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
- 2710
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Harvard's Kayyem Connects Election Lies To White Supremacy, Reflects on Wray Testimony
Harvard professor and national security expert Juliette Kayyem returned to Boston Public Radio on Wednesday, offering her takeaways from Senate testimony given Tuesday by FBI Director Christopher Wra…
00:26:14 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
BPR Full Show: Home Improvement
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by asking listeners how they felt about the lack of government assistance in vaccine registration.
Trenni Kusnierek discusses the pressure sports f…
02:43:32 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
BPR Full Show: Spring Fever
Today on Boston Public Radio:
E.J. Dionne weighs in on what the events of last weekend’s CPAC can tell us about the future of Trumpism and the GOP. He also speaks about the nursing home scandal and…
02:44:24 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
BPR Full Show: A Reopening
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Rep. Jon Santiago shares his thoughts on Gov. Baker’s vaccine rollout hearing, and whether Mass. is ready to reopen. He also discusses his entrance into the Boston may…
02:44:47 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Schooled
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd weighs in on CPAC and the state of the Republican party. He also shares his thoughts on how Gov. Cuomo’s nursing home scandal and sexual harassment allegati…
02:44:26 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
'The Right Direction To Go In': Former Mass. Education Secretary Reville On Gov. Baker's Push To Reopen Schools
Speaking on Boston Public Radio Thursday, former Mass. education secretary Paul Reville expressed support for a proposal presented Tuesday by the Baker administration, effectively forcing elementary …
00:20:30 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Just Another Day at the Office
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Jonathan Gruber weighs in on the debate over President Biden’s pledge to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT. He wa…
02:44:44 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Time Out
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We open the phone lines to hear how listeners are processing the news that half a million Americans have died from COVID-19.
Trenni Kusnierek discusses some professi…
02:44:23 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Quarantine Rolls On
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Brian McGrory weighs in on the criticism lodged against Gov. Baker’s vaccine rollout. He also speaks about the Supreme Court’s denial of former President Trump's bid t…
02:44:15 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Hypocrisy
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by opening the phone lines to talk with listeners about Sen. Ted Cruz and hypocrisy.
Sue O’Connell weighs in on Sen. Ted Cruz trip to Cancun while …
02:44:16 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Crash Landing
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Congressman Jake Auchincloss argues for the creation of a Mass. centralized preregistration vaccination site. He also explains why he believes former President Trump c…
02:43:51 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: A State of Disarray
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan weighs in on the recent firing of a Texas doctor after he distributed ten vaccines that were about to expire. He also argues for moving elite athletes furth…
02:44:25 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Corby Kummer: Will Universal Free Lunches Last After The Pandemic?
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke to Boston Public Radio on Wednesday about universal free lunches amid the pandemic.
“School lunch is one of the only mystifyingly good stories of the Trump administra…
00:21:03 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Life on Hold
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We start the show by opening phone lines to talk with listeners about whether they feel their life is on hold due to COVID-19.
Trenni Kusnierek discusses the car cra…
02:44:13 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Harvard Law Professor: Trump's Acquittal Has 'All Kinds Of Resonance'
Before former President Trump’s impeachment trial began, Harvard Law School professor Jeannie Suk Gersen wrote in the New Yorker that his acquittal may send a worse message to society than if there w…
00:26:53 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Suffolk Law Professor: Trump Impeachment Trial Was 'Necessary,' Despite 'Preordained' Acquittal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned former President Trump for inciting the insurrection on Jan. 6, just hours after he’d voted to acquit Trump of the charge in the impeachment trial.
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00:21:23 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show: Politics As Usual
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Renée Landers shares her legal analysis of former President Trump’s impeachment trial, and discussed the importance of Congress establishing a timeline of what happene…
02:44:23 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show 2/12/21: Senate Impeachment Trial, Day Four
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We begin the show by taking listener calls about Gov. Baker’s “vaccine buddy system.”
Sue O’Connell talks about the President of the Tokyo Olympics stepping down aft…
02:44:30 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
BPR Full Show 2/11/21: Senate Impeachment Trial, Day Three
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Jennifer Horn, former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party, weighs in on former President Trump’s impeachment trial, and touches on her recent resignation from …
02:44:31 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
'It's Clear' In-Person Education Won't Be Fully Restored This Semester, Says Former MA Education Secretary
Former Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville spoke to Boston Public Radio on Thursday about the timeline for reopening schools amid the pandemic.
“It’s clear that for the balance of this s…
00:20:44 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
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