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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Republican candidate for governor Mike Minogue
Live Music Friday with Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono
NBC Boston media maven Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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Trenni Kusnierek On Kobe Bryant: We Lost A 'Basketball Star' And A 'Cultural Icon'
Bryant died in a helicopter crash over the weekend. He was 41 years old. -
All Rev'd Up: 'Hair Is A Political Statement'
The reverends discuss the power of Ayanna Pressley going public about her alopecia. -
Emily Rooney Defends Lack Of Impeachment Coverage On Fox News
The "Beat the Press” host stuck to her guns when pressed by Jim and Margery. -
Crossley: Cambridge Becomes Fourth City In The State To Ban Facial Recognition
Facial recognition technology has been proven to show racial inaccuracy when identifying faces. -
AG Maura Healey Wins Facebook Faceoff Over Subpoenaed Data
A judge has ordered Facebook to turn over data requested from the attorney general regarding the social media company's use of consumer information. -
Chuck Todd: Appearance Of Impartiality Is What’s Kept Justice Roberts Silent
The “Meet the Press” moderator gave his take on why we haven’t heard much from the man presiding over impeachment.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 4/22/26: Sick With Hurry
MIT's Jon Gruber discusses 20 years of Romneycare, of which he was a key architect.ACLU of Mass' Carol Rose discusses their lawsuit challenging Trump's efforts to get unredacted voter rolls in the state.Marc Morial of the National Urban League and Rahsaan Hall of Urban League of Eastern Mass join to discuss their organization's support of "clean slate" legislation — criminal justice reform that would automatically seal records for eligible candidates.Judy Pitasi joins us for today's Long Run segment; she oversees a team of 200 volunteers cleaning up after Boston Marathon runners. -
BPR Full Show 4/21/26: Secrets Secrets
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey gives a Marathon recap and updates us with the latest on the Pat's coach Mike Vrabel drama.Rich Davey, CEO of Massport, discusses how the war with Iran is impacting local travel costs around jet fuel and flight prices.CNN's John King joins us for the latest national political headlines, including Senate primaries and Kash Patel suing The Atlantic for an article about his heavy drinking and absences.Nicole Nguyen, personal tech columnist at the Wall Street Journal, joins us to discuss her latest reporting on what AI really knows about you, and an onslaught of software updates you don't want to ignore. -
BPR Full Show 4/17/26: Avoiding The Bonk
BPL president David Leonard, Jay Moschella, manager of rare books and manuscripts, and Garrett Dash Nelson, curator of the Leventhal Map Center, discuss the library's exhibit of rare printings of the Declaration of Independence.Tracy Bonham joins with a string quartet for Live Music Friday ahead of a show this weekend at the Burren.Abdallah Fayyad of the Boston Globe and NBC10's Sue O'Connell join us for Press Play to talk about Pete Hegseth's latest Tarantino-inspired prayer service and other media analysis.Boston Athletic Association President Jack Fleming and BAA high performance team member Robert Miranda join for a marathon preview. -
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BPR Full Show 4/15: Kind For A Day
Cannabis Control Commission chair Shannon O'Brien discusses the state of the marijuana industry in Mass.Kade Crockford of the ACLU of Mass joins for a discussion about protest safety and data privacy in our surveillance era.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary and lessons against illiberalism more broadly. Plus, thoughts on Hegseth's Holy War and U.S. officials going toe to toe with the pope.And, we talk to Anna McKeown of DreamFar and Jim Keane of Boston Bulldogs run clubs.