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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political commentator Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Lonnie DiNello – who says she staved off depression and loneliness with AI companions – she joins with the Boston Globe reporter who profiled her story, Dana Gerber.
Everyday Boston’s Cara Solomon and Stephen Pina, on the power of unexpected kindness in these very tough times.
Recent segments
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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. -
Dr. Vanessa Kerry On COVID-19 In Massachusetts
The state's hospitals have done well to prepare for the surge, but the national response has been mired by politics. -
Emily Rooney On The Origins Of The New Coronavirus Outbreak
Almost as soon as word of a new coronavirus outbreak that first infected people in China reached the internet, conspiracy theories about its origin spread quickly.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/11: A Spotlight On Massachusetts' History Of Mistreating Disabled People
Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration. -
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Best Of BPR 6/10: RFK Purges CDC Panel & Embrace Ideas Festival
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of the Boston Medical Center joins to discuss the latest medical headlines.And, ahead of this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we talk with Embrace Boston CEO Imari Paris Jeffries. Plus, joining Imari both at the festival – and today’s show – Giselle Byrd. She’s the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States at Boston’s The Theater Offensive. -
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Best Of BPR 6/09: Trump's Law-And-Order Hypocrisy & The American Myth Of Meritocracy
Today:Trump deployed the national guard in California, without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom. We talk through the existential questions of presidential authority with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner. Plus, her suspicions about the government's new charges of human trafficking against a man they wrongly deported, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.And, journalist Adam Chandler argues in his new book “99% Perspiration” that the American Dream equating hard work with success has turned out to be more of an American fantasy.
