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Monday on BPR:
Harvard’s Juliette Kayyem
ACLU of Massachuetts' Carol Rose
Michael Curry from the Mass League of Community Health Centers
David Shapiro, YMCA of Greater Boston
James Beard-award winning Chef and author Alexander Smalls
Recent segments
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                    Callie Crossley Calls Work-From-Home App Sneek 'Surveillance Of The First Order'Among other things, the program photographs workers at their computer every one to five minutes.
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                    Sue O'Connell Denounces Jared Kushner's Role In Trump Administration Coronavirus ResponseO'Connell pointed to Kushner's lack of background in public health or government.
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                    Corby Kummer: The Restaurateur Dilemma During CoronavirusLegal liability will be better for restaurants that close down, Kummer said, but many are trying to stay open.
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                    Village Voice: Poems For Social Distancing"When things are really bad, poets always find the good thing," said Richard Blanco.
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                    Alex Beam's New Book Reveals The Rocky History Behind The Farnsworth HouseIn "Broken Glass: Mies Van Der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece,” Beam explores the relationship between architect and client.
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                    Holyoke Mayor Morse Discusses Deaths At Veterans CenterFollowing an outbreak of COVID-19 at The Soldiers’ Home, a veterans center in Holyoke, at least fifteen individuals have been confirmed as dead. At least six of the dead tested positive for COVID-19 while six others are awaiting test results.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 5/01: 'This Is The Moment' To Fight For Democracy & May Day In BostonToday:Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, author of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," discusses standing against authoritarianism and confronting disinformation. Her message is clear: the future of American Democracy depends on the willingness of Americans to fight for it.And, president of American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts Jessica Tang joins to discuss today's international day of action for the labor movement, amid widespread attacks on laborers, educators, and civil society more broadly from the Trump administration.
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                    BPR Full Show 5/01: Holding The LineMaria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of the Filipino news service Rappler. In 2021 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to a free press, reporting on dictator Rodrigo Duterte. Amy Spitalnik is CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. She’ll discuss antisemitism in America and those who argue it’s being politicized by the far-right. Jessica Tang is President of AFT Massachusetts, she joins ahead of an appearance at a May Day rally on Boston Common. Jelani Cobb is Dean of the Colombia Journalism School and writer for the New Yorker. He talks about Columbia in Trump’s crosshairs and journalism’s role holding Trump 2.0 to account.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/30: 'Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages' & Even Pigeons Know The Difference Between Monet And ManetToday:Patty Talahongva discusses her new film for Frontline, documenting climate devastation in Alaska for native communities; and the cultural impacts of forced relocation, first at direct hands of the American government, and now at the hands of its inability to deal with climate change.Then, it’s our favorite Hancock NH resident, author and naturalist Sy Montgomery on boozy chimps caught on camera getting loaded off of fermented breadfruit.
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                    BPR Full Show 4/30: Trading Politics For PopcornGBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses an Edvard Munch exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum and Francis Ford Coppola at a 'Megalopolis' showing at the Coolidge Corner Theater.Patty Tahalongva is director, producer and writer of PBS Frontline's latest film "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages." She joins via zoom to discuss the film, which follows the immediate impacts of climate change on indigenous communities forced to relocate.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks about crows with math skills, booze-fueled feasts for wild chimps and the Cape Ann woodpecker.Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral on the Justice Department halting funds for victims of hate crimes and child abuse, and a new report from Harvard University report on antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus.
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                    Best Of BPR 4/29: The Lawyers Defending American DemocracyToday:Lawyers Defending American Democracy Executive Director Lauren Stiller Rikleen and former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbargar discuss attacks on the American legal system, and what their group is doing to hold bad actors to account.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
