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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Under the Radar's Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with rapper and illustrator Nick Shea
Chocolate sommelier Victoria Kichuk
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell
Recent segments
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                    Bob Thompson: 'Sherman's Showcase' Black History Month-Turned Juneteenth Episode Is A Comedic Celebration Worth WatchingThe parody variety show filmed a Black History Month special before widespread protests for racial equality. It's as timely as ever.
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                    Emily Rooney On (A Lot Of) US Monuments: 'They Just Look Terrible'The “Beat the Press” and “Greater Boston” host poked fun at a statue of Edward Everett Hale by Boston Common.
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                    Callie Crossley On Commemorating JuneteenthIt comes at a "fraught point, and just as people are trying to heal and respond to the horribleness of George Floyd's death," Crossley said.
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                    Sue O'Connell: Supreme Court LGBT Ruling Is 'Beyond Historic'The Supreme Court ruled the prohibition on sex discrimination in employment also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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                    Juliette Kayyem On Supreme Court DACA DecisionWhat happens if the Trump administration tries to rescind the policy again?
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                    Andrew Bacevich On America's ‘War Fetish' And The Sanitized American IdentityThe former Army colonel spoke on his recently published writing for the New Republic.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 6/02: US-Backed Aid To Gaza Is Not 'In Any Way Helpful' & The Nationwide 'Blacklash'Today:Olga Cherevko of the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian aid describes the state of hunger, destruction and despair in Gaza.Michael Curry, head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and a member of the NAACP board of directors, discusses impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget and the rollback of diversity and police reform initiatives nationwide.
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                    Best Of BPR 5/30: Local Nonprofits Navigate New Political Environment & Live Music With Christina Day MartinsonToday: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.They host a panel with the leaders of two local nonprofits to discuss the current environment for organizations dealing with federal pressure and losing federal funding – Molly Baldwin from the violence reduction group Roca and Jenna Leschuk of 826 Boston.Then, Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson. She joins with filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen, who’s made a documentary about Christina, called “A Second Movement.”
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                    BPR Full Show 5/30: Double Dip That ChipMargery and Jim have the day off. BPR regulars Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung take over the mics.It's Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson and filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen. Martinson is a Grammy-nominated violinist with Handel and Hyden and Boston Baroque, and the focus of Hansen's documentary A Second Movement.Molly Baldwin leads the community violence reduction nonprofit Roca and Jenna Leschuk is Senior Director of Development at 826 Boston. They join to discuss resisting federal pressure even as they continue to embrace DEI.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses HHS secretary RFK Jr. rolling back vaccine recommendations and the primary care physician shortage in Massachusetts. It's "Press Play" with GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell, who discuss a rise in local news nonprofits, NPR’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, and more.
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                    Best Of BPR 5/29: Trump's 'Destructive' Isolationism & Market Basket's Family Food FightToday:Ambassador Nicholas Burns was the United States’ top diplomat in China under the Biden administration. He discusses Trump’s tariffs, and international diplomacy writ large.Then we get listener reaction to news that another family feud is brewing at Market Basket, more than a decade after CEO Arthur T DeMoulas garnered massive community support in the last brouhaha over his business model and shareholder profit.
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