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Monday on BPR:
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
Food authority Corby Kummer
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Michael Curry of the Mass. League of Community Health Centers
BPR is on tape for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We'll be back live on Monday, Dec. 1.
Recent segments
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Maura Healey: More Transparency Is Needed In RMV Records Controversy
An independent report revealed documents were withheld based on attorney client privilege. -
Sennott: In Syria, Trump Is Placing A Higher Premium On Personal Friendships Than Alliances
Sennott said the U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria would be a betrayal of a key American ally. -
All Rev'd Up: The Implications Of Showing Forgiveness To Amber Guyger
Reverend Irene Monroe says there's a distinction between "individual forgiveness" and "institutional forgiveness." -
Michelle Wu On Her Plan To Rethink Development in Boston
On Monday, the Boston city councilor-at-large released a sweeping plan to redesign the zoning and approval process in the city. -
Bob Thompson Dissects CNN’s Move To Reject Trump Ads
The TV guru also discussed the latest in television and movies. -
'Step Into This Kafkaesque System As It Unfolded For Us'
NPR reporter Aarti Shahani joined Boston Public Radio to discuss her new book, which details her family’s decade-long fight to remain in the U.S.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/26/18 | Cyber Monday, Medicaid Work Requirements, Pet Health
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, November 16th, 2018. Our political roundtable with Jennifer Nassour, former chairwoman of the Massachusetts GOP, and former President of the Boston NAACP Michael Curry weighed in on the week's biggest headlines. An outbreak of chicken pox at a North Carolina private school is being blamed on religious exemptions from vaccines. Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan discussed. On this Cyber Monday, are you loading up your Amazon shopping cart? Or do horror stories about the human cost of our online shopping addictions give you pause? We opened up the lines and asked you. The White House Correspondents' Dinner will be headlined this year not by a comedian, but by historian Ron Chernow. Television expert Bob Thompson brought us his perspective. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett Price discussed the power of former First Lady Michelle Obama's new memoir, "Becoming." Charles Sennott, executive director of The GroundTruth Project, analyzed the worsening situation in Yemen. How much would you be willing to spend to save a beloved pet's life? Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan weighed in, and then we asked you. -
Corby Kummer | Eating Turkey On Thanksgiving Connects Us To An American Identity
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer told Boston Public Radio Wednesday how eating Turkey on Thanksgiving connects people across the country. -
BPR Full Show 11/21/18 : Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Turkey
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, November 21st, 2018. -
BPR Full Show 11/20/18: Weed, Ask The Attorney General, Economic Lessons
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 20th, 2018. WGBH reporters Craig LeMoult and Arun Rath called in from the first two recreational marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts. We opened the lines to hear if your marijuana usage will change now that recreational stores are finally opening. NBC Sport's Trenni Kusnierek joined us to talk about the latest sports news. Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell talked about the issues plaguing Boston including whether or not to lower the speed limits in the city. Attorney General Maura Healy took your questions and ours on another edition of Ask The Attorney General. CNN's John King discussed the top political headlines. Economist** **Jon Gruber gave his thoughts on the economy and health care. -
BPR Full Show 11/19/18 : Politics, Electric Scooters, Poetry
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, November 19th, 2018. Freelance journalist Joanna Weiss and Dante Ramos, editor of the Ideas section at* The Boston Globe, *joined us to discuss the latest local and national political headlines. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott talked about the most recent developments in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. T.V. expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on T.V.. ProPublica's A.C. Thompson was in the studio to talk about his new Frontline documentary on the growing threat of radical Neo-Nazi groups in America. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. We opened the lines to hear what you thought about the prospect of electric scooters taking over the streets of Boston as the city's newts form of affordable transportation. Poet Richard Blanco read some poems that helped us help better understand our lives and times.