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Coming up Monday on BPR:
A marathon-themed 'Best-Of' show, featuring our interviews with:
Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon bombing survivors Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky
And more.
Recent segments
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Former Mass. Chief Justice Marshall 'shocked' by draft Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe
"[It] wipes out everything that we have achieved," says Massachusetts' former chief justice. -
Why some of the richest Americans pay no federal income taxes, according to ProPublica's IRS data trove
ProPublica reporter Paul Kiel shares takeaways from his reporting on the tax files of the richest Americans. -
Ask the Vet: How to train your dog to stop barking, brush your cat's teeth, and more tips
Dr. Virginia Sinnott-Stutzman of MSPCA joined Boston Public Radio to take listener questions. -
Former U.S. District Court judge on what the SCOTUS leak means for abortion law
Judge Nancy Gertner shares key takeaways from the draft ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade -
Rep. McGovern on meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 'We have to do whatever is necessary to help alleviate this humanitarian crisis'
The Massachusetts Congressman joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other representatives in a delegation to Ukraine and Poland. -
‘We’re getting to a tipping point’: Education expert sees systemic failures in Mission Hill report
The former Massachusetts secretary of education weighs in on a report detailing decades of misconduct in a Jamaica Plain school.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 12/19: On *That* Vanity Fair Piece & Live Music With Atikin Rose
Today:Juliette Kayyem and Andrea Cabral fill in for Jim and Margery.GBH political reporter Adam Reilly and Bay State Banner publisher Ron Mitchell join for our media analysis segment Press Play.And, Atikin Rose joins for Live Music Friday, accompanied on piano by Hawk of "God-Tier Entertainment" and joined in the studio by the CEO of PUTINWORK Rob Kelley-Morgan. -
BPR Full Show 12/19: Headline Escapism
GBH's Adam Reilly and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell join for Press Play media analysis. This week, they talk about media reaction to Trump’s White House address, Brian McGrory returning to the Globe and a profile of the photographer who captured Trump staff for the Susie Wiles Vanity Fair profile. Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett on the CDC reversing its position on Hepatitis B vaccines for infants, cutting funding for the American Academy of Pediatrics, RFK Jr.’s move to ban gender affirming care for young people, and the so-called "Christmas Coronary effect." Atikin Rose is an up-and-coming R&B singer songwriter with a new EP due out next year. She joins for Live Music Friday alongside talent manager Rob Kelley-Morgan.Tony Williams and Peter Gwiazda celebrate 25 years of the Urban Nutcracker. Tony is the show’s founder and creative visionary. Peter is a dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.NBC10 Boston media maven Sue O’Connell talks Epstein files, Brian Walshe, and a NYTimes profile of the woman caught in that Coldplay kiss-cam last summer. -
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Best Of BPR 12/17: International Human Rights Groups Are In 'Survival Mode'
Today:Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, discusses the organization's work.
