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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
GBH art editor Jared Bowen
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer
Naturalist Sy Montgomery
Recent segments
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GBH president acknowledges threat of federal funding cuts, vows to ‘keep doing the work’
President and CEO Susan Goldberg said President Trump's latest executive order is a "new level of threat," but that GBH will continue producing television and radio. -
Columbia journalism dean addresses response to Trump and challenges to press freedom
Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb acknowledged the university’s recent challenges. -
Maria Ressa says Americans must ‘hold the line’ against autocracy
The Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist said the country must stand up to the "bully tactics" of President Donald Trump as he attempts to consolidate executive power. -
Local Ukrainians uncertain the US can deliver a peace deal
Trump’s unpredictability leave many Ukrainians skeptical that a peace deal is near, says local leader. -
Boston-based artist creates ‘Hip Hop Leadership’ curriculum
The project that includes an album, book and classroom curriculum designed to teach leadership through hip-hop. -
This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally
Event organizers say it's a fitting celebration to include in the country's 250th anniversary events.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/2: Trumps Wants To End Federal Funding For NPR
Skylark is a multi Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble here for this week’s Live Music Friday. Shirley Leung on her recent episode of “Say More” where she speaks – for the first time publicly – about her experience with cancer. Evan Dalton & Nathan Senner are two birding experts, we’ll put their skills to the test, discuss how climate change impacts bird populations, as well as the threats to science funding.Matt Gertz for Press Play; we peak behind the curtain of the Fox News universe on tariffs, and get an update on the latest with Paramount/60 Minutes. -
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.