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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Live Music Friday with three time Poet laureate Robert Pinsky
Former executive editor of the New York Times Jill Abramson
NBC 10 Boston media maven Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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Economist Jon Gruber Highlights 'Nightmare' Situation For Nation’s Nursing Homes
The MIT economist proposed creating a “care corps” program to bring more workers to the nation’s sorely under-staffed nursing homes. -
Art Caplan On Trump's Great Unmasking
When COVID-19 was ramping up in America, the United States sent millions of masks to China. -
Matt Segal: 35,000 Dismissals Relating To Drug Lab Scandals Revealed 'Hard Proof' That The War On Drugs Can End Without 'Mayhem In The Streets'
A new documentary highlights the civil rights issues at the center of the drug lab scandals, and the broader war on drugs. -
Charlie Sennott On The 'Heroic Streak' Of Women In The Time Of Coronavirus
The GroundTruth CEO commended the work of female leaders and healthcare workers abroad and at home. -
Bob Thompson Reviews 'One World: Together At Home' Simulcast
The simulcast provided some of the best entertainment in the age of coronavirus, Thompson said. -
Director Miles O'Brien Talks New Frontline Documentary 'Coronavirus Pandemic'
The new documentary looks at the different political response rates to the coronavirus pandemic.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 9/25: Can You Afford The American Dream?
BPR Full Show 9/25: Can You Afford The American Dream? -
Best Of BPR 9/24: Axios' Dan Primack On A Troubled Economy & Juliette Kayyem On More Political Violence
Today:Axios business editor Dan Primack discusses the economy and likelihood of a recession.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses a shooting at a Dallas immigration facility on Wednesday that killed two detainees. -
BPR Full Show 9/24: Can Resistance Succeed?
Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air. Did public resistance succeed in protecting free speech -- this time?GBH's Jared Bowen discusses Jimmy Kimmel's return to late night and The Rocky Horror Picture Show turning 50.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, Trump's UN speech, no federal charges yet in the Charlie Kirk case.We talk to Boston Debate League executive director Kimberly Willingham and hear students debate the subject of Boston city bike lanes. Food policy analyst Corby Kummer zooms in to discuss the USDA quietly removing a food insecurity tracker and the one year anniversary of Dani's Queer Bar. -
BPR Full Show 9/23: Ask The Mayor with Mayor Michelle Wu
BPR Full Show 9/23: Ask The Mayor with Mayor Michelle Wu -
Best Of BPR 9/22: Maria Ressa Warned Us About This
Today: We bring you our conversation from May 2025 with Maria Ressa – the Nobel prize winning journalist who was arrested repeatedly in the Philippines for reporting on corruption, human rights abuses and the weaponization of social media under former President Rodgrigo Duterte. She tells us she looks out on America in this current moment with "deja-vu" and "PTSD" from her own experiences living through authoritarianism.
