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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
Three people arrested while trying to offer direct care to people detained in the Burlington ICE processing facility
Recent segments
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The beloved tradition of Holiday Pops celebrates its 50th anniversary this season
The Boston Pops will be performing with Tanglewood Festival Chorus led by James Burton. -
Healey hopes for a spending bill deal ‘this week’
The governor said public employees are counting on the raises held up in the nearly $3-billion bill. -
Ryan Landry is back at it with 'The Rocky Menorah Christmas Show'
The musical is a holiday parody of the cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show." -
Cherry Street Music to honor the late Roland Hayes, BSO's first Black performer
"A Centenary Celebration" will be at the Allen Center in Newton on Sunday, Nov. 19. -
From concrete gray to ‘tutu’ green, Mass. shows off the many colors of coastal resilience
There are five hurricane barriers on the East Coast, but coastal cities are facing growing threats from sea level rise and storm surge. -
Chef Lidia Bastianich shares four generations of family recipes
The Italian American chef talks about her new cookbook and celebrating 25 years on public television.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 10/24: Doris Kearns Goodwin On Lincoln's 'Team Of Rivals' And Being President For All
Today:Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to reflect on lessons in leadership from her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, released 20 years ago this week. -
BPR Full Show 10/24: Butt Naked In A Doggy-Dog World
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin celebrates 20 years since Team of Rivals was published, the one book Barack Obama said he’d want on a desert island. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for “Ask the Mayor.” We talk to her about Mass & Cass, whether she’ll insert herself into the Markey/Moulton Senate race, new pushback from Boston’s business community, and Trump’s suggestion this month about pulling the World Cup from Foxboro. Rasa Quartet performs for Live Music Friday. They’re on tour across New England with a Halloween-themed show called Soundtrack to a Nightmare. -
Best Of BPR 10/23: J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami On A Fragile Ceasefire In Gaza
Today: Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder and president of J-Street, discusses the cautious hope many are feeling in the days after a ceasefire took hold in Gaza, and how American Jews are responding to this political moment. -
BPR Full Show 10/23: AITA For Tearing Down White House?
BPR Full Show 10/23: AITA For Tearing Down White House? -
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.