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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Transit panel with Bill Straus and Chris Dempsey
Boston Globe Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein
Linda Bilmes, coauthor of “The Three Trillion Dollar War,” about the cost of war with Iran
Recent segments
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Boston Public Radio Full Show: 12/24/20
Listen to the full episode of Boston Public Radio from Dec. 24, 2020. -
AG Healey: Police Reform Bill As Amended Is 'A Really Good Thing'
The state senate has compromised on Gov. Baker's face recognition technology requests. -
Revs. Irene Monroe And Emmett Price Tout 'Beautiful Approach' In Saturday Protests For Racial Justice
"it’s a shame when you’ve gotta get ministers to stand out in front of Charlie Baker’s residence," -
Travel Expert Rick Steves Cautions Against Vacationing In The New Year
Even with COVID-19 vaccines rolling out, Steves says to put the brakes on planning. -
Boston City Council Passes 'Historic' Police Reforms, Says Councilor Andrea Campbell
The council passed three measures on Wednesday to reform the city's law enforcement. -
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral On The Key To Sustaining Georgia's Historic Voter Turnout
Cabral called the success of voting rights groups "remarkable" and offered her prediction about the outcome of the state's two Senate runoffs in January.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/18: Ask The Mayor November Edition
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Best Of BPR 11/17: Rickey 'FuQuan' McGee Is Free And Advocating For Open File Discovery
Today:Rickey McGee was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of a convenience store clerk who was killed during a robbery in the Fenway. For 28 years, McGee maintained his innocence. Behind bars, he co-founded the Harriet Tubman Project in 2021, which brings together incarcerated people fighting wrongful convictions.In October he was released from prison, and thanks to McGee’s own advocacy and the Innocence Program at the Public Defender’s Office, prosecutors officially dropped the murder case after new evidence weakened the testimony of the prosecution's main witness. McGee joined Jim and Margery in Studio 3 on Monday with his partner Jacqueline Fonseca, who works for the New England Innocence Project. -
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BPR Full Show 11/14: Trusting Media, Shelter Music And A Gator In The Charles
The Boston Globe's Nancy Barnes and Shirley Leung join for “Press Play" media analysis. The talk about AI in journalism, new polls about Americans' trust in media, and the 2025 Globe Summit. GBH's Callie Crossley discusses a bill on book banning, new lousy polling numbers for President Trump and Cheryl Hines' new memoir.Shelter Music Boston performs for Live Music Friday. They’re celebrating 15 years of performing in local homeless shelters. We talk with founder Julie Levin, founding violist Rebecca Strauss and managing director Carrie Eldridge-DicksonNBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell recaps her trip to Canada reporting on the Christmas tree cutting ceremony. Plus, SCOTUS declining to hear case to overturn same-sex marriage and an alligator in the Charles River.
