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
- 2703
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
BPR Full Show 8/04: Frolicking in Ogunquit
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Jim.
NAACP's Michael Curry on how Trump is replacing "woke" with his own version of diversity, plus a mini-lesson on the history of white supremacy, in…
02:34:11 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
BPR Full Show 8/01: Rhinestone Pink Guitar
GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Yawu Miller join for this week’s round of Press Play media analysis. They discuss media coverage of Epstein developments, an incident where two Boston…
02:31:49 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
BPR Full Show 7/31: Drop That Lobsta
Dan Primack, business editor with Axios, talks about the state of the Fed, Trump tariffs and global trade.
Andrea Cabral on DOJ chair Tulsi Gabbard winning over Trump with claims about Obama engagin…
02:09:56 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/30: Spy On Sy (And Puffins) At Eastern Egg Rock & Marty Martinez Of United Way
Today:
Naturalist Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss her trip with producer Zoe Mathews to a puffin colony in Maine.
And, Marty Martinez is the new CEO and President of United Way of Massachusetts B…
00:31:27 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/30: A Song That Launched A Thousand TikTaks
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses AI-fueled video games and the mayoral forum on the arts.
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the latest on the gunman in New Yo…
02:36:07 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/29: Such As It Is
Congresswoman Katherine Clark discusses what she’s called “six months of chaos under Republican leadership,” the Democratic strategy to get the Epstein files released, and the future of an unpopular …
02:32:53 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/28: Judge Gertner On A Rogue DOJ & Michael Curry On Racial Isolation
Today:
Retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner discusses a Department of Justice gone rogue, as top department officials suggest ignoring court orders.
And, Michael Curry of the Mass League of Communit…
00:37:59 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/28: The Right To Disconnect
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on a growing number of whistleblowers claiming top DOJ officials said the department could ignore numerous court orders. Is this the new normal under President Tru…
02:37:05 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/25: Live Music With Solas Ahead Of Lowell Folk Fest & Rep. Auchincloss Makes The Case For New Cities
Today:
We’ll start with Live Music Friday, from Irish folk band Solas performing for us ahead of the Lowell Folk Festival.
And, Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss joins us with MIT economis…
00:37:24 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/25: Beaches and Burgers
Local woman, coyote wrangler and NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Jim.
Julie Millican, Vice President of Media Matters, joins for this week’s edition of Press Play media analysis.
Iri…
02:30:27 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/24: Genocide Scholar On Gaza & GBH CEO On Rescission
Today:
Omer Bartov is the Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He joins us to discuss his view that Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
Then GBH…
00:31:42 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/24: The Towel Wasting Family
BPR Full Show 7/24: The Towel Wasting Family
02:40:30 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/23: Fired Market Basket Execs Allege Hostile Takeover & La Saison's Road From Tehran To Boston
Today:
Market Basket executives Tom Gordon and Joe Schmidt join Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to discuss their firings, in the wake of speaking out against the company's latest.
And…
00:39:16 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/23: Have We No Shame?
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the Labubu craze and 200 years of American Art on display at the PEM.
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Israel's expanded att…
02:32:05 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/22: The Garden Lady On GBH & Suspended Market Basket Supervisors Speak Out
Today:
“The Garden Lady” herself, C.L. Fornari, joins to discuss her program on GBH and CAI.
And, Joe Schmidt and Paul Quigley have each worked at Market Basket for decades; they're currently suspe…
00:38:01 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/22: Sparkling Vs. Still Water
CNN chief national correspondent John King on the latest national political news.
C.L. Fornari, the garden lady, joins to discuss her Saturday afternoon CAI/GBH broadcast ... and takes listener ques…
02:41:00 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Best Of BPR 7/21: Trump Vs. Murdoch & Trump Vs. Harvard
Today: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery.
We talk with NBC10 commentator Sue O'Connell about President Trump's new lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over new reportin…
00:34:52 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/21: The Only Prescription
Boston Globe's Shirley Leung and former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral sub in the host seats for Jim and Margery.
Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans talks about how Hispanic and Latino c…
02:33:43 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/18: We're Gonna Need a Diet Coke
NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell and former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral guest host for Jim and Margery.
GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Yawu Miller join for our weekly "Pre…
02:33:13 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
BPR Full Show 7/17: Where Are The Epstein Files?
Catherine D’Amato and Andrew Morehouse on food stability in the commonwealth. Catherine heads the Greater Boston Food Bank, Andrew is Executive Director of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
And…
02:40:38 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
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