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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein
Live Music Friday with TEATEA
Press Play media analysis with NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell and the Globe’s Emily Sweeney
James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams and Billy Shore, founder and executive chair of “Share Our Strength," ahead of their Chefs Cycle 2026 ride
Recent segments
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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. -
'Antisocial' or 'fun'? Shoppers are split on the value of self-checkout kiosks.
"The machines are enormously expensive to install. And ... they're very glitchy, and you constantly have to rescan things." -
'Just a lot of weirdness': Paranormal expert recounts local legends
This Halloween, paranormal expert Jeff Belanger talks ghosts, hauntings and history. -
BU professor Joan Donovan explains the meteoric rise of misogyny on social media
She said creators like Andrew Tate have figured out how to "play the algorithms."
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 4/6: A Table Manners PSA
We check back in with two Boston-based Black business owners to about the reality of doing business with the city and the Commonwealth: Ricardo Pierre Louis, the Founder & CEO of Privé Parking, and Rose Staram, owner and founder of RoseMark Production.MIT economist Jon Gruber discusses the long-term economic impacts of a war in Iran.Mitchell Garabedian, renowned Catholic Sex scandal victims' attorney and advocate, joins with a survivor of the Catholic Sex Scandal, Dr. Herbert Brennan, to discuss a new report out of Rhode Island.GBH’s Jared Bowen reviews The Outsiders, now playing in Boston. -
BPR Full Show 4/3: Peeps Season
Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the NYT, zooms in for Press Play.Poet Robert Pinsky performs for Live Music Friday.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses SCOTUS' ruling against a conversion therapy ban.And Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther zooms in to praise Peeps marshmallows. -
BPR Full Show 4/2: AITA For Asking What's For Lunch?
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BPR Full Show 4/01: Joyeux Poisson D'Avril
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung and business reporter Jon Chesto join to discuss their recent stories at the paper: income tax cuts, Mass Pike rest stops, and the likelihood Boston will truly be a women's sports town.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the communities fighting against ICE's expanding detention footprint, and the recent IDF action against a CNN crew in the West Bank.Axios business editor Dan Primack discusses rising gas prices, the Pentagon's AI push, and Jeff Bezos seeking to buy up manufacturing companies and accelerate their automation.And we talk to Yuly Fuentes-Medel, executive director of The Footwear Collective, a non-profit devoted to building circular solutions for the footwear industry, and program director of MIT’s Climate Project, about how to make running shoes more eco-friendly.