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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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                    Mayor Wu says Boston has moved too fast on street changesBike and bus lanes have become a flashpoint in Boston’s 2025 mayoral election.
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                    'Agitate, resist, obstruct': How two Mass. Democrats say they're standing up to TrumpU.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch shared how they're pushing back.
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                    ‘They want to maximize the cruelty’: Laid-off federal workers share their frustrationsProbationary employees fired from the National Weather Service and Veterans Affairs share their stories.
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                    Rep. Moulton says Trump-Zelenskyy meeting threatens national securityU.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said remarks by President Trump and Vice President Vance threaten national security.
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                    Mass. secretary of economic development defends life sciences amid federal cutsYvonne Hao expressed strong opposition to proposed federal cuts to NIH funding, warning they could threaten the state’s progress in life sciences.
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                    DiZoglio eyes legal tactic to force Campbell’s hand in standoff with Mass. LegislatureThe auditor has been publicly asking for the attorney general’s support for months.
Listen to previous shows
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                    Best Of BPR 10/02: Living In Pryde & Government Shutdown Impacts Local Food AssistanceToday:GBH News’ latest documentary “Living in Pryde” follows residents in "The Pryde" senior living facility at a time when queer rights are under attack. We speak with producer Rob Tokanel, Pryde executive director Gretchen Van Ness, and resident Eddie Whitman.And, Catherine D'Amato of the Greater Boston Food Bank walks us through impacts to food assistance during the government shutdown.
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                    Best Of BPR 10/01: Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner & Congresswoman Ayanna PressleyToday:Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses a judge's ruling that federal officials unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters.Plus, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discusses the government shutdown.
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                    BPR Full Show 10/01: The Government ShutdownHarvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem with reaction to defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s summit for hundreds of top military leaders where he railed against America’s greatest threat: beards, guts and diversity.Former Mass GOP chair Jennifer Nassour and former Democratic state rep Jay Kaufman discuss what needs to happen to reform the Massachusetts state legislature. The Culture Show's Jared Bowen talks all things arts and culture, including why the biggest stars in comedy: Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Boston’s own Bill Burr, are getting flack for agreeing to appear at a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia.Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on a Boston judge ruling the Trump administration unlawfully targeted international students for pro-Palestinian activism, and the Supreme Court's new term.Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley talks about the Democrats’ role in the first full-blown government shutdown since 2018.
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                    BPR Full Show 9/30: Ask The Governor With Maura HealeyGov. Maura Healey joins for Ask the Governor.CNN's John King zooms in with the latest on the looming government shutdown and the Trump-Netanyahu photo op.Boston Globe's Shirley Leung on the Boston city council's attempt to mitigate delivery scooter chaos, and how some Boston area companies are reducing their human workforce and supplementing it with AI.NBC10's Trenni Casey discusses the Boston Celtics media day, the Red Sox in the playoffs, and Robert Kraft selling a minority stake in the Patriots for $9 billion.
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                    BPR Full Show 9/29: See It In VistaVisionAndrea Cabral hosts with Margery today. NAACP board member Michael Curry discusses the weaponization of Charlie Kirk's murder on the right, and the white nationalist imagery in ICE recruitment materials.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the Kennedy commission report on child health ignoring the leading cause of child death — gun violence. Plus, everything to know about vaccine season.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson previews horror movie season and shares some recent movie reviews.Princeton academic Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the potential fallout from Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and the educators fired over their comments in response to Charlie Kirk's murder.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
