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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
“Ask The Governor,” with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, 11am-12pm
Live Music Friday with four time Grammy-Award Winning Bassist Oscar Stagnaro
Rebecca Winter, executive director of Mass 50501
Recent segments
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Mayoral Candidate Warns Of 'Generational' Learning Loss In Boston Schools, Disproportionate Toll On Poor And Nonwhite Students
Annissa Essaibi-George also spoke about her push for mobile vaccine clinics and commended Gov. Charlie Baker for allowing businesses to expand capacity limits as COVID-19 infections drop. -
All Rev'd Up: Senate Unlikely To Pass Equality Act Due To Conservative Faith-Based Tensions
The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act last Thursday, but the bill's future in the Senate remains uncertain. -
Healey: Vaccination Rollout Has Been 'Frustrating,' 'Huge Failure' At Times
Healey called Gov. Baker out for blaming the rollout's problems on limited supply. -
Rep. Jon Santiago On Running For Boston Mayor And The Risks Of Coronavirus 'Curveballs'
Santiago, who is also a Boston Medical Center emergency room physician, discusses his decision to run. -
Virginia Abolishes Death Penalty In A Surprisingly 'Progressive Move,' Says Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
The state that used to lead the country in the number of executions has now abolished capital punishment. -
'At Best, It Was Disappointing. At Worst, It Was Damaging': National Security Expert Kayyem Pans Tuesday's Insurrection Senate Hearing
The Harvard professor and CNN analyst said the questioning left her "no smarter," and reinforced the need for an investigatory commission into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 1/5: All You Need Are Friends
Tufts University’s international affairs scholar Daniel Drezner on the United States' weekend invasion of Venezuela to depose its authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro. Tufts food policy analyst Corby Kummer forecasts 2026 food trends and how to stick to New Year's resolutions. Plus, he updates us on how the Trump administration’s agriculture investments will impact farmers. Bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel discusses his new book “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life.”There are more lawmakers of color than ever on Beacon Hill. But the legislature still remains disproportionately white. We talk to Mass League of Community Health Center’s Michael Curry about that, and what a boost in rural health system federal funding could mean for western Mass. -
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Best Of BPR 12/19: On *That* Vanity Fair Piece & Live Music With Atikin Rose
Today:Juliette Kayyem and Andrea Cabral fill in for Jim and Margery.GBH political reporter Adam Reilly and Bay State Banner publisher Ron Mitchell join for our media analysis segment Press Play.And, Atikin Rose joins for Live Music Friday, accompanied on piano by Hawk of "God-Tier Entertainment" and joined in the studio by the CEO of PUTINWORK Rob Kelley-Morgan.
