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 11/21: The ACLU's Freedom Firewalls & The Reality TV Show That Is Trump's Cabinet
Today: Sue O'Connell fills in for Jim.
Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the organization's plan to protect civil rights and liberties …
00:33:11 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/21: No Mass Deportations In Boston
Chuck Todd on the latest D.C. headlines, news about Trump’s flurry of appointee announcements
Andrea Cabral on Wu in the national spotlight over her comments on mass deportations in Boston
Carol Ro…
02:41:03 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/20: Trans Community In Crisis & Broker Fees Be Gone
Today:
Civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo discusses the transgender community's response to Donald Trump's election.
And, Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses broker fees.
00:30:58 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
We start the day by opening phone and text lines for a conversation about the #MeToo era as Trump heads back to the White House, along with his cabinet picks who have their own sexual abuse allegatio…
02:32:00 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/19: Smoking Toad Venom & Kissing Rings
Today: Sports authority Trenni Casey discusses last Friday's fight night with Mike Tyson, and the plans for a soccer specific stadium in Everett for the New England Revolution.
And, media maven Sue …
00:34:01 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/19: The Price Of Pet Care
Protesting under Trump's Presidency? We opened the lines to discuss how people feel about openly disagreeing with him.
NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey on the boxing match between Mike…
02:32:36 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/18: DiZoglio Still Fighting To Audit Legislature & MIT Economists Win Nobel Prize
Today: Sue O’Connell fills in for Margery.
Auditor Diana DiZoglio joins to talk about opposition to her Ballot Question One – not from the voters, who overwhelmingly supported her push to audit the…
00:37:55 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/18: Release the Johns?
It's been nearly a year since authorities shut down a brothel ring operating in Cambridge and Watertown. We ask listeners whether they think the names of the Johns should be released by the Supreme J…
02:32:29 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/15: Matt Gaetz As AG Is "Unbelievable And Reckless" & Rosemary's Baby Jesus
Today:
Former US Attorney for Massachusetts Donald Stern discusses Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General.
And, Ryan Landry of the Gold Dust Orphans discusses their upcoming holiday …
00:26:31 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/15: Rosemary’s Baby Jesus
Donald Stern is a former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, he talked about the role of courts in resisting the extremes of a second Trump administration.
Juliet Lloyd is our guest for Live Music Frid…
02:35:39 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/14: Our New "Armageddon" Ambassador To Israel & Winter Music Roundtable
Today: Andrea Cabral fills in for Jim.
Charlie Sennott of The GroundTruth Project discusses the Christian Zionist in Trump's cabinet, Mike Huckabee -- he was just named Ambassador to Israel.
And we…
00:32:38 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/14: Alone in the Cosmos
NBC political director Chuck Todd returns for his weekly D.C. news roundup. Then we open the phone lines for a potpourri politics discussion. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott talks about the…
02:33:07 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/13: Judge Margaret Marshall On Judiciary Reform, Democracy, And Hope
Today:
We talk with former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall about the judiciary during Trump’s next term: court expansion, term limits, and Democracy beyond just showing…
00:29:49 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/13: Justice Under Trump
Jared Bowen on Yellow Face on Broadway and Cillian Murphy's latest film Small Things Like These.
Juliette Kayyem, national security expert, discussed Trump's picks for his administration
Boston Glo…
02:38:31 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/12: Open Newbury Streets For The Holidays
Mayor Michelle Wu discussed the election, open Newbury Street in December and more.
Trenni Casey discussed Trump hosting the World Cup & Olympics in 2026 and 2028.
Corby Kummer on the failure of Q5…
02:41:00 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/11: Seth Moulton Critiques The Dems & Mike Madrid Talks Latino Populism
Today:
Congressman Seth Moulton defends his controversial statements about trans athletes in school sports, and the Democrats’ failure to represent the middle of the road.
And, Mike Madrid, author …
00:37:54 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/11: Latino Trump Voters
It's one week post election, so we start the show by asking listeners -- regardless of who you voted for -- what are you most happy about and most worried about in 2025?
S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder…
02:31:29 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/8: Breaking Up Over Politics?
Live Music Friday with a performance from the Boston Civics Orchestra, celebrating their 100th season kick-off this Sunday.
Nancy Gertner on abortion rights, the future of the Supreme Court and Tru…
02:41:30 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
Best Of BPR 11/07: AITA Trump Bumper Stickers
Today:
We asked listeners about what you want to hear from us in the wake of Trump’s election? And you answered: All politics all the time is not what matters to you. So …
Am I The A-Hole is back …
00:23:08 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
BPR Full Show 11/7: It's Chicken
NBC political director Chuck Todd joins with his reaction to Tuesday’s election.
Then, we open up the phone lines to ask how Democrats can move forward after this national shift to the right and ask…
02:32:38 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
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