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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein
Live Music Friday with TEATEA
Press Play media analysis with NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell and the Globe’s Emily Sweeney
James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams and Billy Shore, founder and executive chair of “Share Our Strength," ahead of their Chefs Cycle 2026 ride
Recent segments
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Nancy Koehn: Boeing Should Be Held More Accountable For 737 Crashes
On Monday, aeronautics company Boeing announced that its line of 737 Max jets could be flying as soon as January. -
Ali Noorani Weighs In On The Future of DACA
The National Immigrant Forum executive director said the court's decision is likely to impact millions. -
Joan Baez And Betsy Siggins On Decades Of Folk Music And Activism At Club Passim
Club Passim is celebrating 60 years on the scene. -
Paul Reville: As Higher Education Costs Skyrocket, The 4-Year College Model Is 'Breaking Down'
As the cost of a four-year liberal arts education is set to hit $100,000 at some institutions, less and less people are graduating through that model. -
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock Says He's Prepared To Tackle Dysfunction In Washington
On Tuesday, Bullock joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the state of his presidential campaign. -
Marika Aubrey Talks 'Come From Away'
The Australian actor discussed the Tony-winning musical currently showing in Boston.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 8/20: Transit, Water and Ayanna Pressley
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the Democrats' strategy on the Epstein files, gerrymandering, and more.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on discuss Trump's push to eliminate mail-in voting, and the coastal threats from Hurricane Erin.Former transit secretary Jim Aloisi joins with former Transportation4Mass director Chris Dempsey for a transit panel.Max Rome of Charles River Watershed Association and Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay join to talk about urban beaches, water quality and environmental justice. -
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BPR Full Show 8/18: The Alaska Meeting, Summer Movies and Religious AI Chatbots
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Margery while Jim is still out on vacation.Businesses are seeing workforce disruptions with ICE disruptions. We talk to Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans about that, plus, about a new study on how language barriers affect your internet experience.It's still summer movie season. Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his unabashed reviews of new summer flicks, including the Freaky Friday sequel and some Disney reboots. For more than 40 years, former labor secretary Robert Reich has been sounding the alarm on rising inequality in America, and how to fix it. He’s out with a new memoir “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America."It's All Rev’d Up with the Revs Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe. They talk about technology and faith: including the rise of Silicon Valley techno-religion, and an AI chatbot for religious questions. -
BPR Full Show 8/08: Socks And Crocs
For this week's media analysis segment “Press Play," BU Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies Joan Donovan discusses how mainstream media headlines fail to capture the real story, and how the White House is losing control over Epstein conspiracy theories.Then, it's Live Music Friday with Boston-based rapper and music coach RedShaydez, who is leading a new artist development program called Music Jumpstart. She joins alongside rapper and producer JoiBeatz.Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on the rule of law under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the latest out of the supreme court, and what’s up with Alan Dershowitz on Martha’s Vineyard.We talk with Rhode Island filmmaker Stephen Smith, an arctic expedition leader, and Brown University polar oceanographer Chris Horvat about their documentary “Beneath the Polar Sun,” ahead of its airing on GBH 44. -
BPR Full Show 8/7: Trump Isn't Like Prince Andrew?
Chuck Todd on latest political headlinesAndrea Cabral weighs in on Jim Acosta “interviewing” an AI avatar of a Parkland shooting survivorPaul Reville on private school vouchers, high absenteeism in Mass. classrooms, the bill on banning cell phones in classrooms, and moreDr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel on the impacts of cuts to Medicaid, ICE getting a hold of Medicaid data, and some of his recent columns for the Atlantic and New York Times