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Paul Heslop, Programme Manager for Mine Action at UNDP Ukraine
Axios business editor Dan Primack
CNN’s John King
Recent segments
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'Dangerous' QAnon Supporter Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Appointed By Republicans To House Education Committee
Greene should not be in a position of leadership, says former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral. -
'All Rev'd Up' Hosts On Whether Catholic, Pro-Choice Biden Ought To Be Denied Communion: 'Come On!'
Some conservative leaders in the Catholic church have called the president's faith into question over his stance on abortion rights. -
Robert Kuttner On President Biden's $1.9 Trillion Economic Recovery Plan: 'Good Riddance To The Deficit Hawks'
Biden's plan includes $1,400 relief checks to most Americans and would be paid for entirely by borrowing. -
Rick Steves On 'The Most Beautiful Souvenir' And What We're All Missing In Quarantine
The travel guru talks about the value of international travel and why he's not worried about people staying home after the pandemic. -
Suffolk DA Rollins' Parking Lot Incident 'A Problem' For US Attorney Job Prospects, Former Public Safety Secretary Says
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins is on the short list to be the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts. -
D.C. Will Likely Be 'Defortified' Following Inauguration, National Security Expert Juliette Kayyem Says
The former Department of Homeland Security official also said she's hoping to see Republicans embrace Biden's calls for unity.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/5/2026: Trump's Economy and the Kentucky Derby
John King joins via zoom to discuss a cracking MAGA coalition over affordability and foreign wars, and the 4.3 million Americans no longer receiving food stamps.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Mass, discusses the SCOTUS decision on voting rights act, their temporary stay on mifepristone in the mail.Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter NBC Sports Boston, discusses Cherie DeVaux's historic Kentucky Derby win and how the Celtics got knocked out of the first-round of the playoffs. Plus, the death of Yankees broadcaster John Sterling. -
BPR Full Show 5/4/26: Another Setback In Abortion Access
The Guardian's Margaret Sullivan discusses global press freedom ratings at their lowest in a quarter century.Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers talks the mifepristone manufacturers petitioning SCOTUS to restore full access to the medication, and the millions of Americans dropping from Obamacare in the wake of subsidy expirations.Brandon Terry, author of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" discusses his work — a warning that we romanticize the battles of that era at our peril.Clementina Chéry of the Louis D. Brown Pease Institute zooms in ahead of the 30th annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace on May 10. -
BPR Full Show 5/1/26: May Day With Guest Host Ken Casey
Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey co-hosts with Jim and Margery today. With guests: Michael Patrick MacDonald, the author of "All Souls: Memoir of a Family From Southie."Live Music Friday with local Americana, folk and rock singer-songwriter Jesse Ahern.Michael Fanone is a former DC Metropolitan police officer who was injured in the J-6 attack on the Capitol. He joins us. And on this May Day, Chrissy Lynch, head of the AFL-CIO of Massachusetts, talks about working class politics. -
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BPR Full Show 4/29/26: To Smoosh, Or Not To Smoosh?
Food policy expert Corby Kummer on Boston's love for foie gras ... and the simultaneous rise of 'recession meals' that destigmatize home cooking on a budget.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses her latest reporting on the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting and new State Department rules that would deny visas to those who fear returning home.Conductor Keith Lockhart discusses the Boston Pops spring season.And for our final Long Run series, we talk about porta-potty sustainability with Rachel Binstock of Wasted*.