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
Best Of BPR 1/21: Trump's Day One Immigration Orders & Climate Change Denial
Today:
Wrapped up in Trump’s day-one actions were a string of executive orders designed to upend U.S. immigration policy – We talk with Jeffrey Thielman, President and CEO the International Institut…
00:38:26 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
BPR 1/20: The Inauguration & MLK Day Special
BPR 1/20: The Inauguration & MLK Day Special
00:55:08 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 1/17: Eggs, Eggs, and Eggs!
Robert Pinsky is a three-time U.S. Poet Laureate, who’s performed alongside Bruce Springsteen and for Lisa Simpson. He joined alongside Berklee professor and bandmate Stan Strickland for Live Music F…
02:40:22 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 1/17: Latosha Brown's Contemplative Politics & Live Music Friday With Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
Today:
LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter, reflects on the 2024 election, and the need to buckle in for the work of the next four years.
And, thr…
00:37:43 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 01/16: Bill McKibben Still Has Hope For Earth & Professor Anthony Jack Schools Elite Institutions On Their Inclusion Claims
Today:
Legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben joins to discuss how the incoming energy secretary refuses to link the rise in wildfires to climate change … And how those fires are reshaping the hom…
00:37:19 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 01/16: A Looming TikTok Ban
NBC political director Chuck Todd returns for his Thursday D.C. roundup.
Then we ask listeners about a potential TikTok ban.
Former secretary of public safety, Andrea Cabral, weighs in on Pam Bond…
02:28:19 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 01/15: Mayor Wu's Working Maternity Leave & TikTok Awaits Its American Fate
Today:
We ask listeners to weigh in on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu not taking maternity leave after becoming just one of very few women to give birth while holding elected office … A source with intima…
00:36:44 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 01/15: Parental Leave, Alpha Males and Dating Advice
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is not taking a maternity leave, after giving birth to her third child just two days ago. We open the phone lines to hear what listeners think about taking parental leave in …
02:29:09 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 1/14: Ask The Attorney General
BPR Full Show 1/14: Ask The Attorney General
02:38:41 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 1/13: What's In A Name & Tech Billionaires Don't Care About You, Or The Truth
Today:
Amherst College's Ilan Stavans discusses the power of names, and Donald Trump's obsession with them.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad of Princeton University discusses Mark Zuckerberg's shift away fro…
00:37:32 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 01/13: The Buffet and You
Los Angeles still on fire, as the death toll tops 24, thousands of acres and homes destroyed. The governor has suspended environmental permitting and review requirements to rebuild – Is this the righ…
02:28:48 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 1/10: Boston Celtic Music Festival & Embrace Boston's 'Democratic Maintenance'
Today:
The 22nd annual Boston Celtic Music Festival kicks off Jan. 16. We talk with musician and festival organizers Lindsay O’Donovan – widow of the late, great Brian O’Donovan – and Matt Smith fr…
00:39:07 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 01/10: How to Flake
We ask listeners: do you have hope that the U.S. will have honest leaders again?
The Boston Celtic Music Festival runs next Thursday through Sunday, at venues throughout Cambridge and Somerville. W…
02:30:01 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 1/09: Jimmy Carter Laid To Rest + SJC Upholds MBTA Communities Act
Today:
Former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral discusses Carter’s legacy of truth, and Merrick Garland’s plans to release the special counsel report on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 ele…
00:34:31 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 01/09: A Day of Mourning
Today's podcast starts with hour two of BPR. The first part of the show was dedicated to live broadcast of former President Jimmy Carter's memorial service.
Former secretary of public safety Andrea …
01:41:56 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 1/08: On Abolishing Broker Fees & Enacting Congestion Pricing
Today:
We continue the conversation started yesterday with Gov. Healey about eliminating broker fees, with listeners.
And, we discuss all things MBTA and transit with former transportation secreta…
00:36:51 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 01/08: Finding Dignity
We open the show by getting listener thoughts on broker's fee. Should Mass. take the burden off of renters?
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen joins to discuss Charles Atlas at the ICA, and the …
02:28:07 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Gov. Healey Says She 'Can't Relitigate' What Went Wrong At Steward Health Care
Governor Maura Healey joins Jim Braude and Margery Eagan at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday January 7, 2025.
00:38:42 |
Tue 07 Jan 2025
BPR Full Show 1/7: Safety In Massachusetts Shelters
Governor with Maura Healey answered questions from listeners ranging from shelters to Steward Health.
Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Boston discussed the firing of Jerod Mayo
Lee Pel…
02:38:55 |
Tue 07 Jan 2025
Best Of BPR 1/06: Justin Trudeau Resigns & Jim Obsesses Over The Golden Globes Swag Bags
Today:
GroundTruth Project founder Charlie Sennott discusses new developments in the Middle East and Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing he will resign.
And, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans …
00:35:06 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
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