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Trenni Casey and Cristina Quinn fill in for Jim and Margery:
GBH podcaster Ian Coss with former transportation secretary Stephanie Pollack
Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer
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BPR Rewind: The Activism Edition
Author and activist Naomi Klein says we have to make a choice: capitalism or the environment. She joins to discuss her latest book: “This Changes… -
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Former MBTA Chief: Officials Have Known About Long Island Bridge Problems For Years
What has former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Rich Davey been up to since leaving office in October? We got his thoughts on everything from… -
BPR: Torture Report Discussions
The Senate Torture Report was released yesterday and a lot of politicians had something to say about it. We ask you what you think.Boston Globe Editor,… -
Ashton Carter Is A 'Good Bureaucrat,' And That's Exactly What The Pentagon Needs
Ashton Carter, President Obama’s presumptive nominee for Secretary of Defense, is a textbook example of a good bureaucrat.But according to homeland… -
BPR: Uber, Ferguson, And A Ban on Carry-on Luggage
We discuss Uber, Lyft, and the way they are changing the Boston taxi market with you, then we chat briefly with Donna Blythe-Shaw, a representative of the…
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BPR Full Show 5/21: "Ask The AG" And Doris Kearns Goodwin
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses "The Light in the Piazza" at the Huntington, penguins getting a retirement home at the New England Aquarium and the Kennedy Center's MAGA makeover.Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new 8-part documentary series on the American West, with Kevin Costner, premiering on Memorial Day.Chris Dempsey and Rep. Bill Straus join for a transportation panel, discussing former T chief Brian Shortsleeve joining the GOP race for governor, a turbulent start for South Coast Rail and how to spend the $1.3 billion from the millionaire's tax.Attorney General Andrea Campbell joins for Ask The AG. We ask her about ICE raids and local law enforcement, Question 1, consumer protections and more. -
Best Of BPR 5/20: Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis & Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart Finally Gives Us A Scoop
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center discusses Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart calls in with July 4 news. -
BPR Full Show 5/20: Fifty Years Of Shark Mania
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Celtics out of the playoffs and breaking news about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson joins for a summer movie preview and reflects on 50 years since Jaws premiered. CNN's John King joins remotely to discuss the opposition to Trump's big, beautiful tax bill. -
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BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule
Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a local artist who makes mini-paintings of Boston scenes and leaves the canvases up around the city. He chronicles his work on TikTok as @armoneythomas. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses yesterday's SCOTUS arguments on the 14th Amendment, along with other contested Trump executive orders and the sense that "rule of law" is ending in America.
