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Coming up Friday on BPR:
“Press Play” media analysis with Sue O’Connell and Callie Crossley
Lunar New Year music with Zishi Liu
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
Author Andy Freed
Recent segments
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Lawyers suggest more ways Healey can limit ICE activity
The discussion comes as state lawmakers weigh a bill from Gov. Maura Healey to block immigration arrests in courthouses, schools and hospitals. -
As cannabis prices tank, regulators want to cut red tape to help businesses
Cannabis commission chair Shannon O'Brien says she hasn't talked to the treasurer who fired her since she’s been back on the job. -
Campbell says she supports Minnesota AG seeking 'accountability' in Renee Good's death
Attorney General Andrea Campbell says the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis "could be murder" but an investigation would need to prove it. -
Healey on ballot questions: ‘yes’ for public records, ‘no’ on rent control
The governor says she's already seeing housing investors pull out of Massachusetts. -
Make Dorie Greenspan’s cocoa-swirled pumpkin Bundt: ‘Cakes are for sharing’
The James Beard Award-winning cookbook author discusses her latest book, “Dorie's Anytime Cakes.” -
Following anti-trans hate messages, women’s commission member doesn’t regret joining
Giselle Byrd received hate messages and death threats on social media after right-wing accounts picked up her appointment to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 1/5: All You Need Are Friends
Tufts University’s international affairs scholar Daniel Drezner on the United States' weekend invasion of Venezuela to depose its authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro. Tufts food policy analyst Corby Kummer forecasts 2026 food trends and how to stick to New Year's resolutions. Plus, he updates us on how the Trump administration’s agriculture investments will impact farmers. Bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel discusses his new book “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life.”There are more lawmakers of color than ever on Beacon Hill. But the legislature still remains disproportionately white. We talk to Mass League of Community Health Center’s Michael Curry about that, and what a boost in rural health system federal funding could mean for western Mass. -
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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.
