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Monday on BPR:
Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio on Question 1
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
GOP candidate for Secretary of State, Anne Brensley
Recent segments
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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. -
Former public safety secretary ‘shocked’ by reports that DCF puts foster youth’s funds into state coffers
Andrea Cabral joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the $15 million in the last three years. -
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.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Talks 9/30/26: Waving Hello in Boston
This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: We all saw the “dirtbag” hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith’s congressional testimony yesterday – and Senator Eric Schmitt’s … total screw up. It got us thinking: In life or at work, do you double down when you’re humiliated – or own up? Then, we talk with you about your interactions with strangers…. Do you wave? Say hello? Walk by silently, hoping no one notices you exist?Listen in to find out! -
BPR Talks 9/29/26: National Coffee Day
This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: We’ll start the show today with an examination of … empathy, as leaders of the far-right take issue that empathy is actually good…what do we lose as human beings, in our politics, when we toss empathy aside? Then we’ll end the show with you…it’s national coffee day, so forget the tariffs and high prices, pour a cup of joe and call us… what is it about a good cup of coffee? And when is it OK to switch out the iced coffee? Listen in to find out! -
BPR Full Show 9/29/26: State Treasurer Election
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey on the first American man to win the UCI world cycling championships in over 30 years. And a Mass. program to stop school sports bullying. CNN's John King with the latest national political headlines. Tufts International policy expert Dan Drezner on the US-Canada relationship and the terror plot at a U.K. Air Base.And GOP candidate for state treasurer Elizabeth Dionne on why she's running. -
BPR Talks 9/28/26: Your Favorite TV Shows
This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: On the heels of Trump’s fawning all over authoritarian Chinese president Xi … we’ll open the phone and text lines to ask: is the US position in the world waning? And will it ever recover from Trump’s damage? Then we’ll end the show talking TV, perfect for a rainy day – The New York Times has released its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st Century so far… Did your favorites make the cut? Listen in to find out! -
BPR Full Show 9/28/26: Mike Walsh Joins Us
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett on an improvement in teenage mental health and how state lawmakers are planning to address violence against healthcare workers.Princeton’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad the latest federal funding cuts against higher ed.Evan Horowitz from the Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis on his ballot question explainers ahead of the election.Plus, we’ll speak with the GOP candidate for Attorney General Mike Walsh.