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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Press Play" media analysis with GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell
Live Music Friday: You Can't Beat Boston
Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism
GBH meteorologist David Epstein
Media maven Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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Juliette Kayyem: How One Whistleblower Leads To An Impeachment Inquiry
An impeachment inquiry has begun since President Donald Trump admitted he spoke to Ukraine about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. -
Art Caplan: Baker's Right To Temporarily Ban Vape Products
The medical ethicist says vape products are deeply flawed and dangerous. -
Alex Beam: Funerals Are Better Than Weddings
The Boston Globe columnist joined Jim and Margery to dig himself out of that six-foot hole. -
In His New Book, Robert Kuttner Outlines What's At Stake In 2020
In January 2021, the person inhabiting the White House has to be a progressive, according to Kuttner. -
John King: Support For Impeachment In The House Is Growing
The recent scandal involving President Trump and the president of Ukraine has mobilized Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry. -
Karen Spilka On Hands-Free Driving Bill: 'We Should Be Able To Do This'
The Massachusetts Senate president stopped by the Boston Public Library to discuss a range of statewide policy issues.
Listen to previous shows
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Corby Kummer | A New Food Hall Will Be Good For Downtown Boston.
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio Tuesday to talk about a new food hall that will open in downtown Boston in the spring of 2019 -
Full Broadcast 7/30/2018
Our political roundtable with former Massachusetts Treasurer Shannon O'Brien *and political analyst *Charlie Chieppo took on the week's headlines. *Charles Sennott, *executive director of The GroundTruth Project, discussed President Donald Trump's meeting with the prime minister of Italy. Reporter *Wes Lowery *explained his latest investigation, "An Unequal Justice," about low arrest rates for homicides with black victims. We asked you about "Quiet Skies," the secret TSA program that targets and tracks travelers. Television expert *Bob Thompson *gave us his review of a new PBS documentary about Red Sox legend Ted Williams. We asked you about the state legislature dropping a statewide plastic bag ban. Are you disappointed that Massachusetts isn't leading on this issue? Or are you relieved that the ban was bagged? Poet *Richard Blanco *shared Zip Odes — or short poems about neighborhoods — written and submitted by BPR listeners. -
Full Broadcast 7/27/18
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, June 27th, 2018. With construction booming, illuminated cranes becoming a substitute for public art and a glut of high rises creating concrete canyons, rents are getting higher, generations of families and small businesses are getting priced out of the city and neighborhoods are fighting off gentrification in a fight for their souls. We opened the lines to ask you: is this happening where you live? Then, the food industry is going loco for Necco workers who have been laid off. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung explains. Did Fox And Friends get outfoxed by local lawmaker Barbara L’Italien? Beat the Press host Emily Rooney joins us for that and more. In the hit musical Hamilton, Aaron Burr makes a big point about how he’s going to “wait for it.” Now Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox are now in a bidding war to make Hamilton a movie… are you willing to “wait for it?” Instead of paying up to a thousand dollars to see it, it could cost you $12. We opened the lines to ask you: does seeing the real thing in real time matter? Then, another edition of Better Call Sean. If you’ve been scammed, ripped off or bamboozled, Boston Globe’s Sean Murphy is on it. He’s a Boston Globe reporter and the man behind The Fine Print column, which takes on some of the toughest consumer predicaments and solves them. He joins us to talk through his latest cases. Under The Radar host Callie Crossley is here to talk about her area of expertise, Hamilton and Omarosa. Then we’re floating head first into a gravity-defying news quiz with the folks behind the Museum of Science’s SPACE exhibit. -
Corby Kummer | What Counts As Milk?
Food critic and Senior Editor at the Atlantic Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss why The FDA may be forcing plant-based milk manufacturers to stop labeling their products as milk. -
Full Broadcast 7/26/18
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, July 26th, 2018. Chuck Todd, moderator of Meet the Press at 10:30 on Sundays on NBC Boston, host of Meet the Press Daily on MSNBC, Political Director for NBC news joined us to talk about Trump threatening to pull security clearance for his critics. We took your calls about whether or not the American people have "compassion fatigue" about separated families at the border. Senior editor at The Atlantic, columnist for New Republic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy Corby Kummer joined us to remember the late, great Jonathan Gold, food reviewer for the LA Times. Former Suffolk County Sheriff and CEO of Ascend Andrea Cabral gave her take on the incoming Boston Police Commissioner William Gross. Harvard historian Nancy Koehn explained why Ivanka Trump's fashion line has pulled out of the market. She holds the James E. Robison Chair of business administration at the Harvard Business School. Her latest book is Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times. Paul Reville, former Secretary of Education, explained why some Boston representatives are considering shutting down the city's school busing system to save money. He's a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education where he also runs the Education Redesign Lab. We continued our election primary coverage with Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim, who’s running to unseat Democrat Bill Gavin. We opened up the lines to you about a free lunch ban that's been imposed on Facebook.