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Some say @AndrewYang's call for a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for all Americans inspired the recent round of $1,200 stimulus checks. The former presidential candidate said he hopes Congress makes it the norm.
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Today at 12:30, we'll speak with Democratic presidential candidate @AndrewYang about his race to the nomination.
Make sure to tune in to catch the whole conversation.
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Rep. Joe Kennedy III said that while he was not surprised by anything former special counsel Robert Mueller said yesterday, he thought that the hearing brought to light a compelling case to impeach the president. #mapoli #MuellerReport
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.@AyannaPressley told BPR that "Republicans share the responsibility" with Trump for inciting a mob to storm the Capitol on Wednesday.
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"We have to face the reality. We have to face our history. It was an attempted coup, incited by the president," @SenMarkey told BPR this week
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.@joekennedy voted to impeach President Donald Trump, but he's not celebrating it. The congressman described Wednesday's impeachment vote as "brutal," and said it was difficult to see his colleagues in the House defend Trump's actions. #mapoli
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"To see a noose hung on the west lawn of the Capitol, to see people parading through the halls of congress with confederate flags. It was frighteningly familiar," says @RepPressley on BPR @GBHNews. "I cannot pretend there were not legitimately moments where I feared for my life."
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“I'd rather us be focused on foul policies and how to mitigate and reverse the impact of those policies than foul language,” @AyannaPressley told us today in reference to congresswoman @RashidaTlaib’s use of an expletive to describe President Trump.#mapoli bit.ly/2SSNGlC
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#ICYMI: Our conversation with @PeteButtigieg from earlier this morning. wgbh.org/news/politics/2019/…
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Here at the BPL with us is @joekennedy and @trenni who've teamed up to help change the dialogue on mental health in America. They'll be hosting a forum together next week, but today they're here to talk to us about what it will take to change the conversation on mental health.
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At 1, we'll speak with @PreetBharara about his new book "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, And the Rule of Law" and his life after leaving the government. Make sure to tune in.
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Jacques Pepin: "You cannot really cook indifferently. You give a lot of yourself when you cook." bit.ly/2q6q14R
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If You're A Young Person With A History Of Public Service, Maybe It's Time You Run For Office bit.ly/2geswOZ
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Jacques Pepin: "You cannot really cook indifferently. You give a lot of yourself when you cook." bit.ly/2q6q14R
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“If I’m writing before anybody else is up, I feel like I’m getting away with something” - @davidduchovny
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.@RepJoeKennedy joins us on the line to talk about gun control reform in the wake of the Parkland shooting: wgbh.org/audioPlayers/wgbh.c…
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.@Chasten Buttigieg joins us in just a few minutes to discuss his memoir, "I Have Something To Tell You." Tune in: wgbhnews.org
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Deputy Campaign Manager for Joe Biden @rufusgifford told Boston Public Radio Monday that Joe Biden's win is "a victory for truth, a victory for compassion, a victory for empathy, and for unity."
Listen: wgbh.org/news/politics/2020/…
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Before yesterday's #WayfairWalkout to protest the sale of beds from the company to migrant detention centers, we spoke with @AyannaPressley to hear why she was one of 4 no votes on an emergency border aid package that provided funding to ICE. #mapoli
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Some say @AndrewYang's call for a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for all Americans inspired the recent round of $1,200 stimulus checks. The former presidential candidate said he hopes Congress makes it the norm.
bit.ly/35DMKbC
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Tune in at 1:40 to listen to our interview with @PeteButtigieg today.
Mayor @PeteButtigieg will be live on @BosPublicRadio in the 1PM hour. Tune in live on 89.7FM or stream online: to.wgbh.org/60171rin3
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.@joekennedy: "The idea you could have a party after taking health care away from folks, I don't know how you could support that"
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Boston Public Library Puts Its World-Class Collection Of Rare Shakespeare Works On Display bit.ly/2jw916m
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.@SenMarkey is with protesters at #MarchForOurLivesBoston: "You cannot see any part of the street that does not have people on it...It is a sea of humanity protesting the NRA ironclad grip on the Republican Congress"
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"It's not just about not eating meat," Celtics player @EnesKanter told @BosPublicRadio of his decision to switch to a plant-based diet. "You learn how factory farms abuse animals and workers."
Listen to his full interview here:
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.@juliettekayyem: "There is a tendency to say we 'withdrew' from the Iranian deal. We actually violated it"
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Caller Wayne on #RedHen: "We're seen the erosion of our means to petition the government...I think the only way for our voices to be hold is to take these direct, nonviolent personal actions when we see these people out in public"
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“I bring a different brand of leadership.” City councilor/ congressional candidate @AyannaPressley joins us now #mapoli
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.@bostonpolice have said that the "Free Speech" rally is officially over. Demonstrators have left the Commons.
