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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral
Live Music Friday: Fabiola Mendez and Lowell Folk Festival organizer Lee Viliesis
Zamawa Arenas, co-chair of the Latino Equity Fund, and Ciro Valiente, director of the Venezuelan Association in Massachusetts
Recent segments
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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. -
The Top 5 Boston Public Radio Segments From 2020
BPR's top five must-listen moments from the year. -
Rich Countries Have 'Bought Up' COVID-19 Vaccine Supply, Art Caplan Says
How long will the global population have to wait until everyone can access a vaccine? -
Former Suffolk County Sheriff On Texas Election Suit: 'Sedition is the Right Word For This’
Andrea Cabral called the lawsuit "absolutely an attempted coup" during a Friday interview on Boston Public Radio. -
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Calls On 'All State Legislators To Strike Down' Baker Amendments To Police Reform Bill
Pressley said the Massachusetts compromise police reform bill represented modest policy proposals given the "depth of hurt" caused by generations of brutality by police.
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*.