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Coming up Tuesday on on BPR, live from the BPL:
CNN’s John King
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Embrace Boston’s Imari Paris Jeffries
Giselle Byrd of The Theater Offensive ahead of the Embrace Ideas Festival
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
Recent segments
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How to plan work around your life, not the other way around
Charlie Warzel, an author and Atlantic newsletter writer, talks about the issues with modern work -
Top 5 Boston Public Radio segments from 2021
Listen to the top five Boston Public Radio conversations from 2021. -
The secret to happiness is more in your hands than you think, according to Arthur Brooks
Here are his tips on how to find happiness in an increasingly unhappy world -
Is Gen Z less religious? Not necessarily, say the Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III
“They're bringing their parents’ tradition, but revising it in a way that is far more inclusive,” Monroe explained. -
A puppy as a present? MSPCA director explains the do's and don'ts of holiday pet adoption
The most important factor is that pets are not gifted to someone who did not ask for one or who is not expecting a pet. -
Proposed Peabody 'peaker' plant 'misguided,' Environmental League of Massachusetts president says
Critics of the plant worry about the high levels of pollutants it will emit.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 1/21: The Second Term
Jeffrey Thielman, president and CEO of the International Institute of New England, on their work resettling refugees and protecting immigrants.David Cash, former regional EPA director for New England, discusses Trump's energy plansShirley Leung on our modern oligarchy, with tech titans on bended knee for Trump.John King on Trump's executive orders -
Best Of BPR 1/21: Trump's Day One Immigration Orders & Climate Change Denial
Today:Wrapped up in Trump’s day-one actions were a string of executive orders designed to upend U.S. immigration policy – We talk with Jeffrey Thielman, President and CEO the International Institute of New England. And, David Cash, who until yesterday 11:59 AM headed the New England branch of the Environmental Protection Agency… Now he’s watching Donald Trump do his best to dismantle U.S. climate policy. -
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BPR Full Show 1/17: Eggs, Eggs, and Eggs!
Robert Pinsky is a three-time U.S. Poet Laureate, who’s performed alongside Bruce Springsteen and for Lisa Simpson. He joined alongside Berklee professor and bandmate Stan Strickland for Live Music Friday.Ron Mitchell & Breje Williams reflected on MLK’s legacy of activism ahead of MLK dayDiana DiZoglio on efforts to bring transparency to the state legislatureLaTosha Brown,activist & organizer behind Black Voters Matter, on Kamala’s loss, and the path towards equity under Trump 2.0. -
Best Of BPR 1/17: Latosha Brown's Contemplative Politics & Live Music Friday With Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
Today: LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter, reflects on the 2024 election, and the need to buckle in for the work of the next four years.And, three-time poet laureate Robert Pinsky joins for Live Music Friday, accompanied by Stan Strickland, ahead of a show at Regattabar in Harvard Square.
