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Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
CNN's John King
Education panel with Boston University's Stefany Breton and Brockton Public School Superintendent Priya Tahiliani
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Mass Audubon president David O'Neill
Recent segments
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US Rep. Bill Keating: The Impending Vote To Restrict Trump's War Powers Shouldn't Be Partisan, But It Is.
The House of Representatives will vote today to restrict the President's war powers. -
Art Caplan Talks Netflix's ’The Goop Lab'
The medical ethicist weighed in on the streaming service's venture into Gwyneth Paltrow’s world of Goop. -
Noorani: The Detainment Of Iranians At The US Border Is The Result Of Poor Leadership
In the wake of the revelation that President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, dozens of Iranian-Americans were detained at the US-Canada border, sometimes for hours, by border security agents. -
Kayyem: Killing Soleimani Accomplished Nothing
On Wednesday, national security expert Juliette Kayyem questioned President Trump's long term strategy surrounding Iran. -
How To Proceed With Articles Of Impeachment During Iran Escalations
Should the Speaker of the House's strategy be to send the articles to the Senate for debate or wait until the situation with Iran has calmed down? -
Going Zero Waste Will Be A 'Selling Point' For Restaurants, Says Corby Kummer
A Brooklyn restaurant is figuring out the economic and environmental incentives to becoming zero waste.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 7/21/26: Fishing In The Boston Harbor
CNN’s John King zooms in to discuss national political headlines.Then it's a palliative care and end-of-life discussion with family medicine physician Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett. We’ll check-in on the status of Boston Harbor with Boston’s Chief Climate Officer Brian Swett, and the directors of UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab Joe Christo and Professor Katherine Dafforn.Boston Landmarks Orchestra Music Director Christopher Wilkins stops by, ahead of the BLO's 25th Anniversary season starting Wednesday night at the Hatch Shell.We'll end the show asking listeners if they believe in RFK Jr's FDA Studies -
BPR Full Show 7/20/26: Mid-Summer Checkpoint
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on the growing perception that SCOTUS rulings are based on politics, and a recap of last week's congressional testimony by Justices Coney Barrett and Kagan. Food policy analyst Corby Kummer with updates on the cyclospora outbreak, how one year of SNAP cuts are pressuring the food system, and why cheesemongers are having trouble selling cheese. We'll re-air Jim and Margery's conversation with author Rachel Hartigan, on her latest book "LOST" about Amelia Earhart.Spencer Buell, Globe reporter who covers Somerville and Cambridge, joins us to talk about the Shotspotter controversy in Cambridge, and how "social housing" is a growing tool to tackle the housing crisis. We ask listeners what their go-to free summer activities are as we reach the season's halfway point -
BPR Full Show 7/17/26: Fabiola Mendez Performs At the BPL
Andrea Cabral, former public safety secretary for Mass, discussing the state of ICE traffic stops, body cams, etc. Fabiola Mendez joins for Live Music Friday, with Lee Viliesis, director of the Lowell Folk Festival.Zamawa Arenas and Ciro Valiente join to discuss their efforts providing assistance to Venezuelans in the aftermath of the earthquake there.Sue O'Connell joins to discuss Trump's teleprompter operator cashing in on Kalshi.For our bottom talker, should men be allowed to wear shorts at work? Listeners chime in -
BPR Full Show 7/16/26: Mike Minogue On Why He's Running For Governor
Political commentator Chuck Todd discusses the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and the race for a Graham Platner replacement in Maine.GOP nominee for Governor Mike Minogue joins us in Studio 3 to discuss his candidacy.Tech writer Joanna Stern on her book "I Am Not a Robot: My Year of Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything."And we open the phone lines for Am I the A-Hole, line cutting edition. -
BPR Full Show 7/15/26: National Hot Dog Day
National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses how to abolish/reform ICE. And, forecasting Trump's Thursday speech.Matthias Schmale, the UN's assistant secretary-general, and humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, discusses the state of war there.Kate Dineen of A Better City and Bradley Campbell of the Conservation Law Foundation join for an environmental policy panel.Jamie Loftus, author of "Raw Dog" joins us on this National Hot Dog Day.