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Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Naturalist Sy Montgomery
Massachusetts GOP senate candidate John Deaton
FRONTLINE filmmaker Mike Wiser
National security expert Juliette Kayyem
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. -
Valentine's Day With Myers + Chang
The duo behind Myers + Chang and Flour Bakery spoke about their newest bakery opening. -
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Alex Beam Reflects On Shattered $200,000 Piano
The Boston Globe columnist expressed sympathy for pianist Angela Hewitt. -
Callie Crossley On How Black Voters Are Responding To Bloomberg's Presidential Bid
Ever 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. -
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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Best Of BPR 10/02: Living In Pryde & Government Shutdown Impacts Local Food Assistance
Today:GBH News’ latest documentary “Living in Pryde” follows residents in "The Pryde" senior living facility at a time when queer rights are under attack. We speak with producer Rob Tokanel, Pryde executive director Gretchen Van Ness, and resident Eddie Whitman.And, Catherine D'Amato of the Greater Boston Food Bank walks us through impacts to food assistance during the government shutdown. -
Best Of BPR 10/01: Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner & Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Today:Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses a judge's ruling that federal officials unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters.Plus, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discusses the government shutdown. -
BPR Full Show 10/01: The Government Shutdown
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem with reaction to defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s summit for hundreds of top military leaders where he railed against America’s greatest threat: beards, guts and diversity.Former Mass GOP chair Jennifer Nassour and former Democratic state rep Jay Kaufman discuss what needs to happen to reform the Massachusetts state legislature. The Culture Show's Jared Bowen talks all things arts and culture, including why the biggest stars in comedy: Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Boston’s own Bill Burr, are getting flack for agreeing to appear at a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia.Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on a Boston judge ruling the Trump administration unlawfully targeted international students for pro-Palestinian activism, and the Supreme Court's new term.Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley talks about the Democrats’ role in the first full-blown government shutdown since 2018. -
BPR Full Show 9/30: Ask The Governor With Maura Healey
Gov. Maura Healey joins for Ask the Governor.CNN's John King zooms in with the latest on the looming government shutdown and the Trump-Netanyahu photo op.Boston Globe's Shirley Leung on the Boston city council's attempt to mitigate delivery scooter chaos, and how some Boston area companies are reducing their human workforce and supplementing it with AI.NBC10's Trenni Casey discusses the Boston Celtics media day, the Red Sox in the playoffs, and Robert Kraft selling a minority stake in the Patriots for $9 billion. -
BPR Full Show 9/29: See It In VistaVision
Andrea Cabral hosts with Margery today. NAACP board member Michael Curry discusses the weaponization of Charlie Kirk's murder on the right, and the white nationalist imagery in ICE recruitment materials.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the Kennedy commission report on child health ignoring the leading cause of child death — gun violence. Plus, everything to know about vaccine season.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson previews horror movie season and shares some recent movie reviews.Princeton academic Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the potential fallout from Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and the educators fired over their comments in response to Charlie Kirk's murder.