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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Under the Radar's Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with rapper and illustrator Nick Shea
Chocolate sommelier Victoria Kichuk
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell
Recent segments
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                    Cabral: Schumer Did Not Threaten Supreme Court JudgesOn Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer was rebuked by both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Chief Justice John Roberts for comments he made about Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. The comments were made on Wednesday when Schumer addressed a pro-choice rally held outside the court.
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                    Annie Linskey On Elizabeth Warren Dropping OutOn Thursday, Warren announced that she would suspend her campaign for president.
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                    ‘Frontline’ Director James Jacoby Talks ‘Amazon Empire’Jacoby called the film, which follows the life and career of Jeff Bezos, “the everything story."
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                    Coronavirus Will Cause An Economic 'Slow Down Globally', Says Shirley LeungThe business columnist spoke about the local-to-global effects that businesses are facing from coronavirus.
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                    Alex Beam Remembers Noted Boston Architect Henry Cobb"Cobb has had a huge impact on central Boston, and what we see when we look at central Boston."
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                    'Strong Pressure' For Companies Like Amazon To Combat Climate Change, Says Heather GoldstoneRegardless of whether Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund is genuine, or an attempt to quell protestors, it's good that more investments are being made to fight climate change, Goldstone says.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 11/07: AITA Trump Bumper StickersToday:We asked listeners about what you want to hear from us in the wake of Trump’s election? And you answered: All politics all the time is not what matters to you. So … Am I The A-Hole is back … When a Trump-supporting step-dad offers to let his son’s fiancée use his car – but it’s all MAGA’d out with bumper stickers – and she refuses to drive it … Is she the jerk, or is the grown man playing a prank on a teenage girl the a hole?
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                    BPR Full Show 11/7: It's ChickenNBC political director Chuck Todd joins with his reaction to Tuesday’s election.Then, we open up the phone lines to ask how Democrats can move forward after this national shift to the right and ask Trump voters why the Dems just weren't connecting with them.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral talks about the implications of a GOP-controlled Senate (and possibly House) under a second Trump term. She also discusses whether Biden should pardon Trump and the future of Jack Smith’s investigation into 2020 election subversion. Former secretary of education Paul Reville reacts to Ballot Question 2, which scrapped the MCAS graduation requirement. Reville had a key role in the original implementation of MCAS, nearly 20 years ago. We then take your mind off politics by talking about chickens for five minutes. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses her latest stories on women voter turnout and her interview with Katherine Clark. It's "Am I the A-hole" day. We ask about a dad who "pranked" his kids by covering their car with Trump bumper stickers.
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                    BPR Full Show 11/6: The 47th PresidentHistorian Doris Kearns Goodwin discussed the election, historic precedence for non-consecutive terms and moreNational security analyst Juliette Kayyem on threats to this election from other nations, and internally; and how the rest of the world is respondingMichael Curry of the NAACP spent election day in Michigan poll-watching. He talked about his experience and the election results generally.
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                    Best Of BPR 11/06: Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael CurryToday:Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks us through a stunning Trump victory last night – an overperformance from the right, and a failure from the Democrats to rally voters behind Harris.And we talk with Michael Curry, of the NAACP, about the generational shift this election in terms of race and equity.
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                    BPR Full Show 11/5: Election Day Is HereElection Day has arrived. We had numerous local political figures call into our show. Senator Elizabeth Warren, GOP candidate John Deaton, Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and representatives from each ballot question.We took listeners calls throughout the show to get first hand stories on what election day is looking like.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
