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Coming up Monday on BPR:
USA Today’s Susan Page on her new book, "The Queen and Her Presidents"
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
Tufts international affairs expert Daniel Drezner
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen
Recent segments
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Military Conductors On The Role Of Music In The Armed Services
Conductors from various military bands joined Boston Public Radio on Veteran's Day to discuss the role of music in the military. -
Charlie Sennott On Some Veterans' Regret For Fighting In Iraq And Afghanistan
On Veterans Day, the New York Times published an op-ed penned by five veterans of the armed forces in which they argue that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable. -
Climate Activists Focusing On The Impact Of Climate Change On Children And Families
The Sunrise Movement and Mothers Out Front are working to change the dialogue about climate change and push for bold reforms. -
BPR Political Roundtable: Bloomberg Should Use His Billions To 'Counterattack' Trump
Frank Phillips and Peter Gelzinis think that Bloomberg should strategically use his money to bring down President Trump. -
Bob Thompson: 'The Little Mermaid Live' Fell Flat
Despite high viewership, the production was not received warmly by critics. -
All The News That's Fit To Paint
Two Boston artists Keith Maddy and Ed Stitt are quizzed on the week's news.
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.
