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: All things Oprah
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their thoughts on upper age and term limits for politicians.
Shirley Leung discusses UMass Lowell’s new chancellor Julie Chen a…
02:41:11 |
Wed 11 May 2022
BPR Full Show: Gassing Up
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about protests against the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft on Roe v. Wade.
Trenni Kusnierek talks about Rich Strike’s …
02:41:26 |
Tue 10 May 2022
Corby Kummer: "Hunger is a Bipartisan Issue"
This September, the White House will be hosting its Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health for the first time in over 50 years. Award-winning food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio o…
00:21:32 |
Mon 09 May 2022
BPR Full Show: Dr. Fauci urges vaccination, booster shots
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the state of the pandemic, including the importance of getting booster shots, how to make decisions around gathering and the need for feder…
02:41:06 |
Mon 09 May 2022
BPR Full Show: Sy Montgomery, Justice Margaret Marshall, The Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, and more
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about parental burnout.
Interim DA Kevin Hayden discusses his new plan on handling arrests at Mass & Cass. He also shares…
02:41:08 |
Fri 06 May 2022
BPR Full Show: The Fight for Abortion Rights
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd updates us on the latest political headlines, focusing on the leak of a Supreme Court opinion draft in support of overturning Roe v. Wade.
We continues ou…
02:41:13 |
Thu 05 May 2022
BPR Full Show: Roe v. Wade, Ukraine, and more
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan weighs in on the ethics of the leaked Supreme Court decision draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade, and potential attacks on birth control access. Caplan is…
02:41:35 |
Wed 04 May 2022
BPR Full Show: The Future of Roe v. Wade
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by talking with listeners about the leak of a Supreme Court abortion draft decision, and the future of abortion rights.
Alton Brown talks about “Ir…
02:43:34 |
Tue 03 May 2022
Corby Kummer on Gordon Ramsay Burger, celebrity chefs, and local food news
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s second Boston restaurant — Gordon Ramsay Burger — is slated to open in late 2022 inside downtown’s Canopy by Hilton. The Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares star’s fi…
00:24:29 |
Mon 02 May 2022
BPR Full Show: Rules of Engagement
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Rep. Jim McGovern discusses his recent visit to Ukraine and Poland, as well as his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Rep. McGovern, D-Mass., chairs…
02:42:03 |
Mon 02 May 2022
BPR Full Show: Meet You in the Metaverse
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett discusses the end of the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, and current COVID positivity rate in Mass. She also answers listeners’ ques…
02:41:25 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: "Regarding All These Bugs"
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Mayor Michelle Wu discusses an investigation into sexual abuse and bullying at the Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain. She also answers listeners’ questions duri…
02:42:06 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: Poetry on Poetry
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan discusses Former President Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx and her new book, “Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of …
02:44:24 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Corby Kummer: Ghost kitchen services are "very bad deals for restaurants"
Travis Kalanick — the co-founder and ex-CEO of Uber who stepped down from the rideshare company — is bringing his new “ghost kitchen” company to Boston.
CloudKitchen, which buys old warehouse build…
00:26:00 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: The Oreometer
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their thoughts on the news of Elon Musk buying Twitter.
Trenni Kusnierek talks about the Celtics playoffs run and mental health…
02:44:31 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: "Ask the AG," Ukraine, and Voting Rights
Today on Boston Public Radio:
EJ Dionne and Miles Rapoport talk about the low voter turnout in recent elections, arguing for mandatory voting as a part of Americans’ civic duty. Dionne is a columni…
02:41:25 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: Recyclable or not?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their experiences with recycling, and seeing if they can guess whether an item is recyclable or not.
David Cash weighs in on th…
02:40:22 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: Are you old enough?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners whether they think American kids are too coddled, in light of the new Netflix show “Old Enough!” in which Japanese toddlers run e…
02:44:38 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: An Abundance of Animals
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners whether it’s time for the U.S. to increase military aid to Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
Art Caplan shares his thou…
02:42:01 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
BPR Full Show: BenDeLaCreme gets married
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their reactions to the news that masks are no longer required on planes and trains following a ruling yesterday from a Florida fe…
02:23:07 |
Tue 19 Apr 2022
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