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Former Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus
Live Music Friday with Livingston Taylor
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Interim Executive Director John Barros
Recent segments
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Chuck Todd: John Bolton's Allegations Against Trump Are 'Shocking' But Not Surpising
The former national security adviser's new book contains allegations that Trump should have been investigated more broadly for impeachable offenses. -
Jon Gruber: Generic Drugs Could Help Our Fight Against COVID-19, But There's Little Incentive For Companies To Develop Them
A COVID-19 vaccine will take a long time to develop. In the meantime, can we incentivize big pharma to look into generic treatments? -
Art Caplan: Supreme Court Ruling A Victory For LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court has recognized that a person's sex is partly a matter of choice, not just biology, Caplan said. -
John King On Supreme Court LGBT Ruling: These Decisions ‘Actually Change America’
The chief national correspondent for CNN said Monday's ruling could very well halt recent Trump administration rollbacks to LGBTQ protections. -
Trenni Kusnierek On NBA 2020-21 Season: 'This Is A League That’s Definitely Going To Get It Done'
The NBC Sports Boston anchor discussed a new coalition formed by Kyrie Irving and Avery Bradley that's raising questions about pandemic safety, and the ethics of playing amid Black Lives Matter protests. -
Michael Cutone: Police Can Foster 'Laboratory Of Innovation' To Help Communities
Can a policing strategy adapted from the military be part of a reformists' toolkit?
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks
Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 year old.Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, former president of Emerson College, discusses the state of higher education. -
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BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.
We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE.Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the state of police reform five years after George Floyd's murder and why state Democrats are warning of harm to the health care system under Trump's budget proposal.UN humanitarian aid worker Olga Cherevko zooms in to discuss the latest conditions in Gaza.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung continues our Market Basket coverage and gets into the finances behind the Boston mayoral race.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA failing to publicize a major e. coli outbreak and a wine critic's dispatch from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
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.