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Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Economic scholar & author Chuck Collins
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston School Committee member Brendan Cardet Hernandez
We will be back at the BPL Studio as soon as we make some updates to the space. We will keep you posted
Recent segments
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                    Juliette Kayyem: “Iran Will Need To Respond”The CNN analyst offered her take on Thursday’s killing of Qassem Soleimani.
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                    Emily Rooney's 2020 PredictionsOn Friday, Beat the Press host Emily Rooney shared her list of predictions for 2020.
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                    "I For One Do Not Mourn His Death": Patrick Weighs In On Death Of Iranian General, Questions Trump's Middle East StrategyFormer governor and presidential candidate Deval Patrick said that slain Iranian Maj. Gen. Qaseem Soleimani deserved “the worst" on Friday.
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                    Lack Of Diversity In Presidential Race Is "A Problem" Says Callie CrossleyJulián Castro suspended his presidential campaign on January 2, 2020, further reducing the number of minority candidates.
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                    The First Same-Sex Kiss In A Star Wars Film Is Removed From Singapore ScreeningsThe brief kiss was brief and inconsequential to the plot, says Sue O'Connell.
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                    A New Republican PAC Wants To Defeat Donald Trump In 2020The Lincoln Project is a new political action committee made up of prominent Republicans working to kick Trump and his allies out of office.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 11/22: Lyndia Downie On Ending Homelessness & Deval Patrick On Civic EngagementToday, Andrea Cabral fills in for Jim:Pine Street Inn executive director Lyndia Downie reflects on 40 years spent at the organization aimed at ending homelessness, and their big Thanksgiving plans.Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick discusses the grassroots organization foundational to democracy.
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                    BPR Full Show 11/22: Teacher Strikes and WhoppergateThe North Shore teacher strikes continue. We take your calls and texts on reactions to the strike and hear from frustrated parents who are struggling to find childcare. Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick joins to discuss the state of the Department of Justice, how to reinvigorate civic engagement in this polarized era and what’s next for his Democratic Party.GBH's Callie Crossley talks about Comcast’s cable spinoff, the GOP's policing of bathrooms for trans people, Trump’s slimmer-than-expected popular vote victory, and more.Franc Graham has been performing with her Franc Graham Band since the 90’s. She memorializes that era of Boston with a new single called “Boston.” She joins to talk about songwriting and plays for the library audience.Then we ask listeners how they respond to the aches and pains of aging.Lyndia Downie of the Pine Street Inn talks about their mission and other housing and homelessness news ahead of Thanksgiving.We end the show by asking listeners whether they are courageous enough to send the wrong food order back, or if they meekly accept the mistake.
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                    Best Of BPR 11/21: The ACLU's Freedom Firewalls & The Reality TV Show That Is Trump's CabinetToday: Sue O'Connell fills in for Jim.Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the organization's plan to protect civil rights and liberties under a second Trump administration.And former Massachusetts Public Safety Secretary Andrea Cabral walks us through the latest in Trump's reality TV-style method of picking cabinet members.
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                    BPR Full Show 11/21: No Mass Deportations In BostonChuck Todd on the latest D.C. headlines, news about Trump’s flurry of appointee announcementsAndrea Cabral on Wu in the national spotlight over her comments on mass deportations in BostonCarol Rose talked about the ACLU of Massachusetts’ new “Firewall for Freedom” agendaAndy Ihnatko on how tariffs are going to impact prices of phones, gadgets & other devices, and what we can expect out of Elon Musk over the next four years
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                    Best Of BPR 11/20: Trans Community In Crisis & Broker Fees Be GoneToday:Civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo discusses the transgender community's response to Donald Trump's election.And, Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses broker fees.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
