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Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian US columnist
Michael Curry, Mass League of Community Health Centers
Brandon Terry, author of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement”
Recent segments
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Food Writer Corby Kummer Shares His 5 Best Cookbooks Of 2019
The books represent a wide range of food literature, from memoirs to recipe collections. -
Ryan Landry Makes the Last Pitch for “Christmas on Uranus"
The Gold Dust Orphans founder stars in the play alongside his dog, Dolly. -
Jonathan Gruber On Choosing The Best Health Care Plan
When it comes to health care, fewer choices may lead to better decisions. -
Reville Optimistic Legislature Will Be Able To Fund $1.5 Billion To Mass. Schools
Education reformers praised the bill for promising to inject $1.5 billion into the state’s schools, but the funding for the bill is expected to come from future tax revenues and the hope that the legislature continues to allocate funding for schools in future budgets. -
Hate Symbol Flashed On Live TV During Army-Navy Football Game
The upside down OK hand sign, known as a white power symbol, was flashed by men in uniform during the football game television coverage. -
Why Did Boris Johnson's Conservative Party Win In Such A Big Way?
On Dec. 12, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won 326 seats in the United Kingdom’s Parliament and secured an absolute majority.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks
Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 year old.Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, former president of Emerson College, discusses the state of higher education. -
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BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.
We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE.Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the state of police reform five years after George Floyd's murder and why state Democrats are warning of harm to the health care system under Trump's budget proposal.UN humanitarian aid worker Olga Cherevko zooms in to discuss the latest conditions in Gaza.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung continues our Market Basket coverage and gets into the finances behind the Boston mayoral race.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA failing to publicize a major e. coli outbreak and a wine critic's dispatch from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
Best Of BPR 6/02: US-Backed Aid To Gaza Is Not 'In Any Way Helpful' & The Nationwide 'Blacklash'
Today:Olga Cherevko of the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian aid describes the state of hunger, destruction and despair in Gaza.Michael Curry, head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and a member of the NAACP board of directors, discusses impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget and the rollback of diversity and police reform initiatives nationwide.
