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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory
Michael Curry from the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Travel writer Christopher Muther
The Curiosity Desk’s Edgar B. Herwick III
MIT economist Jon Gruber
Recent segments
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The Boston Celtic Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary — with a return to the stage
For its 20th anniversary, the Boston Celtic Music Festival returns in-person for the first time since the start of the pandemic. -
East Boston mothers continue decades-long fight against airport pollution
A GBH News reports highlights how the loss of a public park in 1960s laid the ground for today's battle for better air quality. -
Healey says she supports medical aid in dying but leaves details to lawmakers
Gov.-elect Healey wants to bet big on climate technology. -
Book bans threaten democracy, Boston Public Library president says
More than 2,500 books were banned in different U.S. districts in the 2021-22 school year, a recent report found. -
Pardons for Amiraults hindered by Baker's lack of contact with victims, former Suffolk sheriff says
Missteps made in Gov. Baker's pardon request led to a hasty withdrawal. -
‘Donald Trump should be in jail, not in the White House,’ Markey says
Markey also warned tech mogul Elon Musk to clean up his Twitter act.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 11/7: Pass Go, Collect $200
It's our Friday media analysis segment “Press Play” with NBC 10 Boston's media maven Sue O’Connell and GBH’s Adam Reilly, on the Pentagon’s new MAGA press crew and a new report showing teens think the media is biased and boring. As the Trump administration continues its assault on free thought and open inquiry, how are local libraries weathering the storm? We ask Boston Public Library’s David Leonard and Watertown Free Public Library’s Kim Long.Then it's Live Music Friday with veteran R&B vocalist, Berklee’s Gabrielle Goodman, ahead of a show at Long Live Roxbury.Plus, our Trump Tracker segment, with just a few of the horrors you may have overlooked this week, coming out of the flood-the-zone Oval Office.And we check in with Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on the impact of sports betting on kids’ sports, the allure of progressive Millennial mayors, and how anyone could think Elon Musk deserves a trillion dollar salary. -
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BPR Full Show 11/5: Ask The Governor!
Governor Maura Healey joins for Ask the Governor.Then we open the phone lines to hear listener reactions to yesterday's elections results. Faith Soloway, Bitch and Melissa Ferrick are all part of a musical comedy show "One Long Earring." They perform ahead of a show tomorrow night at the Crystal Ballroom.GBH's Jared Bowen discusses Kennedy Center ticket sales plummeting and Serj Tankian's exhibit at the Armenian Museum in Watertown.CNN chief national correspondent John King joins for a politics rundown and election day debrief.We end the show with a query about the exclamation mark. When should it be use, if ever? We take your calls!! -
BPR Full Show 11/4: Ask The Attorney General
Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell takes from audience members.Senator Ed Markey on the government shutdown, food access, and small businesses feeling the pressure amid tariffs. The Boston Foundation's Lee Pelton joins to discuss how the government shutdown is impacting nonprofit workTiffani Faison and Zimu Chen are restaurateurs behind two of Boston Magazine's favorite new spots: Bubble Bath + Darling. They join to discuss -
Best Of BPR 11/03: Everyone Has A Role in Resistance & The YMCA's Food Programs
Today:ACLU of Massachusetts executive director Carol Rose discusses the challenges to the rule of law under the current presidential administration, and the legal victories holding those in power accountable. And David Shapiro, head of the YMCA of Greater Boston, discusses how his organization is joining the effort to keep vulnerable Massachusetts residents fed through the government shutdown. Boston residents can visit Boston.gov/SNAP or call Boston 311 to learn more about the City resources that are available for support.