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**Boston Public Radio Podcast**

Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. We feature our favorite conversation from each show. To hear the full show, please visit wgbhnews.org/bpr To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call or text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-2PM Monday through Friday.

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Full Broadcast 9/6/18 Sep 06, 2018

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The full broadcast from Thursday, September 6, 2018

Meet The Press' Chuck Todd discussed the explosive New York Times op-ed published yesterday that was written by an anonymous senior Trump staffer.
We opened the lines to hear your thoughts on the op-ed.
Medical ethicist Art Caplan explained why the security bins at the airport are so dirty.
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral gave her thoughts on the third day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing.
The Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum Ali Noorani joined us to talk about the future of DACA.
Former Education Secretary Paul Reville talked about the problem with school bus delays in the Boston Public School system.
*Boston Globe *columnist Alex Beam gave us one of has famous explainers.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 Sep 05, 2018

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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

Ayanna Pressley campaigned on the slogan “Change Can’t wait” and voters agreed. In addition to Pressley’s historic upset, change couldn’t come soon enough for the state house either with with longtime, high ranking reps — Byron Rushing and Jeffrey Sanchez getting voted out of office. We opened the lines to ask you: Who else is vulnerable? And what, in this era of insurgent unrest, is the standard for being considered part of the establishment old guard?
Canada’s foreign minister returned to DC today to revisit NAFTA negotiations. Groundtruth Project co-founder and WGBH News Analyst *Charlie Sennott *joined us to go over that and more.
Then National Security analyst** Juliette Kayyem** joined us to talk about the Mueller investigation and more.
Two hundred years of Brazil’s heritage, culture, and memory have gone up in flames with a fire gutting the country’s oldest museum-- destroying an estimated 20 million items along the way. WGBH’s Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen joined us in studio to talk about this, the challenges facing Boston’s new Arts Tzar and how the new Muppet movie has put the “street” in Sesame Street.
Then a Primary Day post-mortem with Media Mavel and host of NECN’s The Take, Sue O’Connell.
A significant political shift is happening and the Massachusetts primary is part of it, proving that establishment politics is becoming passe. Ayanna Pressley unseated Mike Capuano without the backing of Deval Patrick or John Lewis on a campaign that was all about change--not just the need for change in DC, but but a changing demographic that demands a new kind of leadership. We opened the lines and asked you if you’re part of this change, or if you think there is a place for the seasoned politician?
What can Boston learn from Copenhagen cycling structure? Melissa and Chris Bruntlett are the authors of the new book: Building the Cycling City: The Dutch blueprint for Community Vitality.

Full Broadcast 9/04/18 Sep 04, 2018

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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, September 4th, 2018

Today is Primary Day in Massachusetts. Jennifer Nassour, founder and president of Conservative Women for a Better Future, and Michael Curry, seniorvice president and general counsel at Mass League of Community Health Centers and a member of the national NAACP Board of Directors, analyzed the day's races.
We asked you about Nike naming Colin Kaepernick the face of its "Just Do It" advertising campaign.
We opened up the lines and asked you about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, which began this morning.
Carol Rose, executive director of ACLU Massachusetts, and Rahsaan Hall, directorof the ACLU Massachusetts Racial Justice Program, took a closer look at the District Attorney races in Massachusetts today.
Food writer and editor Corby Kummer diagnosed the issues facing Boston's restaurant scene.
John King, host of CNN's "Inside Politics," brought us the latest news from Washington, including revelations from journalist Bob Woodward's new book about the Trump presidency.
Historian Nancy Koehn looked at a new trend among millennials: stowing away enough of their money so they can retire in their 30s and 40s.

Corby Kummer | USDA Begins Distributing Payments To Farmers Hit By Retaliatory Tariffs Sep 04, 2018

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Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the payments the USDA will distribute to farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs.

Full Broadcast 9/03/18 Sep 04, 2018

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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, September 3rd, 2018.

