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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein
Live Music Friday with TEATEA
Press Play media analysis with NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell and the Globe’s Emily Sweeney
James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams and Billy Shore, founder and executive chair of “Share Our Strength," ahead of their Chefs Cycle 2026 ride
Recent segments
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What's the Harris campaign got? Money, says former DNC finance chair
Alan Solomont says potential FEC challenges to Biden-Harris campaign funds amount to "mischief" from a Republican appointee to the commission. -
No Boston Olympics reflects on its victory nine years ago
Nine years ago Boston cancelled its bid to host the 2024 Olympics. No Boston Olympics is one group that helped make that happen. -
Bill Kristol reflects on the Republican Party's deep transformation
The editor-at-large of The Bulwark discussed how the Republican Party is now dominated by Trumpism. -
Meet Republican Senate candidate John Deaton
The Republican challenger to Sen. Warren made his pitch for why people should vote for him this election. -
Harvard professor says calls for unity after Trump attack are ‘boilerplate political speech’
“We are a bit in uncharted waters when it comes to, like: what do you actually say?” said -
Lift your spirits with adorable animals at these Massachusetts spots
Beyond Yoga & Wellness regularly offers yoga classes with piglets and goats, and Park-9 Dog Bar is open to dog owners and dog lovers.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/21: "Ask The AG" And Doris Kearns Goodwin
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses "The Light in the Piazza" at the Huntington, penguins getting a retirement home at the New England Aquarium and the Kennedy Center's MAGA makeover.Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new 8-part documentary series on the American West, with Kevin Costner, premiering on Memorial Day.Chris Dempsey and Rep. Bill Straus join for a transportation panel, discussing former T chief Brian Shortsleeve joining the GOP race for governor, a turbulent start for South Coast Rail and how to spend the $1.3 billion from the millionaire's tax.Attorney General Andrea Campbell joins for Ask The AG. We ask her about ICE raids and local law enforcement, Question 1, consumer protections and more. -
Best Of BPR 5/20: Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis & Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart Finally Gives Us A Scoop
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center discusses Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart calls in with July 4 news. -
BPR Full Show 5/20: Fifty Years Of Shark Mania
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Celtics out of the playoffs and breaking news about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson joins for a summer movie preview and reflects on 50 years since Jaws premiered. CNN's John King joins remotely to discuss the opposition to Trump's big, beautiful tax bill. -
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BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule
Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a local artist who makes mini-paintings of Boston scenes and leaves the canvases up around the city. He chronicles his work on TikTok as @armoneythomas. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses yesterday's SCOTUS arguments on the 14th Amendment, along with other contested Trump executive orders and the sense that "rule of law" is ending in America.