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
- 2707
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
BPR Full Show 6/22: Urban Doom Loop
It’ been one year since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We asked listeners how they felt the impacts over the past year.
Chris Burrell and Kenneth Gumes join to discuss the current state of education i…
02:45:16 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Best of BPR: AAPI Representation In Local Politics & The Cost Of Love
Best of BPR: AAPI Representation In Local Politics & The Cost Of Love
00:40:22 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/21: Dinner and a Prenup
The lost Titanic submarine has dominated the headlines this week. Why are we so obsessed? And what does it say about us that the story of a ship carrying 700 migrants that sank off the coast of Greec…
02:04:01 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/20: "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu
Headlines are flooded with news of the missing Titanic tourist submersible. We opened the lines to see if listeners would take a big risk into the depths of the ocean if they had the means to do so.
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02:40:21 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Best of BPR: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Talks Education Equity
Best of BPR: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Talks Education Equity
00:36:24 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Best of BPR: Juneteenth & Health Equity
Best of BPR: Juneteenth & Health Equity
00:40:49 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/19: Reflecting on Juneteenth
Michael Curry reflects on last week’s Health Equity Compact Trends Summit, and Juneteenth in Boston.
We followed his segment by taking calls and texts about what it means to celebrate Juneteenth an…
02:40:17 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Best Of BPR: Gov. Maura Healey Is Bracing For "Misguided" SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
Best Of BPR: Gov. Maura Healey Is Bracing For "Misguided" SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
00:36:02 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/16: Father's Day with the Governor
The Harvard Medical School morgue manager was arrested this week for stealing and selling human body parts. We opened up the phone lines to get general reactions and talk about donating bodies to sci…
02:44:15 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
Best Of BPR: 'In The Whale' & Expanding Local LGBT Business
Best Of BPR: 'In The Whale' & Expanding Local LGBT Business
00:40:10 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/15: We Get the Boot Right the Butt
MA has the third highest rental costs in the country. Is renting broken in greater Boston? How are you making it work, and have you resorted to rental bidding wars? Renters and brokers called into th…
02:44:44 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/14: "Pits, Bits and Soles"
If prosecutors say they’ll drop charges on the condition Trump never holds public office again…would you be ok with that? Or, are you not convinced he’d take a deal in the first place? We opened the …
02:45:16 |
Wed 14 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/13: Florida Woman Reporting Live
First, we opened up the phone lines to hear from you about reactions to some anti-pride backlash at a Burlington middle school.
We opened the Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Boston, di…
02:44:18 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/12: "I Don't Want Anybody Looking Through My Boxes"
Today:
We opened the lines to get listener reactions on the unsealed indictment of former president Donald Trump.
Michael Curry discussed the gene-based therapies transforming treatments for sick…
02:44:15 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/9: The Second Indictment
Former President Trump has been indicted for a second time. The seven counts against him include conspiracy to obstruct and willful retention of documents and false statements. Listeners called and t…
02:44:13 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/8: Wildfires and UFOs
E.J. Dionne from the Washington Post joined to discuss last night’s townhall with Mike Pence and other D.C. headlines.
Then we opened the phone lines to check in on the Canadian wildfire smoke blan…
02:42:14 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/7: A talk with Laurent Bili, the French Ambassador to the US
PGA Golf has merged with LIV Golf. We asked listeners about their reactions and if the saying “money is the root of evil” is true.
French Ambassador to the US Laurent Bili joined ahead of a meeting…
02:38:53 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/6: Public Display of Guster
NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discussed the French Open and updates on Harvard’s investigation into their former women’s hockey coach.
We opened the phones to hear about new bike l…
02:39:09 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/5: Tracking Boston's Innovation History
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Jesse Mermell and Charlie Chieppo join for a politics panel discussing the debt ceiling deal, President Biden’s fall, and more.
Then we opened the lines to hear from…
02:42:46 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
BPR Full Show 6/2: Spelling Bee
The 2023 Scripps spelling bee crowned it’s winner, Dev Shah, last night. So we held our own spelling bee and challenged the brave callers.
Comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus has written her first …
02:44:12 |
Sat 03 Jun 2023
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