EXPLORE MORE
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
-
A Celtic Sojourn's Brian O'Donovan Rounds Up The Summer's Best Free Concerts
Summer can be an expensive time. You have to book vacations, get a new bathing suit, buy sunscreen...you know how it is. Luckily, Brian O’Donovan of A… -
Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe Analyzes The Court's Historic Week
The Supreme Court issued two historical decisions last week—one upholding the Affordable Care Act, and the other legalizing same-sex marriage across all… -
Does The Crisis In Greece Spell The End For The Eurozone?
The country of Greece, still reeling from 2008's economic recession, owes the International Monetary Fund €1.6 billion. That payment is due Tuesday. They… -
Walsh: Wynn "Misled" Public On $150 Million Casino Deal
Mayor Martin J. Walsh says Wynn Casino’s claim they offered $150 million to the city to repair Sullivan Square is “inaccurate” and “unfair,” he told Jim… -
Falchuk Joins With Former Foes To Oppose Using Taxpayer Funds For Olympics
Evan Falchuk, head of the United Independent Party, announced yesterday he would be joining forces with anti-tax activists Yes on 1 to pass a ballot… -
Are America's Biggest Retailers Having A Wardrobe Malfunction?
Are America’s biggest retailers having a wardrobe malfunction? Former clothing powerhouses like Gap, J.Crew, and Abercrombie—once juggernauts in the…
Listen to previous shows
-
-
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. -
-
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. -
Best Of BPR 6/02: US-Backed Aid To Gaza Is Not 'In Any Way Helpful' & The Nationwide 'Blacklash'
Today:Olga Cherevko of the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian aid describes the state of hunger, destruction and despair in Gaza.Michael Curry, head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and a member of the NAACP board of directors, discusses impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget and the rollback of diversity and police reform initiatives nationwide.
