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
- 2704
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Best Of BPR 6/26: Rep. Pressley On Reproductive Rights Rollbacks & Family Health Project On UBI For Moms
Today:
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley zooms in on the three-year anniversary of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, and a brand new Supreme Court ruling giving states the power to cut off Medicaid fun…
00:36:28 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/26: Why Are You In My Pool?
BPR Full Show 6/26: Why Are You In My Pool?
02:40:56 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/25: Ask The Governor + AI Chatbots
Governor Maura Healey joins for Ask the Governor.
GBH News executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the Boston Public Art Triennial, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and the fate of Iran's architectur…
02:33:54 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/24: Is This How We Treat Them?
CNN's John King on the latest national political headlines.
Jim O'Connell + Derek Winbush join to discuss 40 years of Boston Health Care for the Homeless.
Jordina Shanks of Fenway Health and civil …
02:41:00 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/24: Sen. Markey On Threats To Public Media & A Trans Health Panel
Today:
Senator Ed Markey joins, with reaction to Iran and the latest on recission for PBS and NPR.
Then we’ll get reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision last week to uphold a ban on gender affir…
00:31:09 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/23: Congressman Moulton On Trump's Iran Plan & The New Vocational Technical School Lottery
Today:
Congressman Seth Moulton is holding two truths at once – acknowledging the threat of Iran getting nuclear capabilities, and decrying the Trump administration’s actions over the weekend – and …
00:37:19 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/23: Most Improved Camper
Congressman Seth Moulton joins us to discuss Trump's weekend bombing campaign in Iran. Then we open the phone lines to get listener reactions to escalating violence in the Middle East.
Boston Globe …
02:34:11 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/20: Live Music With Alba Musik & Trump's Broken Working Class Promises
Today:
Alba Musik joins live at the Boston Public Library to perform guitar and flamenco dancing, ahead of a show this week at Long Live Roxbury.
And, President Trump campaigned on being a champion…
00:38:47 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/20: Ask The MBTA GM, With Phil Eng
Ron Mitchell, publisher of the Bay State Banner, and Joan Vennochi, opinion columnist at the Boston Globe, join for Press Play — our weekly media analysis segment.
ALBA Musik join for Live Music Fr…
02:32:54 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/19: On Karen Read's Acquittal & Sowing Juneteenth Seeds For A Bountiful Harvest
Today:
NBC10 commentator Sue O'Connell and former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral discuss the Karen Read trial, and her acquittal.
And, a Juneteenth panel with Boston’s first black mayor, Kim…
00:37:43 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/19: Happy Juneteenth + The Karen Read Verdict
NBC Boston's Sue O’Connell and former Suffolk County sheriff Andrea Cabral discuss the Karen Read verdict.
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem explains the escalating conflict between I…
02:34:03 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/17: Copley Square Will Be Greener
A call-in segment asking listeners: If Democrats need the working class to win big, do they need to drop the purity tests and some hardlines on social issues?
Ken Burns zooms in on the anniversary o…
02:41:20 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/16: No Kings, Just Princesses
We start the show by asking listeners about a weekend of demonstrations, including 'No King' rallies and the military parade.
Anand Giridharadas, political commentator, discusses the shut-down of p…
02:32:53 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/13: 'My Life As Boston's Most Famous Stripper' & Massachusetts Is Backsliding On Youth Justice Reform
Today:
Lucy Wightman joins Jim and Margery ahead of this week's release of her memoir, "Princess Cheyenne: My Life as Boston's Most Famous Stripper."
And, a new report shows Massachusetts is backsl…
00:39:12 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/13: Papa's Time To Shine
Joan Donovan on misinformation in the digital age, she’ll talk about media coverage of the LA protests and discerning real news accounts from AI slop.
BAMS Fest returns to Franklin park on June 28t…
02:39:42 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/13: Joan Donovan On Combating AI Misinformation & Boston Pride For The People
Today:
Joan Donovan, founder of the Critical Internet Studies Institute & Boston University Assistant Professor of Journalism and emerging media studies, joins for a discussion on artificial intelli…
00:39:13 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/12: Put Out That Cigarette!
Chuck Todd on the premiere of his new show “Sunday Night with Chuck Todd,” where he interviewed Steve Bannon.
Andrea Cabral on Weinstein verdict.
Michael Curry on RFK/vaccine misinformation.
Corb…
02:41:10 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/12: Topo Gigio vs Topo Chico & The Future Of Carney Hospital
Today:
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the new "dirty dozen" list of grocery store items laden with pesticides.
And, Michael Curry, head of the Mass League of Community Health Centers, d…
00:38:41 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
BPR Full Show 6/11: Protesting Feels Different
National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the situation in L.A.
GBH's Meghan Smith and Alex Green, vice-chair of the Mass Special Commission on State Institutions, both join to discuss the …
02:41:00 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Best Of BPR 6/11: A Spotlight On Massachusetts' History Of Mistreating Disabled People
Today:
A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalli…
00:36:12 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
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