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
The Dark Side Of Delivery
You've just eyed up a pizza on your food delivery app, and boy does it look good. But do you ever think about what goes on after you hit the 'Order' button? The New York Times' Metro reporter Andy Ne…
00:22:09 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Boston Public Radio Full Show 07/22/19: White Male Privilege
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Shannon O'Brien and Joe Malone joined for a politics round-table about the upcoming Democratic debates and to preview the Robert Mueller testimony. O'Brien is the for…
02:44:36 |
Mon 22 Jul 2019
Boston Public Radio Full Show 07/19/19: Molly of Denali
Today on Boston Public Radio:
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing tomorrow, we opened the lines to ask our listeners for their memories and thoughts about the event.
Do…
02:44:23 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/18/2019: Now That's Poetry
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 Transfo…
02:39:18 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/17/2019: To Impeach Or Not to Impeach
Today on Boston Public Radio:
United States Senator Ed Markey spoke about his experience visiting detention facilities at the Texas border.
To wait or not to wait? We opened the lines to ask our …
02:45:13 |
Wed 17 Jul 2019
Arby's Has Beef With Plant-Based Meats
More fast food chains are adding plant-based meat alternatives onto their menus, like Burger King's "Impossible Whopper" made with Impossible Foods patties. While other franchisees like White Castle,…
00:25:28 |
Wed 17 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/16/2019: Is It Prime Time For Labor Solidarity?
Today on* Boston Public Radio*:
We opened up the phone lines and heard from our listeners about Amazon Prime Day. Should consumers boycott the company over its treatment of workers?
We spoke with…
02:44:14 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/15/19: Spongebob Turns 20
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Former CEO of the Democratic National Convention Steve Kerrigan and former Republican State Rep. Geoff Diehl joined us for a politics roundtable.
We spoke to media s…
02:44:43 |
Mon 15 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 7/12/2019: SAM MEWIS!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened up the lines and asked listeners about the crumbling Red Line. Is the city's fraught public transportation making you consider moving away?
Is the next fro…
02:44:45 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 7/11/2019: Flippin' and Floppin'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd, host of “Meet the Press,” weighed in on the latest national news.
We asked you about Amy McGrath, who is challenging Mitch McConnell in Kentucky for his …
02:44:04 |
Thu 11 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 7/10/2019: Is Your Burnout Score As High As Jim's?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discussed the USWNT’s fight for equal pay.
We opened up the lines and asked listeners about burnout, a syndrome resulti…
02:44:50 |
Wed 10 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 7/9/2019: Could You Pass A Citizenship Test?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened up the phone lines and asked listeners for their thoughts on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
We discussed the US Women's Soccer Team's fight for gender pay parit…
02:44:42 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 7/8/2019: Equal Pay! USA!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Our political roundtable, featuring analyst and principle of Chieppo Strategies Charlie Chieppo and commentator and senior fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum J…
02:45:00 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/05/2019: Look Alive
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 and …
02:40:46 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/03/2019: Medical Myths
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed an increase in diabetics going to Canada to buy insulin due to lower costs.
Do those lifelike dolls schools have girls take car…
02:44:33 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
The Cruelty Of The Food At Migrant Detention Centers
Controversy continues to rise over the living conditions of migrant children living in detention centers in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's custody.
Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston …
00:22:51 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/02/2019: Let's Go USWNT!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We took listeners' calls during a discussion about President Donald Trump's "Salute To America" plans for a military parade on July 4.
The US Women's National Soccer…
02:43:58 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 07/01/2019: Fare Hikes? More Like Unfair Hikes
Today on Boston Public Radio:
WGBH News Political Reporter Adam Reilly and Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine joined us for a political round table.
WGBH News Analyst Charlie Sennott debriefed P…
02:44:43 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 06/28/19: Stonewall Turns 50
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We started the show by opening up the lines to ask our listeners for their opinions on last night's second 2020 Democratic debate.
Emily Rooney, host of WGBH News' B…
02:44:36 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
BPR Full Show 6/27/2019: Debate Debrief
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened up the lines and asked you about last night’s Democratic debate.
We were joined by Jessica Tang, president of the Boston Teacher’s Union.
Former Suffolk C…
02:44:14 |
Thu 27 Jun 2019
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