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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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                    NAACP convention will return to Boston for first time in 40 yearsThe upcoming convention is reigniting a history that goes back to the organization’s founding.
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                    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.
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                    Former public safety secretary ‘shocked’ by reports that DCF puts foster youth’s funds into state coffersAndrea Cabral joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the $15 million in the last three years.
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                    Wu takes aim at state education commissioner’s claims about BPS“We have a very different idea of what it means to work together and to have a productive relationship,” the mayor said of Commissioner Jeff Riley.
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                    'Macbeth' takes the stage at this year's Shakespeare on the CommonCommonwealth Shakespeare Company is putting on a production of 'Macbeth' for the summer
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                    Public health must go 'back to basics' to build trust, says COVID response coordinatorDr. Ashish Jha said focusing on preparation and transparency will be key to fighting the next pandemic.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 2/21: Press Play & Meredith GoldsteinToday:GBH's Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley help us launch our media analysis segment we're calling "Press Play."And, Boston Globe columnist and podcaster Meredith Goldstein discusses some of her latest love letters.
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                    BPR Full Show 02/21: Mental PlasticityGBH Music is about to kick off a new string of live jazz shows. For this week’s Live Music Friday, we’ll hear from four-time Grammy winner Oscar Stagnaro and his band TRIAD. We’ll also talk about the series with GBH Music's Sam Brewer & JazzBoston’s Ken Field.Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner on what courts can and can’t do to reign in Trump’s orders on birthright citizenship and the mass firing of federal officials. Love Letters advice columnist Meredith Goldstein on why our brains lose plasticity as we age and how this impacts our relationships.We launch a new media analysis segment with GBH's Callie Crossley & Adam Reilly.
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                    BPR Full Show 02/20: Ice, Ice, BraudePolitical analyst Chuck Todd is back for a D.C. news roundup.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral reflects on the Mayor Eric Adams fiasco and the leader of the “Zizian” cult being held without bail in Maryland. Plus, more law and order headlines. Travel guru Rick Steves has a new book called “On the Hippie Trail,” a collection of journal entries from his youth during travels from Istanbul to Kathmandu in 1978. Investigative comedian Adam Conover of “Adam Ruins Everything” joins ahead of a show at the Wilbur.
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                    Best Of BPR 2/20: Adam Conover On Masculinity & Rick Steves Wallops Our Ethno-CentrismToday:Comedian Adam Conover calls into the show ahead of a stop at the Wilbur on his "Nihilism Pivot" tour.And, travel guru Rick Steves discusses his new memoir "On The Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer."
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                    Best Of BPR 2/19: We Are 'Alive And Unwell' With Nikki Glaser & Making Good With Bright Horizons' Linda Mason And Roger BrownToday: Comedian Nikki Glaser calls in ahead of six shows at the Wang Theater this weekend.And, our latest iteration of “How Do You Two Know Each Other?” Husband-and-wife duo Roger Brown and Linda Mason – global aid workers, co-founders of Bright Horizons -- discuss the importance of community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