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.@juliettekayyem was not impressed by Ivanka Trump's turn as diplomat in South Korea. "How foolish do we look that the president sent his purse-making daughter to a region where there is nuclear war potential"
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Breeze Lightning: The Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm Up And Running In Rhode Island bit.ly/2jb2zhv
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Groovy! we are talking to Ash himself @GroovyBruce. Tune In: wgbh.org/audioPlayers/wgbh.c…
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Medical Ethicist Art Caplan: $600 EpiPen Controversy Is Just Part Of A (Much Larger) Problem bit.ly/2bJMgFC
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.@juliettekayyem on Russia investigation: "I know the totality of evidence we've seen so far suggests a campaign that was so intimately captured by the Russians that there's no other conclusion" than that the campaign was compromised.
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.@juliettekayyem: "'Chain migration' is a nasty way of describing something really good, which is family unification."
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A new state program aims to reduce recidivism by educating inmates for the outside world bit.ly/24hQKpa
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.@juliettekayyem said on BPR today that the president's COVID-19 diagnosis may provide him "an out" if he performs poorly in the election.
"Maybe this doesn’t end with a fire burst, but a sort of whimper under a virus.”
Listen to the full interview here: to.wgbh.org/30uOlzf
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We aired @DianaDiZoglio's song "My Voice" that she exclusively wrote and recorded for @BosPublicRadio @GBHNews about feeling silenced in politics. 🎶🎶
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Franken says there is "irony" that he is resigning although the sitting president, Donald Trump, has also been the subject of sexual harassment allegations. Continues: "This decision is not about me. It's about the people of Minnesota"
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.@Chasten Buttigieg says America still isn't where it needs to be on LGBTQ equality.
"It's just a fact that it is still unsafe to be gay in many places in this country."
Listen to his full interview on Boston Public Radio:
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"If you were to create a president who was a Russian asset, all that president's behavior would be exactly what Donald Trump is doing...I think 'treason' is a fair statement." @juliettekayyem joins us: wgbh.org/news/boston-public-…
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.@juliettekayyem on military parade: "Totalitarians generally are weak leaders, because they don't have public support, so they often use military parades like this not as a display of strength to the outside world but a display of intimidation to the inside world"
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Deputy Campaign Manager for Joe Biden @rufusgifford told Boston Public Radio Monday that Joe Biden's win is "a victory for truth, a victory for compassion, a victory for empathy, and for unity."
Listen: wgbh.org/news/politics/2020/…
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"It's not just about not eating meat," Celtics player @EnesKanter
told @BosPublicRadio of his decision to switch to a plant-based diet. "You learn how factory farms abuse animals and workers."
Listen to his full interview here:wgbh.org/news/local-news/202…
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.@juliettekayyem: "Let's be clear here. Trump would not get a security clearance. You have to have transparency"
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.@chrisfluming: "The Cambridge flag is just Elizabeth Warren in a Tealuxe on a Bumble date. That is the flag of Cambridge."
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Coming up:
@SenWarren joins us to discuss the upcoming Senate vote on capping the price of insulin at $35 per month, Ukraine, and more.
Have questions for Sen. Warren? Call us at 877-301-8970, email us at bpr@wgbh.org, or share your questions below.wgbh.org/news/boston-public-…
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Margery: I wish I could live another 100 years to hear what historians say about this period in American history. Assuming we're still here.
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Environmentalist @billmckibben: “Massachusetts Will Play A Big Role” In Climate Fight Against Trump bit.ly/2l16BJc
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"What we know is going on in Russia right now is because of the Russian pool... Tillerson ditched the American pool" - @juliettekayyem
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The Brutal Murder Of Emmett Till Has Been Burned Into History. But What About The Fate Of His Father? bit.ly/2fzYiVq
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"Everything Trump touches dies" -@juliettekayyem
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If You're A Young Person With A History Of Public Service, Maybe It's Time You Run For Office bit.ly/2geswOZ
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"I have never said how I voted on a ballot question until after the election, but today I am saying I am voting #YesOn3, and I will vote 1,000 times for #YesOn3" -@jimbraude #mapoli
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ICYMI: @AyannaPressley told BPR yesterday that we need to vote like lives, livelihoods, and American democracy are all on the line today.
Listen:
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@AyannaPressley on the need to extend nationwide eviction moratoriums:
"We are quite literally on the precipice of a nation that is a tent city.”
