Boston Public Radio Podcast

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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.

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Update frequency: every day
Average duration: 124 minutes
Episodes: 2704
Years Active: 2017 - 2025

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BPR Full Show 6/10: Fact From Fiction

02:40:59 | Wed 11 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 6/10: RFK Purges CDC Panel & Embrace Ideas Festival

Today: Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of the Boston Medical Center joins to discuss the latest medical headlines. And, ahead of this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we talk with Embrace Boston CEO Ima…

00:38:10 | Tue 10 Jun 2025

BPR Full Show 6/9: National Guard In Los Angeles

02:40:56 | Tue 10 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 6/09: Trump's Law-And-Order Hypocrisy & The American Myth Of Meritocracy

Today: Trump deployed the national guard in California, without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom. We talk through the existential questions of presidential authority with retired federal judge N…

00:35:31 | Mon 09 Jun 2025

BPR Full Show 6/6: The Trump & Musk Feud

WSJ Callum Borchers & GBH Adam Reilly for Press Play this week. They’ll discuss the latest efforts to defund PBS & NPR. The Light in the Piazza is the latest musical at the Huntington Theatre Compa…

02:40:57 | Fri 06 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 6/06: Protesting Hanscom Field Expansion & Live Music With 'The Light In The Piazza'

Today: Last year, climate activists Parke Wilde, Julia Hansen, and Peter Watson were arrested protesting the proposed expansion of Bedford’s Hanscom Field – the second busiest airport in New England…

00:38:25 | Fri 06 Jun 2025

BPR Full Show 6/5: Are We Protesting Enough?

02:41:19 | Thu 05 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 6/04: "A Heavier Silence" For Palestinians This Eid & Local Aid Groups Supporting Ukrainians

Today: Ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice holiday, we talk with the Palestinian owners of two local bakeries: Abdulla Awad of Yafa Bakery in Somerville and Sami Herbawi of Andala Co…

00:37:59 | Wed 04 Jun 2025

BPR Full Show 6/4: Palestinian Cafe Owners on Eid

02:41:35 | Wed 04 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks

Today: Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 y…

00:37:40 | Tue 03 Jun 2025

BPR Full Show 6/03: Incompetence Takes Control

02:40:51 | Tue 03 Jun 2025

BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.

We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE. Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health …

02:33:30 | Mon 02 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 6/02: US-Backed Aid To Gaza Is Not 'In Any Way Helpful' & The Nationwide 'Blacklash'

Today: Olga Cherevko of the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian aid describes the state of hunger, destruction and despair in Gaza. Michael Curry, head of the Massachusetts Leagu…

00:37:29 | Mon 02 Jun 2025

Best Of BPR 5/30: Local Nonprofits Navigate New Political Environment & Live Music With Christina Day Martinson

Today: Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung fill in for Jim and Margery. They host a panel with the leaders of two local nonprofits to discuss the current environment for organizations dealing with feder…

00:39:32 | Fri 30 May 2025

BPR Full Show 5/30: Double Dip That Chip

Margery and Jim have the day off. BPR regulars Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung take over the mics. It's Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson and filmmaker Nathan…

02:33:21 | Fri 30 May 2025

Best Of BPR 5/29: Trump's 'Destructive' Isolationism & Market Basket's Family Food Fight

Today: Ambassador Nicholas Burns was the United States’ top diplomat in China under the Biden administration. He discusses Trump’s tariffs, and international diplomacy writ large. Then we get liste…

00:40:57 | Thu 29 May 2025

BPR Full Show 5/29: Market Basket Drama

02:40:49 | Thu 29 May 2025

BPR Full Show 5/28: I Know It, I Totally Know It!

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the State Department ordering a pause on all student visas, the Heritage Foundation's plan to stifle pro-Palestinian speech, and updates on …

02:33:59 | Wed 28 May 2025

Best Of BPR 5/27: Assumption University President On Academic Freedom & Rick Steves On American Democracy

Today: Greg Weiner, President of Assumption University, argues Trump has a point about liberal campus ideology. And Rick Steves joins for a conversation about the importance of immersing yourself …

00:38:42 | Tue 27 May 2025

BPR Full Show 5/27: Trump Vs. Massachusetts

02:41:14 | Tue 27 May 2025

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