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Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston and Rev. Jay Williams with a sneak preview of their big MLK 2026 Day plans
Evan Horowitz of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts
Recent segments
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BPR's Ballot Debates: Question One, Gas Tax
On Monday, Boston Public Radio hosted a debate about the first question on the state's November ballot: changing the state's gas tax law so it's not… -
BPR: The Columbus Day Edition
Should Columbus Day be nixed and renamed Indigenous People's Day? We took your calls.Columnists Joan Venocchi of the Boston Globe and Peter Gelzinis of… -
Emily's List: The Bucket List Edition
Everybody's got a Bucket List of things they really, really want to do. What's on Greater Boston host Emily Rooney's? -
BPR: Deval Patrick Takes Your Questions!
300,00 people signed a petition to try to save Excalibur, the dog of the Spanish Ebola patient. Did you? Why are so many people so passionate about saving… -
BPR: Politics— New Hampshire to Capitol Hill and SCOTUS
Congressman Stephen Lynch (9th district) checks in with us from Iraq to talk about ISIS, boots on the ground, and Turkey's role. We talk to you to see… -
Emily's List: Never Will I Ever
Greater Boston host, Emily Rooney, joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan this week for another installment of her weekly list of obsessions and…
Listen to previous shows
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Corby Kummer | Eating Turkey On Thanksgiving Connects Us To An American Identity
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer told Boston Public Radio Wednesday how eating Turkey on Thanksgiving connects people across the country. -
BPR Full Show 11/21/18 : Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Turkey
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, November 21st, 2018. -
BPR Full Show 11/20/18: Weed, Ask The Attorney General, Economic Lessons
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 20th, 2018. WGBH reporters Craig LeMoult and Arun Rath called in from the first two recreational marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts. We opened the lines to hear if your marijuana usage will change now that recreational stores are finally opening. NBC Sport's Trenni Kusnierek joined us to talk about the latest sports news. Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell talked about the issues plaguing Boston including whether or not to lower the speed limits in the city. Attorney General Maura Healy took your questions and ours on another edition of Ask The Attorney General. CNN's John King discussed the top political headlines. Economist** **Jon Gruber gave his thoughts on the economy and health care. -
BPR Full Show 11/19/18 : Politics, Electric Scooters, Poetry
The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, November 19th, 2018. Freelance journalist Joanna Weiss and Dante Ramos, editor of the Ideas section at* The Boston Globe, *joined us to discuss the latest local and national political headlines. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott talked about the most recent developments in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. T.V. expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on T.V.. ProPublica's A.C. Thompson was in the studio to talk about his new Frontline documentary on the growing threat of radical Neo-Nazi groups in America. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. We opened the lines to hear what you thought about the prospect of electric scooters taking over the streets of Boston as the city's newts form of affordable transportation. Poet Richard Blanco read some poems that helped us help better understand our lives and times. -
Corby Kummer | Nostalgia Couldn't Save Papa Gino's
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer Joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the decline of Papa Gino's.