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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
“Press Play” with GBH’s Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with “Tunes on the Charles"
NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell
Boston Globe reporter and filmmaker David Abel
Recent segments
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USDA cuts allowable sugar and sodium levels in school meals
The updated nutrition guidelines allow schools several years to meet the reduced sugar and sodium requirements. -
Mass. congressman hand-delivers official tally of vote approving Ukraine aid to Zelenskyy
U.S. Rep. Bill Keating traveled to Ukraine on Monday to give the Ukrainian president a copy of the official tally sheet where the House authorized crucial military aid for the nation's defense against Russia's invasion. -
Dorchester's Comfort Kitchen is a James Beard 'Best New Restaurant' semi-finalist
Run by Biplaw Rai from Nepal and Kwasi Kwaa from Ghana, Comfort Kitchen was named a semi-finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award in the category of "Best New Restaurant" in New England. -
EPA regional administrator celebrates federal investments this Earth Day
The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will support people on the ground, but there's still a lag in rollout. -
Berklee ensemble aims to ‘shift the culture’ for artists with disabilities
Berklee’s Music Inclusion Ensemble, made of artists with disabilities, will play their first concert this weekend. -
Younger, educated residents are leaving Mass. because of housing costs
A new report found that almost 23,000 people between the ages 25 to 44 left the state in 2021-2022.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 3/24: We Need To Talk About The Job Market
Michael Curry discusses the growing life expectancy gap between Black residents and other Bostonians — the gap has doubled over the past decade.John King discusses the latest national political headlines.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the rise in sepsis cases in Mass., and the rise in IV drip bars in BostonBobbi Gibb in person discusses her legacy as the first woman to run Boston Marathon. -
BPR Full Show 3/23: Slippers And A Robe
Amherst College's Ilan Stavans discusses the sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez.Comedian and The View host Joy Behar zooms in ahead of her "My First Ex-Husband" performance at the Huntington.Evan Horowitz of Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis walks us through his reports on rent control and income tax ballot questions.GBH's Jared Bowen joins us briefly to discuss "the unmasking of Banksy" and preview what's ahead on The Culture Show this week. -
BPR Full Show 3/20: Ask Phil Eng
GBH News politics reporter Adam Reilly and Under The Radar's Callie Crossley join for 'Press Play' media analysis. For Live Music Friday, Puerto Rican singer, drummer, and composer David Rivera performs ahead of a show at Regattabar.Phil Eng, MBTA General Manager and interim secretary of transportation, joins for 'Ask the GM,' to answer our questions and yours. -
BPR Full Show 3/19: Who Wants To Bring Back Dueling?
BPR Full Show 3/19: Who Wants To Bring Back Dueling? -
BPR Full Show 3/18: Fostering Friendship In Divided Times
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on war in the Middle East and the resignation of Joe Kent, the now-former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus join for a transit panel, focusing on plans for White Stadium, the Everett stadium for the Revs and World Cup plans at Gillette.Linda Bilmes, co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War" and Harvard Kennedy School public policy lecturer, discusses the financial cost of going to war in Iran.Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters column discusses why some heterosexual women are hiding their boyfriends, how to make friends as an adult, and and update on the library phone booth.