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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Harvard’s Danielle Allen and the American Prospect’s Bob Kuttner – they both have different ideas for the way we do primaries in Massachusetts, we’ll hear them debate
Live Music Friday with “Caio e Jess” – two professors at Berklee College of Music
Local woman and media maven Sue O'Connell
Northwestern University's Leah Gould will talk about women in the military
Recent segments
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CNN's John King Talks Coronavirus, Tuesday's Primaries And Tom Brady's Future
King said the president was ‘much more in command of the facts’ than in previous addresses. -
Buccaneers 'Might Be The Best' Team For Tom Brady To Join, Says Trenni Kusnierek
The New England Patriots quarterback announced he plans to leave the team this upcoming season. -
Should The MBTA Have Reduced Service During The Coronavirus Spread?
Two transportation experts give their takes on whether it's for the best that transportation services have been reduced. -
Somerville Mayor Considering Ban On All Public Gatherings, Closure Of All Non-Essential Businesses
Mayor Joe Curtatone said he believed the nation is past the point of containing the pandemic. -
Cassellius To Boston Students And Families: ‘We Are Going to Step Up And Feed All Our Children'
BPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius explained how families can access food services during the Coronavirus outbreak. -
Late Night TV Shows Pause Production Due To Coronavirus
How will the loss of late night comedy and commentary affect viewers at home?
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 2/23: The Blizzard of '26
As a massive blizzard bears down on New England, Jim and Margery keep talking on the airwaves. They take calls from listeners on how they're faring during the storm and help Jim answer questions about his pellet stove. Plus:MassDems chair Steve Kerrigan and MassGOP chair Amy Carnevale join us for our regular political check-in.Princeton University professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses the state of Black voter support for the Trump administration, and corporate DEI efforts.Ali Noorani, the Barr Foundation’s new president, joins to share his hopes and goals for the philanthropic organization under his leadership.We dedicate hour three of the show to special snow coverage, talking with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Boston mayor Michelle Wu, meteorologist David Epstein, NBC 10 Boston's Sue O'Connell, GBH's Jeremy Siegel, CAI's John Basile, MassDOT's Jonathan Gulliver, the MBTA's COO Ryan Coholan, and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. -
BPR Full Show 2/20: Beam Us Up
For Press Play media analysis we talk to NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell and GBH's Callie Crossley. Live Music Friday with saxophonist Zishi Liu. He's headlining a Lunar New Year concert at Regattabar later this month.Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses today's SCOTUS ruling that bars President Trump from enacting sweeping tariffs. We play our conversation with Andy Freed, author of “Lead Like The Boss: The Bruce Springsteen Framework to Elevating Your Leadership.” -
BPR Full Show 2/19: Speed No More
Juliette Kayyem on Democratic mayors across the country moving to limit ICE action in their citiesAndrea Cabral on the Colin Gray case, father of a school shooter.Federico Rossano on a GBH event screening NOVA’s “Can Dogs Talk?” -
BPR Full Show 2/18: Cheating To Win
We remember documentarian Frederick Wiseman and actor Robert Duvall with The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen. And he reviews the new Wuthering Heights movie.Boston Globe technology writer Hiawatha Bray discusses why more people are turning to AI for health-related questions (and what it means for their health). Plus, why Healey's social media regulation plan faces an uphill battle.NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey gives us a dispatch from the winter Olympics: on how a cheating scandal is upheaving the friendly sport of curling, and how, per usual, the Olympic Village has already run out of condoms.