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Thursday on BPR:
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Jeremy Ben-Ami, Founder and President of J Street
MIT economist Jon Gruber
Former Obama White House Social Secretary Deesha Dyer, and The Women's Edge CEO Elizabeth Hailer
Recent segments
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Bill McKibben: California To Ban Certain Cars Amidst Feud With Trump Administration
California is trying to have stricter car emission standards than the federal government has set. -
Mass. ACLU: State Police Rolled Out Robot Dogs Without First Letting The Public Know
Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, said the ACLU found out about it from a social media post, and wants more information. -
Jared Bowen On How Netflix Enabled 'The Irishman'
Film is changing as Amazon and Netflix break into production. -
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The Revs Weigh In On 'The Evangelical Bubble'
Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III discussed the widespread support for President Trump within America's evangelical circles. -
BPR Politics Roundtable: New Round Of Impeachment Hearings To Begin This Week, Led By Rep. Jerry Nadler
Some Democrats are concerned that Nadler won't be as effective as Adam Schiff in leading the hearings.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/7: It's Chicken
NBC political director Chuck Todd joins with his reaction to Tuesday’s election.Then, we open up the phone lines to ask how Democrats can move forward after this national shift to the right and ask Trump voters why the Dems just weren't connecting with them.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral talks about the implications of a GOP-controlled Senate (and possibly House) under a second Trump term. She also discusses whether Biden should pardon Trump and the future of Jack Smith’s investigation into 2020 election subversion. Former secretary of education Paul Reville reacts to Ballot Question 2, which scrapped the MCAS graduation requirement. Reville had a key role in the original implementation of MCAS, nearly 20 years ago. We then take your mind off politics by talking about chickens for five minutes. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses her latest stories on women voter turnout and her interview with Katherine Clark. It's "Am I the A-hole" day. We ask about a dad who "pranked" his kids by covering their car with Trump bumper stickers. -
BPR Full Show 11/6: The 47th President
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discussed the election, historic precedence for non-consecutive terms and moreNational security analyst Juliette Kayyem on threats to this election from other nations, and internally; and how the rest of the world is respondingMichael Curry of the NAACP spent election day in Michigan poll-watching. He talked about his experience and the election results generally. -
Best Of BPR 11/06: Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael Curry
Today:Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks us through a stunning Trump victory last night – an overperformance from the right, and a failure from the Democrats to rally voters behind Harris.And we talk with Michael Curry, of the NAACP, about the generational shift this election in terms of race and equity. -
BPR Full Show 11/5: Election Day Is Here
Election Day has arrived. We had numerous local political figures call into our show. Senator Elizabeth Warren, GOP candidate John Deaton, Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and representatives from each ballot question.We took listeners calls throughout the show to get first hand stories on what election day is looking like. -
Best Of BPR 11/04: Pre-Election Prognostication With Bill Kristol & One Last Ballot Question Primer
Today:Conservative commentator and never-Trumper Bill Kristol of The Bulwark discusses the American right, and the complicated relationship conservatives have with Donald Trump.And, if you’re still unsure whether to drop the MCAS as a graduation requirement, or legalize psychedelics, Evan Horowitz of Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis – ballot question explainer extraordinaire – gives one last rundown ahead of election day.