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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Live Music Friday courtesy of Haley Richardson
NBC Boston’s Sue O’Connell
Jinkx Monsoon and Ben de la Creme Zoom in ahead of their annual “Jinkx and De La Holiday Show"
Lyndia Downie of Pine Street Inn and Judge Kathleen Coffey join – Coffey is retiring after 15 years leading Pine Street’s “homeless court” – an initiative to resolve low-level charges for people facing homelessness
Recent segments
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Leung: Harvard Scientist Scandal Raises Questions About The School's Ability To Protect Itself From Infiltration
On Tuesday, US Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling charged the chairman of Harvard University’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, Charles Lieber, with lying about his connections to a Chinese university. -
Medical Record Company Is 'Wrong, Wrong, Wrong' To Block Data Sharing, Says Art Caplan
Epic is being critiqued for not making its medical data easier to be shared between doctors and patients. -
Minority Business Owners Still Facing Obstacles In Opening Marijuana Shops In MA
After more than a year since the first marijuana shops in the state opened their doors, however, many minority business owners say they’ve been locked out of the marijuana industry. -
Move Over Organic Food, The Next Restaurant Trend Is Restorative Dining
Fine dining restaurants are serving up climate-minded meals. -
Local Coach Dies In Helicopter Crash Alongside Kobe Bryant
Former Brewster Whitecaps coach John Altobelli was among those killed in the crash that killed Kobe Bryant. -
BPR Politics Round Table: Will Republicans Call John Bolton To Testify In Impeachment Trial?
On Sunday, revelations surfaced that in an unpublished manuscript former national security advisor John Bolton was ordered to withhold aid to Ukraine.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 04/04: Boston Lyric Opera's Carousel
The Boston Lyric Opera's 80th anniversary production of "Carousel" starts tonight, and brings the beloved show back to its beginnings at the historic Colonial Theater – in 1945.We speak with Boston Lyric Opera CEO Bradley Vernatter, director and visionary Anne Bogart, and Boston Foundation's Lee Pelton, making his theatrical debut. Plus, performances from Chelsea Basler, Brendan Shapiro, and Mary Kray. -
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Best Of BPR 4/03: ICE Agents Obstruct Justice To Take Custody Of A Man Mid-Trial & Federal Education Funds Withdrawn From Massachusetts
Today:We talk with lawyer, former Suffolk County Sheriff, Andrea Cabral about the administration’s attack on law firms … Plus, the unprecedented detention of a defendant mid-trial.And, former education secretary Paul Reville discusses the Trump administration clawing back $106 million in unspent COVID funds to Mass. schools. -
Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their Webs
Today:Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads.