EXPLORE MORE
Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Pulitzer-prize winner author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
Mayor Wu from 12 to 1 for “Ask the Mayor"
Halloween-edition of Live Music Friday with players from the Rasa String Quartet
Recent segments
-
There's more to do for Boston's water quality, say watershed advocates
Boston Harbor is an environmental success story, but watershed advocates say infrastructure upgrades can improve water quality even more. -
What's the Harris campaign got? Money, says former DNC finance chair
Alan Solomont says potential FEC challenges to Biden-Harris campaign funds amount to "mischief" from a Republican appointee to the commission. -
No Boston Olympics reflects on its victory nine years ago
Nine years ago Boston cancelled its bid to host the 2024 Olympics. No Boston Olympics is one group that helped make that happen. -
Bill Kristol reflects on the Republican Party's deep transformation
The editor-at-large of The Bulwark discussed how the Republican Party is now dominated by Trumpism. -
Meet Republican Senate candidate John Deaton
The Republican challenger to Sen. Warren made his pitch for why people should vote for him this election. -
Harvard professor says calls for unity after Trump attack are ‘boilerplate political speech’
“We are a bit in uncharted waters when it comes to, like: what do you actually say?” said
Listen to previous shows
-
BPR Full Show 9/11: Political Violence & Charlie Kirk
Chuck Todd, political commentator, opens the show with reactions and updates from the killing of Charlie Kirk.Former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral reactions to Kirk news. Former education secretary Paul Reville discusses how young conservatives on college campus are responding to the killing of Charlie Kirk, and the reality for BPS and schools across the state around ICE family separations.National security expert Juliette Kayyem joins to discuss the increasing normalization of political violence.Lindsay O'Donovan, Maeve Gilchrist and accordion player Diarmuid Ó Meachair discuss the Rockport Celtic Festival, starting tomorrow. -
BPR Full Show 9/10: Artie T. Is Ousted And Nonna Hides Her Recipes
BPR Full Show 9/10: Artie T. Is Ousted And Nonna Hides Her Recipes -
BPR Full Show 9/09: ICE Raids...Again
CNN's John King zooms in with the latest national political news.Media maven Sue O'Connell discusses the sheriffs turning their jails over to ICE for detention centers, and the $850k the state spent on outside experts for prosecuting Karen Read.Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther zooms in from Ireland to discuss some of his recent pieces ... Amtrak's Acela upgrades and his ranking of New England rest stops.Sports authority Trenni Casey discusses the start of World Cup ticket sales, and the young Phillies fan who had his home run ball taken by an adult woman, now dubbed "Phillies Karen." -
Best Of BPR 9/08: BlueHub Capital Violated Predatory Lending Laws. CEO Elyse Cherry Defends The Practice.
In 2020, a handful of Massachusetts homeowners sued BlueHub Capital -- the only lender in the state who provides shared appreciation mortgages -- alleging predatory lending practices.Today: We hear from two sides of the lawsuit, on the heels of a Superior Court judge ruling that found BlueHub did violate consumer protection and predatory lending laws.First, Bruce Marks from Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, a housing group which supports the lawsuit, joins Jim and Margery in Studio 3 with two of the defendants, to discuss their claims of predatory lending and deception by the nonprofit.Then, Elyse Cherry, BlueHub's CEO, tells us the judge's ruling is wrong. She joins with Rose Webster-Smith, director of Springfield No One Leaves -- a housing advocate herself who says she saved her own home from foreclosure with a BlueHub mortgage. -
BPR Full Show 9/8: Little White Lies
NAACP's Michael Curry discusses Governor Healey's vaccine prescription for Massachusetts residents, and the hardest hit among Trump's federal workforce cuts: Black women.Mark Leibovich of the Atlantic on the failure of the Democratic party to respond to Trump.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the newest longevity craze: micro-dosing GLP-1s.Elyse Cherry, CEO of BlueHub Capital, joins with housing advocate Rose Webster-Smith to discuss the recent court ruling on BlueHub's shared appreciation mortgage practices.