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Thursday on BPR:
Political commentator Chuck Todd
Boston Globe Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen
Divine Intervention podcaster (and Peabody Award-winner) Brendan Patrick Hughes and his mother, Marianne Hughes.
Recent segments
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Walsh: Beacon Hill's Police Reform Won't Fundamentally Change Boston Police Practices
Walsh claimed that city has already enacted reforms the state has not yet finalized. -
Paul Reville Advocates Easing 'Huge Burden' of U.S. Student Loan Debt
The former Mass. education secretary was responding to a recent Boston Globe piece arguing against a student loan bailout. -
Mass. Police Reform Bill Is A 'Very Solid Start,' Says Andrea Cabral
The former sheriff of Suffolk County shares her thoughts on the newly passed police reform bill in Massachusetts. -
Lee Pelton Says He Will Use His New Role At Boston Foundation To Address City Inequities
Pelton will begin his tenure at the philanthropic organization in June, after nearly 10 years leading Emerson College. -
The Revs Talk Biden Catholicism, Debate Praise of Faith In Politics
During the "Boston Public Radio" interview, Rev. Monroe said she worries touting the President-elect's Catholicism would create a political double-standard, calling it "a slippery slope." -
Juliette Kayyem: Expect Widespread Immunity to COVID By Summer Of 2021
The national security analyst and CNN contributor said Americans have "every reason to be happy,” even if we have to hunker down for a while longer.
Listen to previous shows
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Corby Kummer | Eating Turkey On Thanksgiving Connects Us To An American Identity
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer told Boston Public Radio Wednesday how eating Turkey on Thanksgiving connects people across the country. -
BPR Full Show 11/21/18 : Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Turkey
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, November 21st, 2018. -
BPR Full Show 11/20/18: Weed, Ask The Attorney General, Economic Lessons
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 20th, 2018. WGBH reporters Craig LeMoult and Arun Rath called in from the first two recreational marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts. We opened the lines to hear if your marijuana usage will change now that recreational stores are finally opening. NBC Sport's Trenni Kusnierek joined us to talk about the latest sports news. Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell talked about the issues plaguing Boston including whether or not to lower the speed limits in the city. Attorney General Maura Healy took your questions and ours on another edition of Ask The Attorney General. CNN's John King discussed the top political headlines. Economist** **Jon Gruber gave his thoughts on the economy and health care. -
BPR Full Show 11/19/18 : Politics, Electric Scooters, Poetry
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, November 19th, 2018. Freelance journalist Joanna Weiss and Dante Ramos, editor of the Ideas section at* The Boston Globe, *joined us to discuss the latest local and national political headlines. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott talked about the most recent developments in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. T.V. expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on T.V.. ProPublica's A.C. Thompson was in the studio to talk about his new Frontline documentary on the growing threat of radical Neo-Nazi groups in America. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. We opened the lines to hear what you thought about the prospect of electric scooters taking over the streets of Boston as the city's newts form of affordable transportation. Poet Richard Blanco read some poems that helped us help better understand our lives and times. -
Corby Kummer | Nostalgia Couldn't Save Papa Gino's
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer Joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the decline of Papa Gino's.