Listen to the Pressley's interview live, here: wgbh.org/news/boston-public-…
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From meat aspic-flavored potato chips to Hawaiian pizza-flavored smoothies, @notfolu covers the whimsical world of snacks in her newsletter, "Unsnackable."
Read our conversation with her on "Unsnackable" here: wgbh.org/news/lifestyle/2021…
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.@joekennedy on health care bill: "Every single group that had something at stake in health care said this was a bad deal and bad policy"
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On Now:
Live from the Boston Common at the site of The Embrace unveiling, we're joined by Congresswoman @AyannaPressley- the first black woman elected to Congress in Massachusetts.
Tune in below:
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.@juliettekayyem on Trump moving US embassy to Jerusalem: "I think part of this is a distraction so he can create a narrative about 'the crazy Muslims,' because of course they'll be up in arms"
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"All the tools of counterterrorism come into play," to defuse Trumpist violence, says @juliettekayyem on BPR just now.
"De-platforming and political isolation" (through impeachment and resignations) are the only way you can ensure there's not future violence, she says.
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Breeze Lightning: The Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm Up And Running In Rhode Island bit.ly/2jb2zhv
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"These people did not die from hurricanes. They died because of lack of resources, water... and illness." -@juliettekayyem on #HurricaneMaria
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Jim: Are you taking downtime? You're not going to sue the Trump Administration during the Christmas vacation?
Healey: Not unless he does something stupid or illegal.
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"Make America America Again" -@juliettekayyem
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Good morning! Today we're live from @BPLBoston. @SenWarren joins us on the line at noon — and comedian @hodgman is with us around 1:15!
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A new state program aims to reduce recidivism by educating inmates for the outside world bit.ly/24hQKpa
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For the final hour of our show today, we'll have a tribute to Brian O'Donovan.
Friends, family and listeners will be able to call in to remember Brian.
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A new state program aims to reduce recidivism by educating inmates for the outside world bit.ly/24hQKpa
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.@AndrewYang has made the universal basic income a major part of his campaign. To prove his point, he plans on offering 10 families $1,000 a month for a year to show its effectiveness.
We caught up with him ahead of his rally in Cambridge on Monday.
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Sen. Angus King (I) Maine: "Putin is not a Republican or a Democrat, he's an opportunist" #ComeyTestimony
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.@juliettekayyem: "We failed. We failed the Puerto Ricans. The response was horrible. How people died matters...The failure to recognize that these deaths occurred means we won't learn from it."
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Study: Most American Gun Owners Buy Guns For Protection Against Other People bit.ly/2di4Wvp
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@AyannaPressley just now on BPR: "I’m calling on all state legislatures to strike down" Gov. Baker’s amendments to the Mass. police reform bill.
Listen live here: wgbh.org/news/boston-public-…
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"Men view women as too noisy, too transparent, and he is going to go after women in combat and women in the military next. The idea that this stops with LGBTQ is ridiculous,” -@juliettekayyem
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.@juliettekayyem: "This is a horror of the President's own making, with a team that enabled it ... I do not doubt there will be children who never see their parents again."
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We asked AI to create an image of @jimbraude eating a meal outdoors in Paris. What is he eating? What is he thinking?
It's up to interpretation. It's art.
ALT AI generated image of Boston Public Radio host Jim Braude eating in Paris
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.@wutrain told BPR that people like Rep. Stefanik should not represent and organization that is about "building the minds and the ideas to lead in our government and to form the support for public service going into the future."
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"I can't keep track of the lies but there are lies everywhere" - @juliettekayyem on Trump Administration's response to Russia investigation
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.@juliettekayyem: "This experience with North Korea was a concocted crisis by Donald Trump and a successful power move from North Korea."
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.@RepJoeKennedy on new travel ban: "It is nothing short of a religiously motivated travel ban"
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.@juliettekayyem on Trump's claim that a law "requires" DHS officials to separate children from parents at the border: "Any sane Republican or Democrat should be on air every single day calling out this lie."
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Here's @jimbraude running up his medical costs with a Kim Kardashian approved full-body MRI scan!
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"I think the Clapper thing is a real eye-opener" -@juliettekayyem
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"The president may not have an attorney general, but the United States does." - @juliettekayyem. Listen: wgbh.org/news/boston-public-…
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Need a break from all the #ElectionDay coverage? Listen to our interview with former Obama White House photographer @PeteSouza about his new book "Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents." to.wgbh.org/6011E6UJN
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Today we're celebrate Jim and Margery's 10 year anniversary hosting the show!
Read about their first show here:
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