This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear:

Jon Meacham on his new book,* The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.*
Lawrence O’Donnell about his book, Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My family’s Search for the Truth.
Caitlin Moran about her lastest novel,* How to Be Famous.*
Tom Papa on his latest book,* Your Dad Stole My Rake and Other Dilemma’s.*
Richard Blanco, the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, joined us for another edition of Village Voice.
Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn discussed the qualities that made George Washington an extraordinary leader.

Full Broadcast 8/31/18 Aug 31, 2018

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The full broadcast from Boston Public Radio from Friday, August 31st, 2018.

This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear:

We spoke with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about their new book, How Democracies Die.
Michael Norton broke down the correlation between our appetite for risk and our appetite for ordering desert.
Steve Coll discussed his new book, Directorate S: An Account of one of the great tragedies of our age – America’s failing policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Former Secretary of Labor Robert discussed his recipe for a just society. It’s the subject of his new book, The Common Good.
Harvard linguist Steven pinker discussed his latest book, Enlightenment Now.
Meredith Goldstein, the woman behind the Boston Globe’s advice columnist* Love Letters, joined us to talk about her new book, *Can’t Help Myself.

Full Broadcast 8/30/18 Aug 30, 2018

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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, August 29th, 2018

This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear:

Tina Brown joined us to talk about her latest book, The Vanity Fair Diaries.
We opened the lines and asked you about your Q-tip IQ. Do you actually follow the instructions or do you take the cotton swab plunger—even if it means you might have to go to the ER?
We talked to former White House Photographer Pete Souza, who put eight years of the Obama administration into his latest book, Obama: An Intimate Portrait.
Novelist Meg Wolitzer discusses her latest book, The Female Persuasion.
Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, a wife and husband who survived the Boston Marathon Bombing, have written a children's book about another partnership—the one between Jessica and her service dog rescue, Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship.
Cecile Richards, the outgoing president of Planned Parenthood, discussed what she’s doing next to keep the fight for women’s rights alive and well.

Full Broadcast 8/29/18 Aug 30, 2018

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This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear:

We celebrated Leonard Bernstein’s centennial with his daughters Nina Bernstein Simmons and Jamie Bernstein
We open the lines and asked you about Updike’s Rabbit series being adapted to TV. What do you think have been the best and worst adaptations of books onto the big and small screen?
Alex Beam joined us for one of his famous explainers.
The makers of* FRONTLINE's *Oscar nominated documentary, *Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, *joined us to talk about their award winning film.
Kevin Young discussed his book,* Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-facts, and Fake News.*
We talked to Gar Alpervitz, who was instrumental in making the Pentagon Papers public.
Sy Montgomery joined us for another edition of the Afternoon Zoo.

Full Broadcast 8/28/18 Aug 28, 2018

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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear:

ESPN’s Howard Bryant discussed his new book, "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism."
Sociologist Michael Eric Dyson discussed his new book, "What Truth Sounds Like: RFK, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race In America."
Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt looked at his new book on politics, "Tyrant: Shakespeare On Politics."
Sy Montgomery, journalist and naturalist, talked about her latest book, "The Hyena Scientist."
Just in time for the end of summer, John Hodgman discussed his book "Vacationland: True Stories From Painful Beaches."
Actor and activist **George Takei discussed the musical "Allegiance," which is based on his real-life experience of living in **a Japanese-American internment camp.

Full Broadcast 8/27/18 Aug 28, 2018

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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, August 27th, 2018.

This week, Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this show, you'll hear:

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell discussed his book "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics."
Harvard Business School’s Michael Norton explained his research on how our tolerance for financial risk can be determined by what we order for dessert.
Khizr Khan discussed his memoir "An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice."
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer-prize winning novelist, recreates the world of the 1940s Brooklyn Navy Yard in her new novel "Manhattan Beach."
Actor, comedian, and vocalist Lea DeLaria of "Orange Is The New Black" discussed her career on the small screen and the big stage.

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