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
Corby Kummer: Mushroom craze comes to Somerville with The Mushroom Shop
Swampscott native Tyler Akabane recently opened The Mushroom Shop in Somerville, stocking everything from cultivated exotic king oyster mushrooms to mushroom-bedecked merchandise. And according to aw…
00:22:59 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: The End of Roe
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We start the show by asking listeners what should be done to protect abortion access in the U.S.
Judge Nancy Gertner talks about the future of the Supreme Court post…
02:09:36 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Dobbs v. Jackson
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Attorney General Maura Healey shares her reaction to the recent Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson. She also answers listeners’ questions for this month’s “Ask…
02:45:40 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Bleak Week
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd shares his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s decision on “proper-cause” gun carriage, and the potential for a Trump 2024 run following the Jan. 6 hearings. To…
02:02:25 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: “Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?"
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We start the show by asking listeners to respond to the testimony in congress of two election workers in Georgia, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman. Bot…
02:08:34 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Continuing the Jan. 6 Committee hearings
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We start the show by asking listeners what they think about the state of Boston’s public transit.
Trenni Kusnierek discusses golfer Matthew Fitzpatrick’s dramatic wi…
03:41:01 |
Tue 21 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Taking A Tumble
Today on Boston Public Radio:
EJ Dionne shares his thoughts on the latest news from the Jan. 6 committee hearing, and violent threats from the alt-right targeting Republicans in Congress. Dionne is…
02:41:23 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Drag Queen Story Hour and Live Music Fridays
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about whether families are being priced out of Boston.
Callie Crossley talks about the history and future of Juneteenth, …
02:41:52 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Jan. 6 hearings continue
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Judge Nancy Gertner shares her thoughts on the Jan. 6 hearings so far, including Ginni Thomas’ emails, and the possibility of former President Donald Trump being indic…
03:45:53 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Corby Kummer on Eating Alone
During a segment of Tuesday’s Boston Public Radio, award-winning food writer Corby Kummer chimed in on hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan’s debate over eating alone.
“Eating alone at a bar is one o…
00:30:48 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Love in the Bread Aisle
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about rising costs amid inflation.
Art Caplan discusses the World Health Organization’s (WHO) upcoming assessment of monk…
02:41:17 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: On the bright side....
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners if they’re feeling positive about the state of current events.
Trenni Kusnierek talks about last night’s Celtics loss, the susp…
02:44:16 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: The hearings, day two
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Juliette Kayyem previews day two of the January 6 hearings. Kayyem is an analyst for CNN, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty…
03:50:26 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Corby Kummer: Free School Lunches Set to Expire June 30
Pandemic-era federal waivers that expanded children’s access to food through year-round, free school lunches are set to expire this month, after Congress failed to extend the waivers past their June …
00:19:34 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
John Rosenthal on America's Gun Violence
John Rosenthal, co-founder of the Boston-based nonprofit Stop Handgun Violence, joined Boston Public Radio live at the Boston Public Library on Friday to share his thoughts on America’s inaction on g…
00:23:33 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Beginning the Jan. 6 committee hearings, and gun violence in America
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about the first night of the Jan. 6 committee hearings.
DA Kevin Hayden discusses Mayor Michelle Wu’s release of the comp…
02:44:10 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Previewing the Jan. 6 committee hearings, and more
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners how they feel going into the Jan. 6 hearings.
Paul Reville shares his thoughts about Mayor Michelle Wu’s role in education, and…
02:41:24 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: A New Leaf
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about the incoming results from California’s primary election.
Shirley Leung talks about her recent piece featuring women…
02:41:34 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: Early bird gets the worm
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners how they are coping with the rising cost of living.
Trenni Kusnierek weighs in on the Celtics Sunday loss, advocacy across team…
02:44:16 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
BPR Full Show: And they said 'Speak Now'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
EJ Dionne discusses the state of gun control negotiations in the U.S. Senate and the role of young voters in 2022 midterm elections. Dionne is a columnist for the Wash…
02:44:16 |
Mon 06 Jun 2022
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