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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Environmentalist Bill McKibben
GBH’s Jared Bowen
Recent segments
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Paul Reville: Boston Public Schools' Tentative Hybrid Reopening Plan
BPS released a tentative, still unofficial plan that would incorporate in-person and remote learning during their fall reopening. -
Jared Bowen: What Museums Are Like During COVID-19
Museums have begun to reopen amid the pandemic, with measures in place to encourage social distancing. -
Cannabis Control Commissioner: 'I'm Starting To Become Embarrassed' By Inequities In Mass. Marijuana Industry
White business owners dominate the state's marijuana industry, despite provisions in the state's law that aim to promote equity. -
Sgt. Eddy Chrispin On Mass. Police Reform: 'We Can't Create An Environment Where Police Are The Enemy'
Chrispin is the head of the Mass. Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers. -
Juliette Kayyem: Determining A COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
Who will get access to the vaccine first, and what will a vaccination roll out look like? -
Maura Healey On Qualified Immunity: Public Employees Can't Be 'Paralyzed,' But Reform Is Needed
Massachusetts' attorney general said she supports some form of qualified immunity reform.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 2/18: "If You're Not At The Table, You're On The Menu"
Today: Federal funding cuts are threatening community healthcare, and equity across every industry. NAACP’s Michael Curry minces no words about DEI rollbacks, and the fragility of our healthcare system -- nationally and here in Massachusetts.And, CNN’s John King joins to talk about the fracturing of the media as Trump bans the Associated Press from the Oval Office & Air Force One. -
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Best Of BPR 2/13: Elon Musk Gave MIT Economist Jon Gruber Whiplash & Democracy When?
Today:Jon Gruber, head of MIT's economics department, joins to discuss Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.And, we open the lines as Donald Trump reopens communication with Russia's Vladimir Putin -- before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- as the war in Ukraine enters three years of sustained bloodshed. -
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BPR Full Show 02/12: Losing Our Marbles
We start the show with "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu. Harvard national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses President Trump's posturing on Gaza and attempts within the government to shield itself from DOGE.Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, on the Trump administration's assault on science and health research. Naturalist Sy Montgomery says its the season of love --- and not just for humans. New England foxes, skunks, coyotes, racoons, mink, and barred owls are getting hot and heavy around Valentine's Day.