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Housing as a Human Right – Engaging with the Issue: An Interview with Megan Smith
This is the third installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Megan Smith is a...
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May 3, 20235 min read


The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: An Interview with Professor Bradford Gibbs
Bradford Gibbs is the Urry and Comfort Family Lecturer in Economics at Brown University. His focus is applied finance, and he teaches...
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Apr 25, 20239 min read


Remembering the Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration Camps: An Interview with Carlene Tanigoshi
Carlene Tanigoshi Tinker was three years old in 1942 when the American government sent her and her family to Amache, a Japanese American...
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Apr 19, 202310 min read


Firearm Safety—Where Politics and Public Health Collide: An Interview with Dr. Megan Ranney
Dr. Megan Ranney is a practicing emergency physician, researcher, and advocate for innovative approaches to health. She currently serves...
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Apr 18, 20235 min read


Developments in Journalism from 1970 to Today: An Interview with Joan Lunden (Part 2: Journalism and
Joan Lunden is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and former co-host of Good Morning America. Lunden is the host of the PBS...
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Apr 12, 20238 min read


Talking About Roe, Post-Roe: An Interview with Mary Ziegler
Mary Ziegler is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis and one of the leading historians of the US abortion debate. She...
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Apr 10, 20233 min read


Developments in Journalism from 1970 to Today: An Interview with Joan Lunden (Part 1: Women and Jour
Joan Lunden is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and former co-host of Good Morning America. Lunden is the host of the PBS...
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Apr 6, 20236 min read


Reimagining Race and America: An Interview with Eddie Glaude Jr.
Eddie Glaude Jr. is a James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. In...
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Mar 16, 20235 min read


America’s Fiscal Plumbing: An Interview with Anthony Levitas
Professor Anthony Levitas is a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Since the...
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Mar 12, 202311 min read


Unearthing the Rebel Island: An Interview with Jennifer Lambe
Jennifer Lambe (PhD, Yale University ’14; AB, Brown University ’06) is an Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean history....
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


BPR Interviews: Lieutenant David Bissonnette
Lieutenant David Bissonnette has been a Rhode Island police officer for 19 years and a Use of Force & Police Arrest and Control...
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Jul 7, 202014 min read


BPR Interviews: Rachel A. Pickens
Rachel A. Pickens is a civil-rights attorney who graduated college from Boston University and received her law degree from Loyola...
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Jul 7, 202012 min read
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The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: David Thibodeau [Part 1]
David Thibodeau is a survivor of the 1993 siege against Mount Carmel, the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The Branch Davidians...
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Apr 28, 202013 min read


BPR Interviews: Dylan Owen
Dylan Owen is an independent rap artist from New York City. Owen entered the music scene after leaving Cornell University in 2011 to...
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Apr 21, 202010 min read


BPR Interviews: Thomas Engelmann
Thomas Engelmann is a former high-ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood, initially recruited two years after being imprisoned for...
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Apr 15, 202011 min read


BPR Interviews: Maggie Williams
Maggie Williams is a scholar and political leader who served as Director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Director of...
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Apr 7, 20208 min read


BRP Interviews: Alfie Kohn ’79
Alfie Kohn is an author and lecturer specializing in human behavior as it relates to parenting and education. He is known for his...
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Mar 31, 20209 min read


BPR Interviews: Larry Charles
Larry Charles is a comedian, screenwriter, director, and producer whose directorial credits include Borat, Bruno, and The Dictator...
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Mar 24, 202014 min read


BPR Interviews: Candace Owens
Candace Owens is a conservative commentator and political activist. She is the founder of BLEXIT (Black Exit), a movement dedicated to...
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Mar 16, 20207 min read


Warrior for the People: BPR Interviews Thomas Evans
Thomas Evans was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island and is striving to give back to his community by running for City...
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Mar 2, 202012 min read
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