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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian US columnist
Michael Curry, Mass League of Community Health Centers
Brandon Terry, author of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement”
Recent segments
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Cabral: Impeachment Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago
House Democrats are ramping up their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and Trump has vowed to fight them. -
Alex Beam Is a Lonely Reader
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam joined Boston Public Radio to lament that not enough people are reading. -
Village Voice: Poems For Hispanic Heritage Month
Richard Blanco shared poems to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month. -
Juliette Kayyem: Removing US Troops From Syria Will Give ISIS 'A New Narrative'
Questions arise about whether ISIS will regain power with the removal of combined U.S. and Kurdish forces from the Syrian border. -
Sue O'Connell On Ellen DeGeneres' Friendship With George W. Bush
Should a lesbian celebrity be kind to a politician who fought against gay rights? -
WGBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen Reviews “Prince of Providence”
Bowen said Providence audiences “remember the legacy” of infamous Mayor Buddy Cianci.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Has The Jitters
Today is national coffee, so we opened the lines to hear about your favorite brews. Plus, Emily Rooney's famous list, Callie Crossley, tech news with Andy Ihnatko, and WGBH's great Eric Jackson. (Full Show 9/29/17) -
Patti Smith On Her New Book 'Devotion'
Patti Smith joined us in the studio to talk about her new book, Devotion. Plus, Attorney General Maura Healey joined us to take our questions and yours, Andrea Cabral, and we opened the lines to get your thoughts on the passing of Hugh Hefner. (Full Show 9/28/17) -
Cinema Classic Challenge: 'Easy Rider'
Film critic Garen Daily joined us to discuss this month's cinema classic challenge, Easy Rider. Plus, Juliette Kayyem on the crisis in Puerto Rico, Shirley Leung on Amazon's new headquarters, and Art Caplan on bringing vegetative patients out of their brain-dead state. (Full Show 9/27/17) -
Ken Burns On The Vietnam War
Ken Bruns and Lynn Novick joined us to talk about their new documentary series, The Vietnam War. Plus, John Gruber on the newest health care news, Nancy Koehn on the bids for Amazon's new home city, Corby Kummer on smart fridges, and CNN's John King. (Full Show 9/26/17) -
Fire That SOB
We went to the phones and asked you about your thoughts on Trump's comments calling for NFL owners to fire "the son of a bitch," who kneels for the national anthem. Plus, All Revved Up on Trump's comments, Charlie Chieppo and Shannon O'Brien on local and national politics, Bob Thompson on the best and worst of TV, Richard Blanco for out weekly poetry reading, and Charlie Sennott on the situation in North Korea. (Full Show 9/24/17)
