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BPR will be back live on Monday, July 6 with:
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Princeton University's Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Transportation panel: Chris Dempsey and Bill Strauss
Recent segments
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How federal cuts to the VA could impact Massachusetts
Federally funded health services and disability payments may be impacted, but state-funded veteran's services should be protected. -
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng says the agency needs to 'stay persistent'
The South Coast Commuter Rail plans to start service on March 24, with passengers riding free on the weekends until the end of April. -
Healey bemoans federal funding cuts, says loss of up to $16B would be 'devastating'
The state couldn't raise the requisite funds elsewhere, the governor tells GBH News. -
Mayor Wu says Boston has moved too fast on street changes
Bike and bus lanes have become a flashpoint in Boston’s 2025 mayoral election. -
'Agitate, resist, obstruct': How two Mass. Democrats say they're standing up to Trump
U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch shared how they're pushing back. -
‘They want to maximize the cruelty’: Laid-off federal workers share their frustrations
Probationary employees fired from the National Weather Service and Veterans Affairs share their stories.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 6/11: Rachel Rollins Speaks Out
We'll start the show by airing a conversation Jim and Boston Globe's Shirley Leung had with Rachel Rollins yesterday; Rollins is running for Suffolk DA, to unseat her successor in the position, Kevin Hayden.Chuck Todd zooms in for the latest national political headlines.Andrea Cabral discusses the Supreme Court's final cases this term.Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the Bill Pulte appointment at DNI, and Trump's myriad grifts in the White House.Mitchell Garabedian and Dr. Herb Brennan zoom in to discuss developments for Rhode Island victims of clergy sex abuse -
BPR Full Show 6/10/26: Happy Hour and Senator Ed Markey
National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussing the latest round of strikes between US and Iran.Gary Mitchell discusses the closing of the S&S deli after 107 years. Carolyn Chou of Homes for All Massachusetts, discusses the rent control ballot question.Senator Ed Markey discusses his campaign for his eighth term in Congress. (zoom) -
BPR Full Show 6/9/26: Trump Ruins Everything!
Dan Primack, business editor at Axios, discusses the state of the economy.John King discusses Trump's baseless vote fraud claims in California, Scott Pelley's NYT interview re: CBS/60 Minutes, and other national political headlines.Trenni Casey discusses Trump at the Knicks game, and a Somali refugee soccer player denied entry to the US ahead of the World Cup.Kara Holmquist, director of advocacy at the MSPCA, discusses the push to ban pet sales in stores in Massachusetts -
BPR Full Show 6/8/26: FIFA World Cup and "Looksmaxxing"
Ian Coss and Stephanie Pollack join us to discuss "the Highway Teardown tour"Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther discusses Boston's first nonstop flight to Belize, and how the ultrarich are doing the World Cup.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the World Cup from a public health lens, and the rise in young people getting colon cancer.Corby Kummer discusses the push to incorporate green crabs into our food system, so they don't destroy the ecosystem. -
BPR Full Show 6/5/26: Of Alpha-Gal And Dusky Sharks
Kelly Garrity and Matt Stout of the Boston Globe join for Press Play.Mariachi singer and artist Veronica Robles performs for Live Music Friday.State Auditor Diana DiZoglio discusses the legislature's new audit bill, which she says undermines the ballot question approved by voters.Gary Daffin and Adrianna Boulin join ahead of this weekend's Boston Pride for the People event.