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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Press Play media analysis with GBH’s Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley
Live Music Friday with ZUMIX
Bioethicist Dr. Zeke Emanuel
Martha Sheridan of Meet Boston
Recent segments
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Ask The Mayor: Wu confident in proof-of-vaccination requirement
"If we do nothing ... businesses will have to shut down." -
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.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 3/24: We Need To Talk About The Job Market
Michael Curry discusses the growing life expectancy gap between Black residents and other Bostonians — the gap has doubled over the past decade.John King discusses the latest national political headlines.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the rise in sepsis cases in Mass., and the rise in IV drip bars in BostonBobbi Gibb in person discusses her legacy as the first woman to run Boston Marathon. -
BPR Full Show 3/23: Slippers And A Robe
Amherst College's Ilan Stavans discusses the sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez.Comedian and The View host Joy Behar zooms in ahead of her "My First Ex-Husband" performance at the Huntington.Evan Horowitz of Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis walks us through his reports on rent control and income tax ballot questions.GBH's Jared Bowen joins us briefly to discuss "the unmasking of Banksy" and preview what's ahead on The Culture Show this week. -
BPR Full Show 3/20: Ask Phil Eng
GBH News politics reporter Adam Reilly and Under The Radar's Callie Crossley join for 'Press Play' media analysis. For Live Music Friday, Puerto Rican singer, drummer, and composer David Rivera performs ahead of a show at Regattabar.Phil Eng, MBTA General Manager and interim secretary of transportation, joins for 'Ask the GM,' to answer our questions and yours. -
BPR Full Show 3/19: Who Wants To Bring Back Dueling?
BPR Full Show 3/19: Who Wants To Bring Back Dueling? -
BPR Full Show 3/18: Fostering Friendship In Divided Times
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on war in the Middle East and the resignation of Joe Kent, the now-former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus join for a transit panel, focusing on plans for White Stadium, the Everett stadium for the Revs and World Cup plans at Gillette.Linda Bilmes, co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War" and Harvard Kennedy School public policy lecturer, discusses the financial cost of going to war in Iran.Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters column discusses why some heterosexual women are hiding their boyfriends, how to make friends as an adult, and and update on the library phone booth.