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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Under the Radar's Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with rapper and illustrator Nick Shea
Chocolate sommelier Victoria Kichuk
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell
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 1/02: Jimmy Carter In His Own Words & Reflections With Former Aide Margaret McKennaToday:We bring you Jim and Margery's 2014 conversation with a 90-year-old Jimmy Carter, about his book "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power."And, one of Carter's former aides Margaret McKenna reflects on his legacy.
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                    BPR Full Show 1/2: Remembering Jimmy CarterJuliette Kayyem debriefed the attack in New Orleans that killed 15, and the Cybertruck explosion outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.Margaret McKenna reflected on her time working under President Jimmy Carter as a White House deputy counsel in the 70’sWe replayed Jim & Margery’s 2014 interview with Jimmy Carter about his book “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power.”Andrea Cabral on the downward trend for violent crime in BostonCorby Kummer talked about the craft beer breweries celebrating Pres. Carter’s legacy
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                    Best Of BPR 12/20: Boston's Very Own 'Ripped Bodice' Bookstore & Urban NutcrackerToday: Boston Globe Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein discusses the region's newest romance-specific brick-and-mortar bookstore, Lovestruck Books, in Harvard Square.And, the team from the Urban Nutcracker joins Jim and Margery at the BPL for Live Music Friday.
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                    BPR Full Show 12/20: No Crap for ChristmasWe start the show by asking people how they maintain a "no crap for Christmas" policy.Ashish Jha was Biden’s COVID-19 response coordinator, now he’s the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. He joins to talk about RFK Jr. at the helm of HHS and whether the U.S. is ready for another pandemic.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral reacts to a Georgie appeals court disqualifying Fani Willis, GOP officials targeting Liz Cheney for prosecution in 2025 and the third guilty plea in the Cambridge/Watertown brothel case.Former secretary of education Paul Reville discusses how Linda McMahon will impact the Department of Education, skill gaps at Massachusetts community colleges, a lawsuit alleging price-fixing at major universities, and pushback to Newton’s multilevel teaching model. Vulture podcast critic Nick Quah talks about this year's best shows. Then it's "Am I the A-Hole" day. At issue is an early Christmas dinner time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
