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
- 2705
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
BPR Full Show 3/05: Mayor Wu Testifies Before Congress
We bring you live audio from the House Oversight Committee's hearing of Democratic mayors, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who faced questions about whether their city's "sanctuary" policies viol…
02:53:10 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Best Of BPR 3/06: Peter Wolf In The Studio & Professor Anthony Jack On Education Threats
Today:
Peter Wolf, lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band, solo artist, and a former Boston disc jockey joins Jim and Margery in Studio 3 to talk about his new memoir: "Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Po…
00:38:32 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
BPR Full Show 3/06: Kick It High And Have Some Fun
Political analyst Chuck Todd reacts to Trump’s Tuesday address to congress, plus yesterday’s "sanctuary city" hearings and other headlines from D.C.
Former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral disc…
02:34:42 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
BPR Full Show 02/24: Better Late Than Never
Political commentator Anand Giridharadas of The Ink newsletter discusses some of his latest coverage on the Trump administration, and the media's response.
Former MA education secretary Paul Reville…
02:33:27 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
Best of BPR 3/05: "Ask the AG" with Andrea Campbell
It's a March edition of “Ask the AG,” with Attorney General Andrea Campbell. We start by getting her reactions to the ongoing congressional hearing with "sanctuary city" mayors, including Boston Mayo…
00:51:58 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
BPR Full Show 3/4: Fired Federal Worker Speaks Out
BPR Full Show 3/4: Fired Federal Worker Speaks Out
02:46:00 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Best Of BPR 3/04: "The Time For Waiting And Seeing Is Over," Says Cybersecurity Expert Fired By DOGE
Today:
Jonathan Kamens and Francis Tarasiewicz both worked for the federal government until mid-February, when DOGE came for their jobs. Kamens served as the sole government employee working on cybe…
00:20:16 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Best Of BPR 3/03: Rep. Moulton On That Disastrous Ukraine Meeting & A Top Secret Lunch At The CIA
Today:
Congressman Seth Moulton laments the geopolitical shifts happening at the hands of Donald Trump's administration.
And, food policy analyst Corby Kummer joins to discuss potential price fixin…
00:40:27 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
BPR Full Show 3/3: Zelensky and Trump Oval Office Misfortune
BPR Full Show 3/3: Zelensky and Trump Oval Office Misfortune
02:38:24 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
BPR Full Show 2/28: Economic Blackout
BPR Full Show 2/28: Economic Blackout
02:39:21 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Best Of BPR 2/28: Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao & Live Music With Castle Of Our Skins
Today:
Massachusetts Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao joins Jim and Margery at the BPL on Feb. 28, 2025.
And, Live Music Friday with Castle of our Skins – a Black arts institution dedicate…
00:38:52 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Best Of BPR 2/27: On The Courts With Andrea Cabral & Oscars Preview With James Bennett II
Today:
The chief justice of the supreme court has halted a lower court decision ordering Trump administration to pay State Department, USAID contractors. We talk with Andrea Cabral about a sole jur…
00:41:08 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
BPR Full Show 2/27: Embrace The Coffee Revolution
Chuck Todd for his Thursday D.C. check-in.
Andrea Cabral on federal court scrutiny of DOGE
Shirley Leung on her latest columns about White Stadium and Trump targeting “eds and meds” in Mass
James …
02:38:16 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Best Of BPR 2/26: Will Clean Energy Weather The Storm & Auditor Diana DiZoglio Takes Calls
Today:
Joe Curtatone of the Alliance for Climate Transition and Heather Takle of PowerOptions discuss clean energy solutions, and threats to investments here in Massachusetts.
And state auditor Dia…
00:40:22 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
BPR Full Show 2/26: High Pressure, Low Flow
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen explains why 1,000 artists published a silent album in protest of AI, plus his review of "The Odyssey" at the A.R.T.
Harvard national security expert Juliette K…
02:29:34 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Best Of BPR 2/25: Congressman Bill Keating On Trump's Russian Appeasement & A Possible NFL Rule Change Really Bumming Jim Out
Today:
Congressman Bill Keating discusses Ukraine peace talks.
And, NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses a certain NFL team's prolific use of the "tush push" and the increase of sports gambli…
00:36:43 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
BPR Full Show 02/25: No More Tushy Pushy
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Boston group pushing for a new WNBA team and robot umpires in the MLB. Plus, the end of the "tush push" in football.
We re-air our conversation with "…
02:29:50 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Best Of BPR 2/24: Anand Giridharadas On Protective Politics & Andy Ihnatko On Tech Bros Gone Wild
Political commentator behind The.Ink, Anand Giridharadas discusses the Democrats' business-as-usual response to radical changes, and makes a call to action for the public to rise up where the party …
00:37:53 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Best Of BPR 2/21: Press Play & Meredith Goldstein
Today:
GBH's Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley help us launch our media analysis segment we're calling "Press Play."
And, Boston Globe columnist and podcaster Meredith Goldstein discusses some of her…
00:40:10 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
BPR Full Show 02/21: Mental Plasticity
GBH Music is about to kick off a new string of live jazz shows. For this week’s Live Music Friday, we’ll hear from four-time Grammy winner Oscar Stagnaro and his band TRIAD. We’ll also talk about the…
02:30:53 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
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