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Thursday on BPR:
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
Media maven Sue O’Connell
Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans
Dusty Rhodes of Sail Boston
A special music performance from “One Long Earring”
Recent segments
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Remembering 'The Terrible Death': The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 150 Years Later
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was in an exceptionally good mood. Only five days before, General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, ending… -
LISTEN: Boston Public Radio Live Coverage Of Tsarnaev Verdict
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty today of all 30 charges in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, including 17 that qualify for the death penalty. Jim… -
After Over A Decade Of War, Afghanistan Sees Progress
Afghanistan is rebuilding, slowly, after more than a decade of war. But is the progress being made fleeting, or built-to-last?That’s a question Charles… -
LISTEN: In Praise Of The Peep, The Quintessential Spring Snack
Does any snack sing “spring” quite like the pastel-colored culinary marvel that is the Peep?*Let me answer that for you: no. Jim Braude and Margery Eagan… -
After The Germanwings Tragedy, How Can We Make Future Flights Safer?
Mere hours after Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz crashed a passenger airplane into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board, airlines in Europe… -
A National Conversation On Race Didn't Happen Over Lattes. Could It Happen Over Late Night?
Coffee giant Starbucks was skewered earlier this month when it introduced a campaign trying to get customers to talk about race (not surprisingly, it…
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 10/23: AITA For Tearing Down White House?
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BPR Full Show 10/22: Monument Or Mar-A-Lago?
The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses the Louvre heist, and ballroom demolition at the White House and an Indigenous art at the ICA.NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey on the Shakespearean trajectory of Bill Belichicks career, Shohei Ohtani's run for GOAT of baseball, and a women's pro baseball league coming to Boston.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on the latest Trump effort to send national guard troops to Portland, Oregon. Plus, Virginia Giuffre's memoir.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss how poison in dolphin brains near Miami might be a warning for Alzheimer's in humans. And, she'll reflect on the loss of one of her own idols through life, Jane Goodall. -
Best Of BPR 10/22: Beyond Broken, American Healthcare Is "Absolutely Shattered"
Today:We hear from listeners about the sticking issue of the government shutdown: healthcare costs. -
BPR Full Show 10/21: Lovin' Your Pets
CNN's John King on national politicsFrontline's Michael Kirk discusses his new RFK Jr documentary airing tonightChris Kimball of Milk Street is on to promote his latest cookbook "Milk Street Shorts"Animal Rescue League CEO Edward Schettino and VP of animal welfare Cheryl Traversi discuss the rise in vet costs and the increase in pets being surrendered. They discussed the resources they have to help -
BPR Full Show 10/20: Lazing Around For The Soul
Congressman Seth Moulton discusses his bid to unseat Senator Ed Markey and the Democrats' response to the Trump administration.NPR critic-at-large Eric Deggans discusses how to find trustworthy news sources in today's slop-fest of an information ecosystem. Plus, he reviews "The Diplomat" on Netflix and "The Paper" on Peacock.Former education secretary Paul Reville discusses rising illiteracy in America and the future of state end-of-year exams.Academic Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the universities that have declined the Trump administration's 'compact' to get funding preference, and the impacts of federal worker firings.
