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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Ask the Governor" with Maura Healey, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Live Music Friday: Latrell James and Boston Calling organizer Mike Snow
'Press Play' with GBH’s Callie Crossley and Bay State Banner editor Ron Mitchell
Recent segments
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How Grace Young became the 'accidental voice' of Chinatown
James Beard Award cookbook author Grace Young is raising awareness about the struggles facing Chinatown neighborhoods. -
Attorney general says ‘we are absolutely in a housing crisis’
Andrea Campbell chose last week the head of her office’s newly created Housing Affordability Unit starting in July, focusing on expanding affordable housing across Massachusetts. -
Joe Spaulding on retirement and celebrating folk music in Boston
Joe Spaulding, the longtime president and CEO of the Boch Center, first met the theater’s current namesake in the ticket line for a Cat Stevens concert. The rest is history. -
AG Campbell and Warren say Trump’s verdict means ‘the legal system worked’
But Republican Michael Sullivan, former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, disagreed: “I felt a great deal of sadness.” -
Long COVID disproportionately impacts Black and Hispanic communities, as FLiRt variant looms
President and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Michael Curry spoke about new COVID-19 variant called FLiRt and the impact on Black and Brown communities who struggle with long COVID. -
The Trustees CEO on expanding beach access and bolstering shorelines
Katie Theoharides discussed the new parking system at Crane Beach and the impact of climate change on shoreline access.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 4/03: ICE Agents Obstruct Justice To Take Custody Of A Man Mid-Trial & Federal Education Funds Withdrawn From Massachusetts
Today:We talk with lawyer, former Suffolk County Sheriff, Andrea Cabral about the administration’s attack on law firms … Plus, the unprecedented detention of a defendant mid-trial.And, former education secretary Paul Reville discusses the Trump administration clawing back $106 million in unspent COVID funds to Mass. schools. -
Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their Webs
Today:Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads. -
BPR Full Show 4/02: Let Me Be Your Avocado
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the launch of the first US professional women's 15s rugby league and a controversy surrounding influencers and hot yoga. Harvard security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the justice department seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione and the results of Tuesday's supreme court election in Wisconsin.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale School of Management discusses Trump's "liberation day" tariffs and the response (or lack-thereof) by CEOs to the Trump administration.Naturalist Sy Montgomery explains how urban spiders build soundproofing into their webs and why an octopus hitched a ride on a shark.