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Tuesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
National security expert Juliette Kayyem
Mass League of Community Health Centers' Michael Curry
CNN's John King
Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther
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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BPR Full Show 5/5/2026: Trump's Economy and the Kentucky Derby
John King joins via zoom to discuss a cracking MAGA coalition over affordability and foreign wars, and the 4.3 million Americans no longer receiving food stamps.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Mass, discusses the SCOTUS decision on voting rights act, their temporary stay on mifepristone in the mail.Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter NBC Sports Boston, discusses Cherie DeVaux's historic Kentucky Derby win and how the Celtics got knocked out of the first-round of the playoffs. Plus, the death of Yankees broadcaster John Sterling. -
BPR Full Show 5/4/26: Another Setback In Abortion Access
The Guardian's Margaret Sullivan discusses global press freedom ratings at their lowest in a quarter century.Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers talks the mifepristone manufacturers petitioning SCOTUS to restore full access to the medication, and the millions of Americans dropping from Obamacare in the wake of subsidy expirations.Brandon Terry, author of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" discusses his work — a warning that we romanticize the battles of that era at our peril.Clementina Chéry of the Louis D. Brown Pease Institute zooms in ahead of the 30th annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace on May 10. -
BPR Full Show 5/1/26: May Day With Guest Host Ken Casey
Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey co-hosts with Jim and Margery today. With guests: Michael Patrick MacDonald, the author of "All Souls: Memoir of a Family From Southie."Live Music Friday with local Americana, folk and rock singer-songwriter Jesse Ahern.Michael Fanone is a former DC Metropolitan police officer who was injured in the J-6 attack on the Capitol. He joins us. And on this May Day, Chrissy Lynch, head of the AFL-CIO of Massachusetts, talks about working class politics. -
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BPR Full Show 4/29/26: To Smoosh, Or Not To Smoosh?
Food policy expert Corby Kummer on Boston's love for foie gras ... and the simultaneous rise of 'recession meals' that destigmatize home cooking on a budget.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses her latest reporting on the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting and new State Department rules that would deny visas to those who fear returning home.Conductor Keith Lockhart discusses the Boston Pops spring season.And for our final Long Run series, we talk about porta-potty sustainability with Rachel Binstock of Wasted*.