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Thursday on BPR:
Political analyst Chuck Todd
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Economic scholar & author Chuck Collins
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston School Committee member Brendan Cardet Hernandez
We will be back at the BPL Studio as soon as we make some updates to the space. We will keep you posted
Recent segments
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                    AG Campbell says new Reproductive Justice Unit will help ensure access to necessary careCampbell said the unit will address all reproductive rights issues in an "intersectional, holistic way."
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                    'Fat Ham' brings Shakespeare to the backyard barbecueThe Huntington Theater Company’s production of "Fat Ham," the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner, centers pleasure and self-actualization over harm.
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                    Why Rep. Mike Connolly is petitioning to get rent control on the 2024 ballot"We can do this in a way that is fair to landlords and fair to tenants," Connolly said.
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                    Pao Arts Center's Experience Chinatown Arts Festival celebrates communityLive musical performances take place on Sept. 30.
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                    Pressley warns of ‘fiscal cliff’ for constituents amid looming shutdown, student loan repaymentsRep. Ayanna Pressley said the looming government shutdown is a result of Republicans’ failure to unite.
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                    Boston’s new women’s soccer team has to feel ‘homegrown,’ owners sayThe women investing millions in the new NWSL team say they want the team needs to feel “homegrown” from top to bottom.
Listen to previous shows
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                    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.
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                    Best Of BPR 5/30: Local Nonprofits Navigate New Political Environment & Live Music With Christina Day MartinsonToday: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.They host a panel with the leaders of two local nonprofits to discuss the current environment for organizations dealing with federal pressure and losing federal funding – Molly Baldwin from the violence reduction group Roca and Jenna Leschuk of 826 Boston.Then, Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson. She joins with filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen, who’s made a documentary about Christina, called “A Second Movement.”
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                    BPR Full Show 5/30: Double Dip That ChipMargery and Jim have the day off. BPR regulars Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung take over the mics.It's Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson and filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen. Martinson is a Grammy-nominated violinist with Handel and Hyden and Boston Baroque, and the focus of Hansen's documentary A Second Movement.Molly Baldwin leads the community violence reduction nonprofit Roca and Jenna Leschuk is Senior Director of Development at 826 Boston. They join to discuss resisting federal pressure even as they continue to embrace DEI.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses HHS secretary RFK Jr. rolling back vaccine recommendations and the primary care physician shortage in Massachusetts. It's "Press Play" with GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell, who discuss a rise in local news nonprofits, NPR’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, and more.
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                    Best Of BPR 5/29: Trump's 'Destructive' Isolationism & Market Basket's Family Food FightToday:Ambassador Nicholas Burns was the United States’ top diplomat in China under the Biden administration. He discusses Trump’s tariffs, and international diplomacy writ large.Then we get listener reaction to news that another family feud is brewing at Market Basket, more than a decade after CEO Arthur T DeMoulas garnered massive community support in the last brouhaha over his business model and shareholder profit.
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