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: Bye Bye Brady
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners for their thoughts on Tom Brady’s retirement.
Trenni Kusnierek weighs in on Tom Brady’s retirement, and Ra…
02:41:47 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
BPR Full Show: After the Snow
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by opening phone lines, talking with listeners about youth mental health during the pandemic.
John Della Volpe talks about Gen Z’s relationship to …
02:41:58 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Snowpocalypse
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by talking with listeners about the blizzard heading towards Massachusetts this weekend.
Judge Nancy Gertner discussea Justice Stephen Breyer’s ret…
02:41:22 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Gov. Baker, AG Healey, and more
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Gov. Charlie Baker discusses current vaccination rates in Mass., and overpaid unemployment benefits in the state. He also takes listeners’ calls during “Ask the Govern…
02:42:09 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Fiscal Finaglers
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan shares his thoughts on DJ Ferguson, a 31-year-old man who was denied a heart transplant at Brigham and Women’s after he refused to get vaccinated. He also t…
02:40:57 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Corby Kummer: Restaurateurs moving to suburbia "not really completely new"
While many think the suburbs have a “boring, white bread reputation,” the pandemic has caused a wave of restaurateurs to set their eyes on suburbia over the big city.
Food writer Corby Kummer joine…
00:19:08 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Thank You for Being a Friend
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners for their thoughts on the state of ‘Jeopardy!’ after Amy Schneider continued her streak to become the second-place record holder …
02:41:19 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Sky High
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners about their marijuana habits, after a report showed cannabis tax revenue has surpassed alcohol revenue in the state.
Lylah Alph…
02:44:17 |
Mon 24 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Tuna melts, mac and cheese and all things comfort food
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners what parts of pre-pandemic life they have left behind as we enter year three of COVID-19.
LaTosha Brown weighs in on what the f…
02:44:20 |
Fri 21 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Jeopardy!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd updates listeners on all things politics, including the failure of Democrats to pass voting rights legislation and the state of President Joe Biden’s term. …
02:44:25 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Going Gray
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan weighs in on the CDC’s messaging around Omicron, and threats to trans healthcare in Arkansas. Caplan is director of the division of medical ethics at the Ne…
02:44:15 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Mayor Michelle Wu calls vaccine mandate rollout "very smooth"
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their experiences with Massachusetts overpaying jobless claims and asking for money back.
Trenni Kusnierek talks about Novak Dj…
02:44:18 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Voting Rights and the Legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Rev. Cornell William Brooks discusses the Black faith leaders that engaged in a hunger strike for voting rights, and shares why he likens the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks to…
02:41:21 |
Mon 17 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Snail E-mail
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their thoughts on incentives and disincentives to raise vaccination rates, like free doughnuts or higher health insurance.
Bill…
02:45:21 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Rent on the Rise
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd updates listeners on the latest political headlines, including the state of voting rights and filibuster reform. Todd is the moderator of “Meet the Press,” …
02:44:13 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: Rep. Ayanna Pressley calls on Biden to cancel student debt
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners if they think the lies of the 2020 election will repeat themselves in the 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential race.
Rep. Ayanna…
02:44:13 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Food stamp benefits could soon be used to purchase restaurant meals, prepared foods
Numerous states are looking into extending food stamp use to restaurants and prepared meals to keep up with what academics are calling the lack of time, skills, resources, and physical abilities of s…
00:20:25 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
BPR Full Show: To bike or not to bike
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners about the debate between in person and remote learning as Omicron surges.
Michael Curry updates listeners on how community heal…
02:44:26 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Boston Public Radio Full Show: Testing the Waters
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by opening phone lines, talking with listeners about whether they’re continuing to be cautious as COVID-19 cases rise.
E.J. Dionne previews what’s …
02:41:22 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Boston Public Radio Full Show: Snow Day!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners their favorite snow day activities.
Shirley Leung updates listeners on the state of Mass. and Cass, and which New England busin…
02:44:34 |
Fri 07 Jan 2022
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