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
Corby Kummer: Compostable Bowls Contain 'Forever Chemicals'
If you're a consumer at Chipotle or Sweetgreen, you might feel virtuous that the bowls used there are considered compostable. Yet new findings show that these compostable bowls can still cause harm t…
00:23:58 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 09/09/19: Jeffrey Epstein, He Who Shall Be Named
Today on* Boston Public Radio*:
Shannon O'Brien, Former Massachusetts State Treasurer and Democratic nominee for Governor and Charlie Chieppo, principal of Chieppo Strategies, senior fellow at the…
02:45:01 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 09/06/19: Knock Knock, It's Your Weed Delivery, Say Cheese!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
President Donald Trump doubled down on his use of an outdated map that included Alabama in Hurricane Dorian's path, instead of just admitting he was wrong. We opened …
02:44:21 |
Fri 06 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 09/05/19: Judicial Overreach In Boston
Today on* Boston Public Radio:*
Chuck Todd discussed Joe Biden's revisionist history on his support for the invasion of Iraq, a House panel's decision to subpoena documents linked to President Don…
02:44:21 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 09/03/19: Football's Fumble
We're back from a week-long hiatus, and started the show by opening the lines to catch up with our listeners on a political potpourri.
NBC Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek gave an overview of NFL in…
02:44:11 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 09/04/19: Smell-O-Vision
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Will Hurricane Dorian bring the issue of climate change to the forefront of people's minds? We opened the lines to ask our listeners.
Christopher Arena, founder and …
02:44:52 |
Wed 04 Sep 2019
Corby Kummer: The Politics Behind The Chicken Sandwich
Last month Popeyes launched their new chicken sandwich at its franchises across the country. Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio *on Tuesday to explain how the sandwich rapidly rose i…
00:25:07 |
Tue 03 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 09/02/2019: Ed Asner, Bren Smith, USWNT World Champion Sam Mewis
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Actor Ed Asner joined Jim and Margery to talk about his new play God Help Us!
Andrew Li and Irene Li joined Jim and Margery to talk about their new cookbook, which t…
02:39:30 |
Mon 02 Sep 2019
BPR Full Show 08/30/19: Adam Gopnik, Norman Mineta, John Waters, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, And Ben Mezrich.
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Jim and Margery talked to New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik about his latest book, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism."
Harvard Business…
02:39:29 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/29/19: Cartoonist Roz Chast With Humorist Patricia Marx, Comedian Jay Pharaoh, And Guster.
Today on Boston Public Radio:
New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe discussed his latest book, "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland."
Cartoonist Roz Chast an…
02:40:46 |
Thu 29 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/28/19: Sham Trials, Library Fires, and Getting Zucked.
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian discussed his latest book his latest book, "Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison--Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, Hig…
02:39:39 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/27/19: The Politics of Patriotism
Today on Boston Public Radio:
ESPN’s Howard Bryant discussed his new book, "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism."
Michael Eric Dyson discussed his new …
02:39:18 |
Tue 27 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/26/19: Bazelon, Bill, Breakthrough Science, Boyle And Blanco
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Jim and Margery talked to New York Times Magazine staff writer and lecturer at Yale Law School Emily Bazelon, whose latest book, Charged: The New Movement to Transfor…
02:39:18 |
Mon 26 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/23/2019: Turn On, Tune In, And ... Drop Out?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened the lines to hear what listeners think of presidential candidates' playlists.
Tech writer Andy Ihnatko joined us to discuss Apple's new credit card, and ot…
02:44:46 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Corby Kummer: Beanless Brewing - A Sustainable Future For Coffee?
Meat, dairy and eggs have been challenged by alternative plant-based products that mimic the taste and texture of animal products. Now, a company called Atomo Molecular Coffee is trying to create the…
00:24:32 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/22/19: An ASMR Experience
Chuck Todd discussed President Donald Trump's recent accusations against Jewish Americans and other political headlines. Todd is Moderator of Meet the Press, host of Meet the Press Daily on MSNBC, an…
02:45:01 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/21/19: Penguin Love
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened the lines to ask our listeners: Should younger generations set our moral compass?
John Huet and John Phillips, the creative duo behind The Uncornered Photo…
02:45:00 |
Wed 21 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/20/19: The Millennial Vote
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened the lines to ask our listeners how they feel about the Sen. Elizabeth Warren - Native American controversy.
Washington Post Climate Reporter Steven Mufson …
02:45:11 |
Wed 21 Aug 2019
BPR Full Show 08/19/19: Margery Holds A Poop Pen
Today on Boston Public Radio:
WGBH's own Adam Reilly and Boston Globe reporter Frank Phillips provided a politics round table.
WGBH News Analyst Charlie Sennott discusses President Donald Trump's…
02:41:31 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Boston Public Radio Full Show 08/16/19: Around And Around We Go
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis spoke about
his advocacy for the North-South rail link, as well as his views on the 2020
presidential race.
Senator a…
02:46:06 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
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