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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
"Press Play" media analysis with GBH's Adam Reilly + The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell
Local Woman Sue O'Connell
Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Live Music Friday: Boston Baroque
Recent segments
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REFORM Alliance’s fight against the ‘trapdoor’ of probation and parole
Born out of Meek Mill’s incarceration for popping a wheelie, the nonprofit has pushed through legislation in 10 states. -
Summer podcast recommendations for every ear
From dark medical mysteries to light celebrity chat shows, there’s plenty of podcasts to listen to. -
Legal threats to companies’ DEI efforts are on ‘fragile’ ground, Boston Foundation CEO says
With the affirmative action ruling’s ramifications still unclear, a group of Republican attorneys general sent letters to top U.S. employers. -
T suffers from lack of oversight and management, not funding, say transportation legislators
Co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation spoke to Boston Public Radio about current issues, including narrowing the T's control of commuter rails. -
NAACP convention will return to Boston for first time in 40 years
The upcoming convention is reigniting a history that goes back to the organization’s founding. -
Hope shines through in devastating new FRONTLINE documentary on Ukraine invasion
“20 Days in Mariupol” captures violence and destruction in the earliest days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 9/02: Mass Political Party Chairs Amy Carnevale And Steve Kerrigan
Today:Mass GOP chair Amy Carnevale and Mass Democrats chair Steve Kerrigan join BPR at the BPL for a politics panel.Plus, Lee Pelton of the Boston Foundation goes over threats to food assistance for the poorest Massachusetts residents. -
BPR Full Show 8/27: So High School
Senator Elizabeth Warren discusses her bipartisan housing plan and what she calls Trump's "authoritarian turn."Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft discusses his campaign and takes calls from listeners.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on 20 years since Hurricane Katrina and how it changed the field of disaster preparedness.Darlene Lombos, president of Greater Boston Labor Council, discusses Boston's first Labor Day parade.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung with updates on the BlueHub Capital lawsuit and new legal changes that benefit renters this fall. -
BPR Full Show 8/26: Mayor Wu Preparing For Potential National Guard Deployment
BPR Full Show 8/26: Mayor Wu Preparing For Potential National Guard Deployment -
BPR Full Show 8/25: National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
Margery hosts with 'local woman' Sue O'Connell. CNN's John King joins with the latest national headlines.NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the bid to move the Connecticut Sun team to Boston and its implications for the WNBA.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the tricky business of running community-owned groceries and a warning from the Dorchester Food Co-op that it may close.UN spokesperson Olga Cherevko on the declaration of famine in Gaza and the lack of response around the world.Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses rising Black unemployment in Boston, growing income segregation in the city, and South Shore Hospital laying off staff. -
BPR Full Show 8/22: Justice For Yacht Rock
Local woman, NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell, hosts with Harvard national security expert (and yacht rock fan) Juliette Kayyem. GBH reporters Adam Reilly and Phillip Martin are our guests for Press Play media analysis. We talk with Phillip about his recent reporting on “pink slime" journalism. Plus, journalist deaths in Gaza, MSNBC’s rebrand and House Democrats’ probe into the Paramount / Skydance merger. Jill McCracken performs for Live Music Friday, ahead of the We Make Noise Fest this Saturday in Downtown Crossing. We also talk with organizer and artist Naomi Westwater about how this event platforms women and queer artists. Under the Radar host Callie Crossley discusses Mayor Wu's debate with Todd Lyons, Gavin Newsom's Trump trolling on X, and Gov. Healey pushing to bring the Connecticut Sun to Boston. Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks leopard seal mating songs and a large New Zealand parrot that tried to make a move on her.