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Coming up Monday on BPR:
"The View" host Joy Behar
Amherst professor and linguist, Ilan Stavans
Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis’ Evan Horowitz
GBH’s Jared Bowen
Recent segments
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Bob Thompson's Best And Worst Of TV: July 13, 2020
On Monday, media scholar Bob Thompson joined Boston Public Radio to share what he's watching on TV this week. -
Charlie Sennott Discusses The EU's Economic Recovery, Alleged Medical Malfeasance In Brazil, And International Press Freedoms
On Monday, Sennott joined Boston Public Radio to go over the latest international headlines. -
Nancy Schön's Latest Pandemic-Prompted Sculpture
The 'Make Way For Ducklings' artist speaks about the importance of public art and describes her latest piece. -
Shirley Leung On Unifying The Funds Created To Address Racial Injustice In Boston
The Boston Globe business said she was hopeful that the various groups could work together. -
Comedian Tom Papa Wants You To Know You’re Doing Great
The author, stand-up, and podcaster talked about his new book and Netflix special and what he wants audiences to understand about leading a fulfilling life. -
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 10/27: More Tricks, Fewer Treats
Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans shares his latest book "Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book" on the power of dictionaries in shaping culture. Plus we get his take on polling that shows Latinos in America might be turning away from Trump.Vulture podcast and TV critic Nick Quah shares the best podcasts he's heard this year. Josh Paul and Tariq Habash are co-founders of “A New Policy,” which aims to reform U.S. policy toward the Middle East. They join to discuss what they think multiple U.S. administrations have gotten wrong.The Reverends Irene Monroe & Emmett G. Price III join for “All Rev’d Up" on the pastors showing up at No Kings rallies, and a new survey that finds more U.S. adults are embracing organized religion – buying more bibles post-Charlie Kirk’s assassination. -
Best Of BPR 10/24: Doris Kearns Goodwin On Lincoln's 'Team Of Rivals' And Being President For All
Today:Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to reflect on lessons in leadership from her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, released 20 years ago this week. -
BPR Full Show 10/24: Butt Naked In A Doggy-Dog World
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin celebrates 20 years since Team of Rivals was published, the one book Barack Obama said he’d want on a desert island. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for “Ask the Mayor.” We talk to her about Mass & Cass, whether she’ll insert herself into the Markey/Moulton Senate race, new pushback from Boston’s business community, and Trump’s suggestion this month about pulling the World Cup from Foxboro. Rasa Quartet performs for Live Music Friday. They’re on tour across New England with a Halloween-themed show called Soundtrack to a Nightmare. -
Best Of BPR 10/23: J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami On A Fragile Ceasefire In Gaza
Today: Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder and president of J-Street, discusses the cautious hope many are feeling in the days after a ceasefire took hold in Gaza, and how American Jews are responding to this political moment. -
BPR Full Show 10/23: AITA For Tearing Down White House?
BPR Full Show 10/23: AITA For Tearing Down White House?