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Monday on BPR:
Trenni Casey and Cristina Quinn fill in for Jim and Margery:
GBH podcaster Ian Coss with former transportation secretary Stephanie Pollack
Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer
Recent segments
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John King Hopes Wisconsin Primary Opens Dialogue About Remote Voting
Voters are waiting in long lines to vote in the presidential primary on Tuesday, as the Governor's push to delay the election in the name of public health was denied. -
What Happens To Tom Brady If The NFL Season Is Canceled?
Will Brady ever get to step out onto field with his new team, if the 2020 NFL season is cancelled due to the coronavirus? -
Bob Thompson Weighs The Ethics Of Cuomo Brothers Interviews
Thompson criticized the interviews, but said he sees the benefit in having Chris Cuomo, who himself has COVID-19, a platform to talk about the disease. -
Robert Reich: This Pandemic May Change How Americans View Government
Amid widespread economic downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic, will people embrace broader government protections? -
Charlie Sennott Calls Coronavirus Speech From Queen Elizabeth II ‘Historic’
The GrouthTruth Project CEO compared the queen’s address to a similar speech given by her father during World War II. -
Vanessa Kerry: Massachusetts' Coronavirus Cases To Peak In 'Next Couple Weeks'
The biggest threat is not knowing who carries the virus.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 7/25: Beaches and Burgers
Local woman, coyote wrangler and NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Jim.Julie Millican, Vice President of Media Matters, joins for this week’s edition of Press Play media analysis. Irish folk band Solas performs ahead of this weekend's Lowell Folk Festival. We also talk with festival founders Seamus Eagan and Winnie Hogan, plus executive director Lee Viliesis.GBH's Callie Crossley discusses a protest on Nantucket against Vice President JD Vance, WBZ layoffs, Trump’s latest push to prevent “woke AI," new Obama conspiracy theories and reflections on the death of Hulk Hogan and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Rep. Jake Auchincloss and MIT economist Jon Gruber join to talk about their recent essay called “The Case for New Cities." -
Best Of BPR 7/24: Genocide Scholar On Gaza & GBH CEO On Rescission
Today:Omer Bartov is the Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He joins us to discuss his view that Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza constitute genocide.Then GBH CEO Susan Goldberg stops by studio 3 to update us on the impacts of losing federal funding. -
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Best Of BPR 7/23: Fired Market Basket Execs Allege Hostile Takeover & La Saison's Road From Tehran To Boston
Today:Market Basket executives Tom Gordon and Joe Schmidt join Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to discuss their firings, in the wake of speaking out against the company's latest. And, husband-and-wife owners of La Saison bakery, Soheil Fathi & Sarah Moridpour discuss their journey from Tehran to the Boston area. -
BPR Full Show 7/23: Have We No Shame?
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the Labubu craze and 200 years of American Art on display at the PEM.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Israel's expanded attacks in central Gaza, the growing daily deaths at food and humanitarian sites operated by the IDF, and France's media organization calling for the removal of its freelancers who remain in Gaza, citing starvation.Market Basket employees -- Joe Schmidt and Tom Gordon -- were fired hours after Schmidt appeared on our show yesterday. We check back in with them on the latest in the Market Basket family feud. Ariel Foxman is the VP of brand and experience for the Boston Seaport and Brandon Cardet-Hernandez is a Boston School Committee and member of the Mass council for Latino Empowerment. They are married, and join for our "How Do You Two Know Each Other?" segment.Soheil Fathi and Sarah Moridpour of La Saison Bakery join to discuss their journey from Tehran to Boston.