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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Live Music Friday with three time Poet laureate Robert Pinsky
Former executive editor of the New York Times Jill Abramson
NBC 10 Boston media maven Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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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. -
Chuck Todd: Without A Third-Party Candidate, 'I Don't Know How' Trump Recreates 2016 Win
Todd says a third-party candidate is one of the only real chances Trump has of cracking the electoral college. -
Shirley Leung On Diverse City Council: 'They’re Not Gonna Wait For Change'
The Boston Public Radio contributor expressed excitement for the future of politics in Boston in the wake of Tuesday’s election.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 04/04: Boston Lyric Opera's Carousel
The Boston Lyric Opera's 80th anniversary production of "Carousel" starts tonight, and brings the beloved show back to its beginnings at the historic Colonial Theater – in 1945.We speak with Boston Lyric Opera CEO Bradley Vernatter, director and visionary Anne Bogart, and Boston Foundation's Lee Pelton, making his theatrical debut. Plus, performances from Chelsea Basler, Brendan Shapiro, and Mary Kray. -
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Best Of BPR 4/03: ICE Agents Obstruct Justice To Take Custody Of A Man Mid-Trial & Federal Education Funds Withdrawn From Massachusetts
Today:We talk with lawyer, former Suffolk County Sheriff, Andrea Cabral about the administration’s attack on law firms … Plus, the unprecedented detention of a defendant mid-trial.And, former education secretary Paul Reville discusses the Trump administration clawing back $106 million in unspent COVID funds to Mass. schools. -
Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their Webs
Today:Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads.