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Coming up Friday on BPR:
“Press Play” media analysis with Sue O’Connell and Callie Crossley
Lunar New Year music with Zishi Liu
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
Author Andy Freed
Recent segments
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Why 'Jeopardy! The Greatest Of All Time' Is So Popular
TV expert Bob Thompson says the popularity is due to a mix of nostalgia for the game itself and for host Alex Trebec. -
Village Voice: Richard Blanco On The Enduring Sonnet
The inaugural poet recited a handful of modern takes on the classic form. -
Sennott: Trump's Iran Policy Is Made Without Any Sense of History
WGBH News Analyst Charlie Sennott said that Trump's actions could lead to further instability in the region. -
BPR Politics Roundtable: Booker's Exit Shakes Up Presidential Race
On Monday, Sen. Cory Booker announced he would be dropping out of the 2020 presidential contest. -
All Rev'd Up On The Tale Of Two Popes
Retired Pope Benedict XVI voices support for the Catholic Church's practice of a celibate priesthood, while Pope Francis is considering the possibility of allowing older, married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region. -
"Be Bold": Walsh Begins 2020 With An Ambitious Vision
On Friday, the mayor called on the state legislature to "be bold" and act on the state's transportation issues.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 4/02: Let Me Be Your Avocado
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the launch of the first US professional women's 15s rugby league and a controversy surrounding influencers and hot yoga. Harvard security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the justice department seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione and the results of Tuesday's supreme court election in Wisconsin.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale School of Management discusses Trump's "liberation day" tariffs and the response (or lack-thereof) by CEOs to the Trump administration.Naturalist Sy Montgomery explains how urban spiders build soundproofing into their webs and why an octopus hitched a ride on a shark. -
Best Of BPR 4/01: Former Denmark Ambassador On Trump's Greenland Land Grab & The ACLU Against Tyranny
Today:Rufus Gifford, former ambassador to Denmark under Barack Obama -- who more recently worked on the Biden/Harris and Harris/Walz campaigns -- discusses Donald Trump's rhetoric about Greenland.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses their organization joining onto the legal team in defense of Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk. -
BPR Full Show 4/01: Rumeysa Ozturk Case
ACLUM executive director Carol Rose discusses the local ACLU chapter joining on to legal filings in support of Rümeysa ÖztürkCorby Kummer on Trump's immigration impacts on farm workers and unions.Rufus Gifford, former Ambassador to Denmark parses through the Trump administration's rhetoric around Greenland.CNN's John King on national political headlines & Wisconsin election. -
BPR Full Show 3/27: Detained Tufts Student
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung recaps Mayor Wu's appearance on The Daily Show, Canadians upset over U.S. annexation talk and the latest on the White Stadium development. Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral discusses Cambridge City Counselor Paul Toner's refusal to resign over the brothel scandal, and law firms refusing to represent Trump opponents. Andrew Natsios used to chair the Mass GOP and served as USAID administrator under George W. Bush. He reacts to the recent dismantling of the aid agency. Vulture podcast critic Nick Quah shares some of his picks for the best podcasts of the year so far, including GBH News' own "Scratch & Win." -
Best Of BPR 3/31: Inside The Notorious Mega Prison Trump Sent More Than 200 Migrants With Photojournalist Philip Holsinger
Photojournalist Philip Holsinger was on the tarmac documenting the arrival of Venezuelan migrants detained here in the U.S. and sent abroad to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison. He joins to discuss what he saw.