BPR Talks 10/28/26: Halloween Grab Bags

Not My Politics is a new show from GBH News focusing on young people in politics, hosted by Zoe Mathews.In this episode: Jared Valanzola, Chair of the Massachusetts Young Republicans and a Plymouth County Commissioner & Nicole Hadar, who just interned with Brian Shortsleeve's GOP campaign for governor, discuss the state of right-leaning politics in the United States.Follow us on Instagram @GBH_NotMyPolitics and stay tuned for more episodes.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests,  you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: With so much of the midterm attention on races elsewhere, what are you excited about closer to home: Minogue Healey? Markey Deaton? The 59 ballot questions? How are you preparing for Tuesday in Massachusetts? Then, of course, it’s Am I The A-hole Thursday. AirBnB has new rules on how guests should leave a place after staying, forbidding hosts from requiring complicated clean-ups… so we’re opening the phone and text lines to you: what’s the etiquette on cleaning a short-term rental? Listen in to find out!

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests,  you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: With less than a week until election day, it’s the economy, stupid. As voters rank the cost of living in America their number one issue, we’ll open the phone and text lines to ask what you’ve scaled back on, to get by? We’ll end the show with you, and how you’re preparing for the Halloween hordes this weekend. Are you ready to spend more to hand out treats? And where do you stand on the age-old candy corn debate?Listen in to find out!

A rolling election segment with brief call-ins from Amy Carnevale of the MassGOP, Katie Theoharides of the Trustees of Reservations, and Evan Horowitz of Tufts CSPA.Jacob Weisberg, author of "Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era"Howard Mansfield, author of "Invisible Monuments"Emily Judem and immigration attorney Jonathan Ng join to discuss GBH's latest documentary following a woman in Chelsea whose husband was taken by ICE.

Juliette Kayyem discusses the US plans for more Iran strikes, after the election, if Trump chooses. And, the local and state officials acting as a bulwark against Trump's DOJ, ahead of the midterms.Michael Curry discusses the state of nursing homes in Massachusetts.John King gives an election preview with one week to go to the midterms.Chris Muther discusses his 180-turn on packaged group tours.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests,  you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: With the midterms officially a week away, the stakes couldn’t be any higher. We’re opening the phone and text lines: is there anybody out there who is choosing not to vote, staying home… Why? And we’ll end the show with the latest Cheesecake Factory drama. Obama mocked the tacky, gaudy White House renovations, comparing them to a Saddam Hussein-run Cheesecake Factory…  So we’re opening the phone and text lines: What does The Cheesecake Factory mean to you? Listen in to find out!

Andrea Cabral subs in for Margery today. She and Jim talk to Boston Globe ideas columnist Abdallah Fayyad about whether political debates still matter and if Elon Musk can actually buy the midterms. Then it's Princeton University professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Trump's latest anti-Muslim rhethoric towards Michigan senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. And finally, election law expert and UCLA Law professor Richard Hasen on the possible outcomes of the midterm elections. 

Ashish Jha discussing public health in the age of Trump, RFK Jr, and Russian plague.Live Music Friday with Ilona Kudina of Baltic Transit, ahead of their Thursday night jazz show at Long Live Roxbury next Thurs.Rick Steves zooms in wearing his NORML hat, an advocate of legal weed in Massachusetts.Sue O'Connell zooms in with the latest from the Matthew Farwell trial.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests,  you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: We start the show by asking you about the Republican party.. will they ever be able to get back what they lost after Trump's administration? Then, we open the phone and text lines to talk to you about group travelling.. are you one to go solo travelling or in a group? Listen in to find out!

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests,  you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: We opened the lines to ask you about our political moral compass… Pardons for $50 million …Calling Putin a humanitarian… vicious political ads… ICE detentions… on and on. Post-Trump, will we ever find our moral north star again? Then it’s Am I the A-Hole: What’s the earliest possible time it’s appropriate to leave a function, say a kid’s birthday party? How long do you have to stay at an event before it’s OK to slip out? Listen in to find out!