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
- 2709
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
BPR Full Show: Annissa Essaibi George Says She's the One For the Job
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd talks all things politics, including Democratic efforts to avoid a government shutdown, and what it would mean for the country if the United States defaults…
02:44:17 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: For the Love of Coffee
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan weighs in on the role of vaccine mandates, and the quick spread of vaccine misinformation on social media. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connol…
02:44:22 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Tom Brady's Homecoming
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We start the show by asking listeners their thoughts on vaccine mandates and people threatening to quit their jobs before getting the shot.
Trenni Kusnierek updates …
02:44:35 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Holiday Shopping Came Early This Year
Today on Boston Public Radio:
EJ Dionne weighs in on whether he thinks the Democrats will pass President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, and what it would mean for the party if they fail. He also talk…
02:44:53 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: A Tribute to Chelsea
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Ali Noorani talks about the resignation of Ambassador Daniel Foote, Special Envoy for Haiti, as the Biden Administration comes under fire for its treatment of Haitian …
02:32:25 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Michelle Wu Doesn't Want the Status Quo
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We start the show by talking with listeners about the current gridlock in Congress, and why divisions persist despite Democrats’ control of the Senate, House and Presi…
02:44:23 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Corby Kummer: Business as Usual? Not for the Restaurant Industry
Award-winning food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio on Wednesday to share his thoughts on the movement within the restaurant industry to raise wages and foster better working environmen…
00:22:39 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Revenge of the Silt Throwing Octopuses
Today on Boston Public Radio:
First, we talk with listeners about “missing white woman syndrome” following the death of Gabby Petito, and how the media fixates on the disappearances of white women …
02:44:28 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Sharing is Caring
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Michelle Singletary talks about the effect of COVID-19 on Social Security Retirement funds, and her recent column on the financial impact of vaccine refusal on unvacci…
02:44:28 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Don't Cry Over Spilled Gazpacho
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners whether they prefer to return to the office or work from home at this point in the pandemic.
Charlie Sennott gives an update on…
02:41:05 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Corby Kummer: Biden's "Big Almond" Pick for U.S. Trade Representative's Office Won't "Sit Well With Any Kind of Environmental Activist"
Award-winning food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio on Friday, explaining the controversy surrounding President Joe Biden’s pick of almond-industry lobbyist Elaine Trevino for chief agr…
00:27:22 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Rats!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners for their wildest rat stories, after a report showed that Boston’s rat population is on the rise.
Trenni Kusnierek discusses th…
02:41:10 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Not a Wink of Sleep
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners whether our nation is becoming less civic-minded following low voter turnout in Boston’s mayoral preliminary…
02:41:05 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Return of the Wooly Mammoth
Today on Boston Public Radio:
First, we talk with listeners about their reactions to yesterday’s mayoral primary, which saw Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu and Boston City Councilor Annissa Essai…
02:44:23 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Preliminary-Palooza
On today’s Boston Public Radio, we bring listeners a day full of mayoral coverage:
Adam Reilly kicks off election day by weighing in on why voter turnout tends to be low and which candidates he thi…
02:46:51 |
Tue 14 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Atonement
Today on Boston Public Radio:
EJ Dionne discusses the voting rights measure and infrastructure spending package as the Senate returns from their August recess this week. He also weighs in on whethe…
02:44:23 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: On Camera
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Charlie Sennott tells the story of the Goodrich family, who lost their son in the 9/11 and went on to build a girls school in Afghanistan, which has since been taken o…
02:42:05 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Back to School
Today on Boston Public Radio:
First, we talk with listeners about the school bus driver shortage on back to school day.
Denise Dilanni previews the new series from GBH, “The Future of Work,” abou…
02:44:46 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: Spare Change
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan talks about the Supreme Court’s upholding of the new Texas abortion law and an Ohio judge protecting hospital patients from the latest controversial and off…
02:43:15 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
BPR Full Show: The Perilous Hot Dog Safari
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We kick things off by opening phone lines to talk with listeners about the state of the pandemic moving into fall of 2021.
Trenni Kusnierek discusses the latest news…
02:43:55 |
Tue 07 Sep 2021
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