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Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Economic scholar & author Chuck Collins
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston School Committee member Brendan Cardet Hernandez
We will be back at the BPL Studio as soon as we make some updates to the space. We will keep you posted
Recent segments
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                    Williamstown Theatre Festival Cancels Summer Season Amidst Coronavirus ConcernsThe season will, however, be available online to listen to on Audible.
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                    Stimulus Package For Healthcare System 'Won't Be Enough,' Says Jonathan GruberThe coronavirus stimulus package funds dedicated towards healthcare could be billions of dollars short in aid.
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                    Art Caplan: Rationing Guidelines Reflect Inequities Of Healthcare System, But Are 'What You've Got To Do'Massachusetts' new guidelines for rationing medical resources prioritize young and otherwise healthy people.
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                    Chris Muther And Cat Mrs. Davenport Review Freeze-Dried Meals For Social DistancingThe travel writer gave highest marks to the freeze-dried beef stroganoff
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                    D’Amato Says Food Bank Supplies Are OK, Despite 50% Demand IncreaseThe Greater Boston Food Bank president said she’s mostly concerned with keeping workers safe from COVID-19.
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                    Carol Rose: The ACLU Is Calling For An Equitable Response To The Coronavirus PandemicMassachusetts should release racial data for COVID-19 response, says civil liberties union.
Listen to previous shows
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                    BPR Full Show 9/27: We Love Moo DengWe opened the lines to discuss taking care of your lawn. Live Music Friday with a performance from the Berklee Music Inclusion Ensemble, all about creating space for musicians with disabilities to play & innovate. Leola Hampton & her daughter Maya Scott are featured in GBH’s fabulous new documentary commemorating 50 years since the start of busing in Boston. They joined to reflect.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett talked about flu season shots, and her latest op-ed for the Globe on better systems to support people coming out of prison.Nancy Gertner on what to expect re: the special counsel investigation into Donald Trump landing on the desk of District Court Judge Tanya S. ChutkanShirley Leung on her latest reporting re: Black leaders exiting Boston, and the latest re: Wu’s property tax proposalWe ended the show by discussing the current it girl: Moo Deng.
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                    Best Of BPR 9/27: Leola Hampton's Busing Story & LMF Berklee Music Inclusion EnsembleToday:Leola Hampton and her daughter Maya Scott are featured in GBH’s new documentary – Never Cried – commemorating 50 years since the start of Boston’s forced integration plan – busing. They discuss the anniversary and reflect on the intergenerational impacts of busing today. Live Music Friday with the Berklee Music Inclusion Ensemble – with the long-term goal of creating a network of accomplished musicians with disabilities that can serve as mentors for youth with disabilities, they perform for us ahead of a free show Friday night.
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                    Best Of BPR 9/26: Lewis Black + Melissa LudtkeToday: Comedian Lewis Black is in town for two shows at The Wilbur this weekend. He Zooms in to tell us all about his final comedy tour: “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road”And, trailblazing sports journalist Melissa Ludtke joins us ahead of two events in Massachusetts promoting her book “Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside” – all about her fight for equal access in Major League Baseball.
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                    BPR Full Show 9/26: NY Mayor Eric Adams IndictedChuck Todd on VP debate preparationsAndrea Cabral reacted to the execution of Marcellus Williams, and the indictment of New York Mayor Eric AdamsLewis Black, the longest running correspondent on the Daily Show, and the voice of that angry red guy in the Pixar movie, joined to discuss his final tour, called “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road"Melissa Ludtke spent decades as a sports reporter, who famously broke gender barriers in baseball when she sued to be allowed in the Yankee locker rooms. She writes about it in her new memoir Lock Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get InsideAITA for stealing a fry off of someone's plate? We debated with listeners
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                    Best Of BPR 9/25: The Manosphere 4 Trump & What The Manta Ray KnowsMedia maven and local woman Sue O’Connell has thoughts on Donald Trump and JD Vance courting the young man vote through a new generation of "dude" influencers like Logan Paul and Adin Ross. Then, naturalist Sy Montgomery tells us of her recent trip to Ecuador diving with giant oceanic manta rays. And, we get her take on news a little closer to home – Margery’s favorite story of the week, the bulls on the loose in North Attleboro.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
