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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
BU disinformation researcher Joan Donovan
Live Music Friday courtesy of BAMS Fest Performers the Roots Alley Collective
GBH’s Callie Crossley
Boston Pride 4 The People
Recent segments
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Hazing and harassment have 'always been' in youth sports, says NBC Sports Boston anchor
Trenni Kusnierek believes part of the blame for harassment in school sports falls on the adults in the room. -
Acting Mayor Janey extends free MBTA ridership in her final days in office
Although Janey said she was open to a job in the Wu administration, her immediate plans were to “rest and reflect and write.” -
Asian Americans In Boston Are 'Pinching Themselves' After Michelle Wu's Historic Win
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the election -
Conservative Panic Over Critical Race Theory Apparent In Virginia Election
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville says Democrats need to change how they discuss the topic. -
Medical Ethicist Says COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids 5-11 Shouldn't Be Mandated — Yet
As shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 arrive at hospitals, pediatric centers and vaccination clinics around the… -
No Permanent Housing Means Mass And Cass Evictees Will Be Back On The Streets, Says ACLU Exec. Director
Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Massachusetts, told Boston Public Radio on Tuesday the city should be making a housing-first effort, not evicting people and offering temporary shelter or involuntarily committing them to live in a detention center, as proposed by Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 5/01: 'This Is The Moment' To Fight For Democracy & May Day In Boston
Today:Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, author of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," discusses standing against authoritarianism and confronting disinformation. Her message is clear: the future of American Democracy depends on the willingness of Americans to fight for it.And, president of American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts Jessica Tang joins to discuss today's international day of action for the labor movement, amid widespread attacks on laborers, educators, and civil society more broadly from the Trump administration. -
BPR Full Show 5/01: Holding The Line
Maria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of the Filipino news service Rappler. In 2021 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to a free press, reporting on dictator Rodrigo Duterte. Amy Spitalnik is CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. She’ll discuss antisemitism in America and those who argue it’s being politicized by the far-right. Jessica Tang is President of AFT Massachusetts, she joins ahead of an appearance at a May Day rally on Boston Common. Jelani Cobb is Dean of the Colombia Journalism School and writer for the New Yorker. He talks about Columbia in Trump’s crosshairs and journalism’s role holding Trump 2.0 to account. -
Best Of BPR 4/30: 'Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages' & Even Pigeons Know The Difference Between Monet And Manet
Today:Patty Talahongva discusses her new film for Frontline, documenting climate devastation in Alaska for native communities; and the cultural impacts of forced relocation, first at direct hands of the American government, and now at the hands of its inability to deal with climate change.Then, it’s our favorite Hancock NH resident, author and naturalist Sy Montgomery on boozy chimps caught on camera getting loaded off of fermented breadfruit. -
BPR Full Show 4/30: Trading Politics For Popcorn
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses an Edvard Munch exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum and Francis Ford Coppola at a 'Megalopolis' showing at the Coolidge Corner Theater.Patty Tahalongva is director, producer and writer of PBS Frontline's latest film "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages." She joins via zoom to discuss the film, which follows the immediate impacts of climate change on indigenous communities forced to relocate.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks about crows with math skills, booze-fueled feasts for wild chimps and the Cape Ann woodpecker.Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral on the Justice Department halting funds for victims of hate crimes and child abuse, and a new report from Harvard University report on antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus. -
Best Of BPR 4/29: The Lawyers Defending American Democracy
Today:Lawyers Defending American Democracy Executive Director Lauren Stiller Rikleen and former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbargar discuss attacks on the American legal system, and what their group is doing to hold bad actors to account.