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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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                    How PAGU’s Tracy Chang Stayed Afloat Through COVID-19 By Giving BackThe PAGU owner, who co-founded the nonprofits Off Their Plate and Project Restore Us during the pandemic, talked reopening and community support during her Monday interview on Boston Public Radio.
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                    Bishops Move To 'Weaponize' Communion Against One Of America's Most Prominent Catholics: Joe BidenIn a conservative push, American bishops have voted to draft new guidance that may prohibit Catholics who support abortion rights from taking communion.
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                    Crewmate Stands By The Story: Lobsterman Really Was Gulped By A WhaleJosiah Mayo recounts the whale of tale, and dispels any skeptics.
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                    Juneteenth Celebration And Its Somber History 'Can Be Held In The Same Space'Historian Kellie Carter Jackson says Juneteenth's federal holiday status "feels very symbolic, but it doesn't feel very substantive."
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                    Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral Breaks Down DOJ Brief On Tsarnaev Death PenaltyCabral said the decision has everything to do with setting precedent around jury bias for cases moving forward.
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                    The Revs: Infighting At The Southern Baptist Church Reflects Broader Political Division In AmericaA culture war inside the Southern Baptist Church may reach its tipping point at the annual meeting this week.
Listen to previous shows
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                    BPR Full Show 4/7: Budget Meals In This EconomyAnand Giridharadas of The Ink newsletter discusses national politics & this weekend's protests across the countryRetired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses Trump's third term talk and the latest on cases before the Supreme Court.Fiona Hill, senior fellow at Brookings and was the senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council during Trump's first administration on what has/hasn't changed.Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discuss the decline of empathy as a valued trait in certain faith communities
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                    Best Of BPR 4/07: Fiona Hill On Trump, Putin And Threats To Democracy WorldwideToday:Fiona Hill has spent decades studying Putin and Russia – both as a scholar and as a US intelligence official – serving in George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump administrations. She discusses the shift in foreign policy agenda in the first few weeks of Trump's second administration, and threats to Democracy worldwide.
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                    Best Of BPR 04/04: Boston Lyric Opera's CarouselThe Boston Lyric Opera's 80th anniversary production of "Carousel" starts tonight, and brings the beloved show back to its beginnings at the historic Colonial Theater – in 1945.We speak with Boston Lyric Opera CEO Bradley Vernatter, director and visionary Anne Bogart, and Boston Foundation's Lee Pelton, making his theatrical debut. Plus, performances from Chelsea Basler, Brendan Shapiro, and Mary Kray.
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