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Full broadcast of Boston Public Radio 9/25/18

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, September 24th, 2018. Our political roundtable with  Michael Curry, s enior vice president and general counsel at  Mass League of Community Health Centers ,   and  Jennifer Nassour,  former state GOP chairwoman and founder of  Conservative Women For A Better Future , tackled the latest headlines. Charles Sennott,  executive director of  The Gr...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, September 21st, 2018. We opened the lines and asked you what role does race, power and privilege play in the quick defense and treatment of Brett Kavanaugh, and the sexual abuse allegations made against him ? Tech writer Andy Ihnatko talked about the newest edition of the Apple watch. Callie Crossley previewed Michelle Obama's book tour appear...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, September 20th, 2018 "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd   brought us the latest updates on the embattled Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual assault by California professor Christine Blasey Ford. We opened up the lines and asked you about the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee imposing a Frida...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, September 19th, 2018. We opened up the lines and asked you about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee  Brett Kavanaugh. Harvard Business School historian  Nancy Koehn   looked back at the financial crisis of 2008 ten years later and asked: Could this happen again? Homeland security expert  Juliette Kayyem   looked at the...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 In 1991, Clarence Thomas’ fate on the Supreme Court suddenly became uncertain when Anita Hill went public with accusations of sexual misconduct. Today, against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh finds himself in a similar situation, which will come to a head next Monday when he and Christi...

Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer talked to Boston Public Radio about why eating whole-fat dairy products may be healthier than low-fat.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, September 17th, 2018. U.S. Representative Seth Moulton  joined us on the line to discuss the  gas explosions that tore through the Merrimack Valley last week. Our political roundtable with Suffolk University's  John Nucci  and conservative commentator  Jennifer Braceras  tackled the week's headlines. U.S. Representative Niki Tsongas  weighed...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, September 14th, 2018

The full broadcast of Boston Public from Friday, September 13th, 2018

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, September 12th, 2018 A new study finds that a good percentage of the people who are buying condominiums in Boston’s luxury towers are either part-time residents or investors. We opened the lines to hear how others feel about the cost of housing in Boston. In November, voters in Massachusetts will be asked to approve a ballot measure that woul...

Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the far right's newest diet fad, “carnivorism,”

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, September 11th, 2018. After a week of taking over the news cycle, Bob Woodward’s new tell all book, FEAR: Trump in the White House, hits bookstores today. We opened the lines to hear if you are excited to read it or is it as Donald Trump would call it, more fake news. Sports anchor and reporter Trenni Kusnierek and Congressman Joe Kennedy joi...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, September 7th, 2018

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 tho...

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...

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,  senior   vice 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 aske...

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

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...

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 de...

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...

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 s eries being adapted to TV. What do you think have been the best and worst adaptations of books onto the big and small screen? Al...

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...

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 toler...

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, August 8th, 2018.