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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Question 9 Debate: Firearms Regulation Referendum
CTE researchers Chris Nowinski & Daniel Daneshvar
Live Music Friday: Veronica Robles
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A Very Mobile News Quiz: Two Pedicab Drivers Face Off
Next time you need to get somewhere fast, think bigger than the MBTA or Uber. Think...pedicab. Dana Bein and Jenn Brundage, two expert pedicab drivers… -
What Will Happen To Walter Palmer, The Dentist Who Killed Cecil The Lion?
American dentist Walter Palmer became a contender for “most hated person on Earth” when it was revealed he lured a beloved lion named Cecil out of a… -
Bill Keating Is Still Mulling Over The Iran Deal
Congressman Bill Keating joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan to discuss his thoughts on the Obama Administration’s Iran nuclear deal, a Congressional… -
Steve Wynn Offered Mayor Walsh "Nine-Figure" Sum To Sweeten Everett Casino Deal
Casino magnate Steve Wynn offered Mayor Martin J. Walsh a nine figure sum to settle his lawsuit over Wynn’s casino license in Everett, the Mayor said on… -
Can An American President With Kenyan Roots Change The Conversation About LGBTQ Rights In Africa?
During the course of President Obama’s visit to Kenya—his father’s homeland—there was one issue where Obama bristled noticeably with government officials… -
News Quiz: Comfort Foods Versus Uncomfortable Foods
It’s the battle of comfort foods versus uncomfortable foods on Boston Public Radio’s News Quiz this week. On one side, James DiSabatino of Roxy’s Grilled…
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/7/26: Henry Winkler and Sandwiches
Henry Winkler zooms in at the top of the show ahead of his Emerson Commencement address this weekend.Auditor Diana DiZoglio and attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan join in Studio 3 on the heels of their SJC hearing yesterday; AG Campbell will be on the show next week.Andrea Cabral discusses the release of Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide note, by a federal judge ... and, the latest on redistricting across the country.Shirley Leung discusses her latest reporting on the Croft School collapse and the Mass income tax. -
BPR Full Show 5/6/26: The Joy Of Gardening
Li Fung, the top UN human rights official in Sudan, discusses the humanitarian crisis there amid civil war and starvation.C.L. Fornari, aka The Garden Lady, joins us at the library to discuss her new book "Hydrangea Happiness" and all things in the garden this spring.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem joins at the library to discuss the latest in Iran. And, and how Trump's sons landed a massive Pentagon deal, flaunting corruption at the highest level of our government. -
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.