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Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Gary Mitchell, S&S Deli
Carolyn Chou of Homes for All Massachusetts
Senator Ed Markey
Recent segments
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Were The Snowden Leaks A Public Service?
When NSA contractor Edward Snowden first released thousand and thousands of documents about the agency’s secret worldwide surveillance apparatus, the… -
Congressman Stephen Lynch: 9/11 Families Should Be Able To Sue Saudi Arabia
Congressman Stephen Lynch voiced strong support for legislation that would make it easier for the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for… -
Dr. David Ludwig Explains the "Biggest Loser Syndrome"
The Biggest loser reality show has gotten a lot of attention lately off of a recent study that tracked 14 of the contestants who all lost massive amounts… -
Former Mass. Gov. Dukakis: North-South Rail Link Would "Pay For Itself"
Just as the state voted to move ahead with a (scaled-down version of) the Green Line Extension, and it looks like the South Station Expansion project may… -
6 Boston Women To Celebrate On #InternationalWomensDay
Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, I’ve put together a list of six women who rocked Boston this year. These women showed strength and… -
BPR 01/19: Legalized Marijuana, Supplement Lies, And Ask This Old House
CNN’s John King called in to discuss the primaries and other political headlines of the day. A new tax that will tax millionaires an additional four…
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/04: "A Heavier Silence" For Palestinians This Eid & Local Aid Groups Supporting Ukrainians
Today:Ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice holiday, we talk with the Palestinian owners of two local bakeries: Abdulla Awad of Yafa Bakery in Somerville and Sami Herbawi of Andala Coffee House in Cambridge. And, we talk with two the leaders of two New Hampshire-based aid groups for Ukraine: Alan Himmer of the Ukraine Crisis Aid Group, and Susan Mathison of the New Hampshire-based Common Man for Ukraine. -
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Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks
Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 year old.Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, former president of Emerson College, discusses the state of higher education. -
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BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.
We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE.Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the state of police reform five years after George Floyd's murder and why state Democrats are warning of harm to the health care system under Trump's budget proposal.UN humanitarian aid worker Olga Cherevko zooms in to discuss the latest conditions in Gaza.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung continues our Market Basket coverage and gets into the finances behind the Boston mayoral race.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA failing to publicize a major e. coli outbreak and a wine critic's dispatch from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
