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 5/07: A Conclave Begins & Ari Shapiro Does Cabaret
Today:
National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the start to the secretive process to pick the next pope.
NPR host Ari Shapiro zooms in ahead of two local shows on his cabaret tour.
00:32:20 |
Wed 07 May 2025
BPR Full Show 5/7: Are Phone Bans Enough For Kids?
Jared Bowen discusses the local arts groups impacted by cancelled NEA grants.
Juliette Kayyem discusses what you need to know about Real ID requirements.
Ari Shaprio joins ahead of his one-man caba…
02:03:36 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Best Of BPR 5/06: Sen. Markey Calls For Small Business Tariff Waiver & The Billionaires Polluting Mass At Hanscom Field
Today:
Senator Ed Markey discusses Trump's tariff plan, and his recent visit to Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana.
And, Chuck Collins from the Institute for Policy Studies discusses the uber-wealthy forc…
00:38:40 |
Tue 06 May 2025
BPR Full Show 5/06: Where's The Anti-War Movement?
Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses the appeals court hearing today in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk. Plus, the Trump Justice Department taking the same position as th…
02:35:55 |
Tue 06 May 2025
BPR Full Show 5/05: The Jim and Jim Show
Trenni Casey discusses the Kentucky Derby, the Celtics first playoff game tonight against the Knicks and the benefits of deep breathing.
Comedian W. Kamau Bell joins ahead of a show at The Wilbur la…
02:36:11 |
Mon 05 May 2025
Say More: The C-Word With Shirley Leung
Today, we bring you the first episode of friend-of-the-show Shirley Leung's new series The C-Word, where she discusses her own experience with breast cancer, something she's kept to herself for years…
00:27:08 |
Mon 05 May 2025
BPR Full Show 5/2: Trumps Wants To End Federal Funding For NPR
Skylark is a multi Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble here for this week’s Live Music Friday.
Shirley Leung on her recent episode of “Say More” where she speaks – for the first time publicly – about h…
02:41:01 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Best Of BPR 5/01: 'This Is The Moment' To Fight For Democracy & May Day In Boston
Today:
Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, author of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," discusses standing against authoritarianism and confronting disinformation. Her message is clear:…
00:40:43 |
Thu 01 May 2025
BPR Full Show 5/01: Holding The Line
Maria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of the Filipino news service Rappler. In 2021 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to a free press, reporting on dictator Rodrigo Duterte.
Amy Spi…
02:37:23 |
Thu 01 May 2025
Best Of BPR 4/30: 'Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages' & Even Pigeons Know The Difference Between Monet And Manet
Today:
Patty Talahongva discusses her new film for Frontline, documenting climate devastation in Alaska for native communities; and the cultural impacts of forced relocation, first at direct hands o…
00:38:06 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
BPR Full Show 4/30: Trading Politics For Popcorn
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses an Edvard Munch exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum and Francis Ford Coppola at a 'Megalopolis' showing at the Coolidge Corner Theater.
Patty Tahalongva…
02:36:19 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Best Of BPR 4/29: The Lawyers Defending American Democracy
Today:
Lawyers Defending American Democracy Executive Director Lauren Stiller Rikleen and former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbargar discuss attacks on the American legal system, and wh…
00:25:51 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
BPR Full Show 4/29: National Climate Denial
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Bill Belichick CBS interview, the NFL draft and someone who heckled Jarren Duran over his disclosure of suicidality.
Lauren Rikleen and Scott Harshbarg…
02:32:58 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Best Of BPR 4/28: Liz Walker On Leaving No One Alone & A Year In Kharkiv As The War Rages On
Today:
Legendary Boston broadcaster Liz Walker joins us in Studio 3 to talk about her memoir and experience building community for decades, “No One Left Alone”.
And, president of the Boston chapter…
00:39:16 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
BPR Full Show 4/28: The Polls Are Going Down
Evan Horowitz of Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis discusses the economy as it relates to Trump's unpredictability and the Massachusetts' ability to plan for spending.
Ilan Stavans of Amherst d…
02:40:48 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
BPR Full Show 4/25: The Karen Read Trial
Paul Willis is a Boston-based rapper and educator who’s spent his career in nonprofits helping youth through hip hop & the arts. His latest project is “Hip Hop Leadership,” a combination album / book…
02:41:27 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
BPR Full Show 4/18: Getting Marathon Ready!
Twisted Pine performed for Live Music Friday, ahead of shows at the Spire in Plymouth and Lowell’s The Town and The City festival.
Sue O’Connell on the Blue Origin flight & the latest on Karen Read…
02:41:49 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Best Of BPR 4/25: Karen Read's Second First Week In Court & Hip Hop Leadership With Paul Willis
Today:
GBH’s Adam Reilly & NBC10’s Sue O’Connell are here for media analysis segment “Press Play” – The nation’s journalistic bulwark “60 Minutes” has just lost its lead producer, who quit over loss…
00:33:30 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
Best Of BPR 4/24: Mount Holyoke President Sees "A Positive Shift" In Higher Ed Standing Up To Trump
Mount Holyoke College president Danielle Holley was an early critic of President Trump administration's encroachment into academic freedom. She discusses the growing chorus of college and university …
00:36:48 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
BPR Full Show 4/24: Shut Up And Pack!
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA moving to ban some food dyes and RFK Jr.'s MAHA agenda. He also discusses a free grocery store in Maryland and Megan Markle’s new jelly endeavor.
D…
02:34:17 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
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