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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst and podcaster Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
United Nation’s Olga Cherevko joins from Gaza
The Culture Show's Jared Bowen
Recent segments
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Corby Kummer: Amazon's Free Food Delivery Service Will Cost Workers Jobs
Amazon recently announced that subscribers to Amazon Prime will be able to receive free delivery on grocery sales purchased through their website. -
Trenni Kusnierek On The New Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer
Chaim Bloom replaces Dave Dombrowski as the leader of roster operations for the franchise. -
College Behind Bars: Documenting The Bard Prison Initiative's Impact On Prisoners
The people behind the film series speak about their experiences within BPI and its long-lasting effects after prison. -
Village Voice: A Lesson In Eco-Poetry
Presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco previews a new poetry anthology focused on climate change. -
Callie Crossley On Cancel Culture: 'You Need To Use It Judiciously'
The “Under The Radar” host lent her perspective on recent comments from Barack Obama. -
Andreas Schulz On BSO’s Leipzig Week: 'You Will Never Hear A Program Like This'
Two classical music giants from opposite sides of the Atlantic discuss a rare union of orchestras.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 12/09: Assad's Regime Falls & The New Conservative Identity Politics (Same As The Old Conservative Identity Politics)
Today: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.Charlie Sennott of The GroundTruth Project and Frontline's Martin Smith update on the latest out of Syria.And, outgoing Harvard professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses DEI in retreat, and the right's original big lie -- about identity politics. -
BPR Full Show 12/09: Concepts Of A Plan...
Brian McGrory, head of Boston University's journalism department, discussed Trump's Meet the Press interviewRevs Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discussed the young men leaving their churches in favor of 'masculine' Orthodox ChristianityFood policy analyst Corby Kummer on the reality behind a seeming rise in food recallsAcademic Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the retreat of DEI initiatives by higher ed institutions ahead of Trump's inauguration -
Best Of BPR 12/06: Roundhead Brewing & LMF Ian Coury
Luis Espinoza and Craig Panzer are the duo behind Massachusetts’ first Latino-owned brewery – Roundhead Brewing. They stop by the library to talk Latino beer, and the state of craft beer in the state.And, Ian Coury is our guest for Live Music Friday, he’s a 22 year-old mandolin phenom carving his own path in the world of Brazilian Choro music, he joins ahead of a free show next week in Roxbury. -
BPR Full Show 12/06: Adieu
We open the lines to ask about the latest attempt by corporations to boost worker productivity by banning personal phones on the job. Ian Coury is our guest for Live Music Friday. He’s a 22 year-old mandolin phenom carving his own path in the world of Brazilian Choro music. Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett talks about the science behind gender affirming care, renewed conversation around medical debt in the U.S. and physician strikes in Boston.James Bennett II discusses a Village Person’s revisionist history of the ‘Y.M.C.A.' song, plus his reflections on 2024 music and movies.Then we asked folks to weigh-in on the news that 'Y.M.C.A.' is not a gay anthem.Roundhead Brewing Company is Massachusetts’ first Latino-owned brewery. We’ll talk with co-owners Luis Espinoza and Craig Panzer about the upcoming Latino beer festival and sample some brews.We end the show with a Christmas tree potpourri. -
Best Of BPR 12/05: "It Started with the Hats" + Trump's Big Tariff Lie
Today:In the 1980s, the height of the crack epidemic, Paul Joyce was a Boston police officer. He’s now out with a new book about how the department struggled during that era, and the rise in gun and gang violence. He joins to discuss his new book “It Started With the Hats” – the life experiences of Boston’s founding street gang members.And, MIT economist Jon Gruber breaks down Trump’s view on tariffs, and how changing policy would affect the global economy.