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A new PBS documentary details the discrimination that minority people faced living in public housing.

Is love really blind? Thompson walks us through Netflix's latest reality TV show.

The Boston branch of the NAACP wanted there to be a process surrounding the artwork, since it would've been placed in a public space.

Galea said Americans shouldn’t panic, but should practice “the basic hygiene that we should always be doing."

The Massachusetts Senator called in to “Boston Public Radio” on Monday for a quick interview.

While the CCC is supposed to make sure people affected by the war on drugs are included in the state's legal market, they can't regulate the agreements made by individual cities and towns.

BPR Full Show 5/12: Crisis In Gaza

Today:Gov. Maura Healey joined Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on May 9, 2025.

For Live Music Friday we hear from Brockton-based artist Latrell James, who won Album of the Year at 2024’s Boston Music Awards. He's performing at Boston Calling this month. We also speak to Boston Calling co-founder Mike Snow."Ask The Governor" with Maura Healey. We ask Gov. Healey about tariffs, the latest ICE raids, potential cuts in the state budget and more. Democratic Whip Katherine Clark joins is to talk about dysfunction within the Democratic party, what the party's message should be moving forward, and her recent petition to protect Medicaid and SNAP.

Podcaster Chuck Todd returns for his Thursday D.C. roundup.Andrea Cabral on the latest law and order headlines: an appeals court ordering the return of Rumeysa Ozturk and to Vermont. Environmentalist Bill McKibben returns for his monthly climate check-in. Culture reporter James Bennett II discusses why Americans are obsessed with the movie Conclave and the real-life conclave. While on air, the current conclave ended and the new pope was announced. We talk with James about the historical significance of the first Pope from the United States, Leo XIV.

Today:National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the start to the secretive process to pick the next pope.NPR host Ari Shapiro zooms in ahead of two local shows on his cabaret tour.