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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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                    Corby Kummer: Is Kelp The New Kale?It's taken seaweed a while to become mainstream, but Sweetgreen is trying to popularize the plant.
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                    Valentine's Day With Myers + ChangThe duo behind Myers + Chang and Flour Bakery spoke about their newest bakery opening.
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                    Alex Beam Reflects On Shattered $200,000 PianoThe Boston Globe columnist expressed sympathy for pianist Angela Hewitt.
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                    Callie Crossley On How Black Voters Are Responding To Bloomberg's Presidential BidEver since a 2015 audio recording of presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg defending the controversial tactic known as stop-and-frisk resurfaced on Tuesday, Bloomberg has been playing defense.
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                    AG Maura Healey Seeking Damages From Juul For Allegedly Profiting Off 'Exploitation Of Young People'Healey's office announced a lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul for directly marketing to underage people.
Listen to previous shows
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                    BPR Full Show 01/30: The DogglerRep. Ayanna Pressley reacts to Trump-caused chaos, Democratic resistance and the deadly plane crash in Washington, DC. Former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral helps make sense of what’s going on behind the scenes with the Trump administration freezing (and unfreezing) federal funds. She also discusses a new case before SCOTUS that would allow the government to create publicly-funded religious schools.Boston Globe columnist Marcela Garcia discusses her reporting on local ICE raids, and offers thoughts on the future of TikTok, where her two dogs have over 100k followers.Filmmaker Terri Randall & Former Lt. U.S. Navy pilot Ryan Graves on the new PBS NOVA documentary “What Are UFO’s?”
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                    Best Of BPR 1/29: Highlighting Some Lesser Known Grammy-Nominated ArtistsToday:We reconvene our music panelists ahead of Sunday’s Grammy Awards. Almost everybody knows about Beyonce and Sabrina Carpenter, but with help from CRB’s Brian McCreath, Berklee’s Emmett G. Price III, and GBH’s James Bennett II, we hear about some nominees you may have missed.
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                    BPR Full Show 1/29: The Federal FreezeJared Bowen on the Mona Lisa getting her own room at the LouvreJuliette Kayyem discussed the chaos from Trump's order to pause federal spendingBoston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discussed Lunar New YearBrian McCreath, Emmett Price III, and James Bennett II did a deep dive into this year's Grammy nominated artists.
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                    Best Of BPR 1/28: Trump's Governance By Sharpie & The Price Of EggsToday:Andrea Cabral fills in for Margery. We talk with CNN chief national correspondent John King about Trump’s whirlwind 8 days in office. He’s pardoned January 6 rioters, banned transgender people from serving in the military, and pressed pause on all federal loans – too busy to bring prices down though.Then, we open the lines for more egg talk: From bird flu to Trump-o-nomics – prices are up and supply is down.
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                    BPR Full Show 01/28: Double Clam ChowderNBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey on the upcoming Super Bowl, a new TGL golf league in Boston, and huge crowds at the women's Beanpot series. Roger Berkowitz, former CEO of Legal Seafoods, now Roger's Fish Co., brings some chowder to the BPL and talks about the seafood industry in New England and fishermen's reaction to Trump.Boston Globe political reporters Samantha Gross and Matt Stout on their recent stories about Healey's budget, immigration and takeaways from their 'State Secrets' series. CNN national political correspondent John King on Trump's continued division of Americans post-election.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
