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Volker Türk, United Nations high commissioner on human rights
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen
State auditor Diana DiZoglio
Recent segments
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Former Suffolk County Sheriff Cabral On Impeachment: I Have Never Seen A Case 'Put Together As Well' As House Impeachment Managers
Cabral said it was "indisputable" that Trump incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol but acknowledged that the former president will likely be acquitted. -
Lincoln Project Co-Founder On Why She Left The Organization — And The Republican Party
"It's outrageous there are Republican senators who have already decided they will not convict," Jennifer Horn said. -
'You Are Either A Patriot Or A Traitor,' Rep. Pressley Says
Pressley called on senators to convict Trump during the impeachment trial and said that to not speak out is to be complicit in his actions. -
Harvard's Danielle Allen On The 'Re-Knitting' Of America: 'We Don't Have An Alternative But To Put In The Work'
A scholar of democracy, Allen also spoke about her potential run for governor of Massachusetts in 2022. -
Former U.S. Sen. Flake Would 'Likely Vote To Convict' Trump For Inciting Insurrection
"The only way forward for Republicans" is to denounce Trumpism, Flake said. -
Expecting The Expected At This Week's Senate Impeachment Trial? Constitutional Law Expert Laurence Tribe Thinks You're 'Dead Wrong'
The Harvard Law professor emeritus predicted that this week's impeachment hearings will be "spell-binding" and "terrifying" enough to sway a handful of pro-Trump senators.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 04/04: Boston Lyric Opera's Carousel
The 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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Best Of BPR 4/03: ICE Agents Obstruct Justice To Take Custody Of A Man Mid-Trial & Federal Education Funds Withdrawn From Massachusetts
Today:We talk with lawyer, former Suffolk County Sheriff, Andrea Cabral about the administration’s attack on law firms … Plus, the unprecedented detention of a defendant mid-trial.And, former education secretary Paul Reville discusses the Trump administration clawing back $106 million in unspent COVID funds to Mass. schools. -
Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their Webs
Today:Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads.
