Boston Public Radio Podcast
Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. We feature our favorite conversation from each show. To hear the full show, please visit wgbhnews.org/bpr To share your opinion, email [email protected] or call or text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-2PM Monday through Friday.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 124 minutes
- Episodes
- 2707
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
BPR Full Show 2/25/20: Karen Spilka, 'Shame Plane,' and the Zamboni Champ
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Mass. Senate President Karen Spilka discussed her views on mental health parity, NDAs in the public sector, and Massachusetts transportation reform.
NBC Sports Bosto…
02:44:18 |
Tue 25 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/24/20: Weinstein Convicted (And Other News)
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Charlie Chieppo and Jennifer Nassour joined us for a political roundtable. Chieppo is principal of Chieppo Strategies, senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute and adjun…
02:44:14 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/21/20: Shut It Off, You're Gonna Go To Jail Baby
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to talk with listeners about Massachusetts’ new distracted driving law.
Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed whether Bernie Sanders ought to rel…
02:44:55 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/20/20: Who Lost Vegas?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to callers to discuss Wednesday night’s Democratic debate.
WGBH News Analyst and GroundTruth Project CEO Charlie Sennott discussed a possible pea…
02:44:38 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/19/20: Don't Blame the Pangolin!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to ask caller: do debates influence how you vote?
MIT economist Jon Gruber discussed housing affordability in Massachusetts, and whether rent con…
02:44:28 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/18/20: Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to talk with listeners about the rise of Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 campaign.
NBC Sports Boston reporter Trenni Kusnierek discussed Mookie Betts ge…
02:44:13 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Corby Kummer: Is Kelp The New Kale?
Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio *on Tuesday to talk about Sweetgreen adding seaweed to the menu.
"They are starting a new kelp seaweed bowl and they are buying from the Maine-ba…
00:21:33 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/17/20: A Presidents' Day Political Roundtable
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Former Managing Editor at "U.S. News and World Report" Laylah Alphonse and Michael Curry, deputy CEO and general counsel at the Massachusetts League of Community Healt…
00:54:46 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/14/20: The Seventh Annual Valentine's Showdown
Today on Boston Public Radio:
“Beat the Press” host Emily Rooney discussed rising support for Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign, and read us her weekly list of fixations and fulminatio…
02:46:51 |
Fri 14 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/13/20: The Poodle Debate
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd weighed in on the Department of Justice’s recommendation of a lighter sentence for Trump associate Roger Stone, statements fr…
02:45:47 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/12/20: The Early Fallout
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Jennifer Nassour and Steve Kerrigan recapped Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. Nassour is a former Chairwoman of the Mass GOP and founder of Conservative Women For A Be…
02:44:20 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/11/20: New Hampshire Votes, America Watches
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Media maven Sue O’Connell and former New Hampshire GOP chair Jennifer Horn discussed Tuesday’s primary, high voter engagement in New Hampshire, and the big question of…
02:44:26 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/10/20: 24 Hours Till New Hampshire Votes
Today on Boston Public Radio:
University of New Hampshire pollster Andrew Smith discussed the fickle preferences of New Hampshire’s undecided voters.
We opened our lines to talk with callers abou…
02:47:12 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/9/20: Jim, Margery, and Elizabeth Warren
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We aired audio from an interview Jim and Margery had Saturday with Mass. Senator Elizabeth Warren, where she discussed her 2020 campaign and thoughts on the acquittal …
00:58:00 |
Sun 09 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/8/20: The Saturday Morning Recap
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Arnie Arnesen and Fergus Cullen offered analysis of Friday night’s Democratic debate. Arnesen is a former New Hampshire State Rep. and host of WNHN’s “The Attitude,” a…
00:57:45 |
Sat 08 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/7/20: Live From Manchester!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
University of New Hampshire political science professor Dante Scala discussed how various 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are positioned ahead of Tuesday’s New…
02:43:21 |
Fri 07 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/6/20: The Victory Lap
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed Mitt Romney’s vote to convict President Trump, and where the Democratic presidential candidates stand in the days l…
02:50:14 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/5/20: Let 'Er Rip
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to talk with callers about partisan politics, and whether the United States locked in permanent gridlock?
Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed r…
02:48:44 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
BPR Full Show 2/4/20: "An Unmitigated Disaster"
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Arnie Anderson, political analyst and host of WNHN’s “The Attitude,” discussed Monday’s Iowa caucus, and what the debacle might indicate for next Tuesday’s New Hampshi…
02:44:45 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Corby Kummer: Kellogg's To Phase Out Herbicide Found In It's Ingredient Supply Chain
Kellogg's will stop using wheat and oats treated with glyphosate, an herbicide, in their products by 2025. Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio on Tuesday to speak about why this new c…
00:22:24 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
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