism. Plus, journalist deaths in Gaza, MSNBC’s rebrand and House Democrats’ probe into the Paramount / Skydance merger. Jill McCracken performs for Live Music Friday, ahead of the We Make Noise Fest this Saturday in Downtown Crossing. We also talk with organizer and artist Naomi Westwater about how this event platforms women and queer artists. Under the Radar host Callie Crossley discusses Mayor Wu's debate with Todd Lyons, Gavin Newsom's Trump trolling on X, and Gov. Healey pushing to bring the Connecticut Sun to Boston. Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks leopard seal mating songs and a large New Zealand parrot that tried to make a move on her. -
BPR Full Show 8/21: Straight Men Still Read Books For Fun?
Nancy Gertner weighs in on legal fights against Trump's D.C. takeoverKhalil Gibran Muhammad offers thoughts on Trump meddling with the SmithsonianBill McKibben says the sun is “having a moment,” 4.6 billion years on. He’ll join to discuss the future for solar energy, in light of his new book “Here Comes the Sun.”Voices from Ukraine is a new original musical that's touring New England, with a cast of Ukrainian actors sharing their stories of life during wartime. We’ll talk with two of those teenage actors, Sofiia Kopytko and Taisiia Grygorova... plus Susan Mathison from Common Man for Ukraine. -
BPR Full Show 8/20: Transit, Water and Ayanna Pressley
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the Democrats' strategy on the Epstein files, gerrymandering, and more.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on discuss Trump's push to eliminate mail-in voting, and the coastal threats from Hurricane Erin.Former transit secretary Jim Aloisi joins with former Transportation4Mass director Chris Dempsey for a transit panel.Max Rome of Charles River Watershed Association and Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay join to talk about urban beaches, water quality and environmental justice. -
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BPR Full Show 8/18: The Alaska Meeting, Summer Movies and Religious AI Chatbots
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Margery while Jim is still out on vacation.Businesses are seeing workforce disruptions with ICE disruptions. We talk to Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans about that, plus, about a new study on how language barriers affect your internet experience.It's still summer movie season. Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his unabashed reviews of new summer flicks, including the Freaky Friday sequel and some Disney reboots. For more than 40 years, former labor secretary Robert Reich has been sounding the alarm on rising inequality in America, and how to fix it. He’s out with a new memoir “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America."It's All Rev’d Up with the Revs Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe. They talk about technology and faith: including the rise of Silicon Valley techno-religion, and an AI chatbot for religious questions.