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BPR Full Show 10/6: Robert Putnam On Bowling Alone

BPR Full Show 10/6: Robert Putnam On Bowling Alone

Update: 2025-10-06
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UMass President Marty Meehan joins us in studio to talk about school tuition, federal research cuts and their impact on scientific advancement.

Former Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Chris Dempsey, and former Rep. Bill Straus join for a transit panel. 

Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, discusses growing social isolation and what to do about it.

Paul Dama and Cecilia Lizotte of the Roxbury restaurant Suya Joint recap Dama's months-long ICE detention and his eventually successful asylum claim.

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BPR Full Show 10/6: Robert Putnam On Bowling Alone

BPR Full Show 10/6: Robert Putnam On Bowling Alone

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