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 12/7/20: Making the Grade
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky, a pediatrician and psychiatrist at MGH, talked about the mental and physical strain that remote learning has taken on the thousands of Mass. kids…
02:44:14 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
BPR Full Show 12/4/20: Making Hay While the Sun Shines
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We kicked off Friday's show by turning to listeners to talk about all things coronavirus, from the incoming vaccines to your thoughts on the winter ahead.
Media mag…
02:45:46 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Juliette Kayyem on the Importance of Staying Buoyed
National security expert Juliette Kayyem joined Boston Public Radio Friday, where she offered a comprehensive rundown of everything going on with respect to the now multiple coronavirus vaccines.
D…
00:20:40 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
BPR Full Show 12/3/20: A Nation Up a Tree
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed rumors that President Trump intends on running for reelection in 2024, and weighed in on the ongoing coronavirus ou…
02:44:22 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
BPR Full Show 12/2/20: Beyond Bars
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Anti-death penalty Sister Helen Prejean talked about President Trump’s last-minute string of federal executions, and her life-long effort to change public perception a…
02:46:05 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
Anti-Death Penalty Activist Sister Helen Prejean: ‘We Have to Begin to Heal’
During a Wednesday interview on Boston Public Radio, Sister Helen Prejean condemned a string of executions green-lit by President Trump in his final weeks in office.
If Justice Department plans pro…
00:26:51 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
BPR Full Show 12/1/20: Kicked from the Curb
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory talked about the President Trump’s sustained effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, stalled stimulus talks in Washingto…
02:45:15 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
Corby Kummer: Boston's Booming Community Fridges
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke to Boston Public Radio on Tuesday about community fridges popping up around Boston.
“If you have extra food that is perishable and needs a refrigerator, different com…
00:21:32 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
BPR Full Show 11/30/20: Winter is Coming
Dr. Ken Duckworth, senior medical director for behavioral health at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass. and national medical director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, talked about the impact …
02:45:27 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
Dr. Ken Duckworth: Coping During COVID
Dr. Ken Duckworth spoke to Boston Public Radio on Monday about mental health, teletherapy, and coping support during the pandemic.
“Supply [of therapists] was always inadequate to demand,” he said.…
00:52:03 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
BPR Full Show 11/25/20: Breaking With Tradition
Today on Boston Public Radio:
M.I.T. economist Jon Gruber talked about shifting attitudes around the decriminalization of cannabis, and discussed the economic, public health, and social justice imp…
02:45:46 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
BPR Full Show 11/24/20: Feeling Convivial
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Filmmaker Michael Kirk discussed his latest film for FRONTLINE, “Battle for the Court,” about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s decades-long effort to transform the Supreme Court…
02:44:54 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Rick Steves on Thanksgiving Mindfulness in the Year of COVID
On Tuesday, travel guru Rick Steves joined Boston Public Radio for his monthly check-in, where he reflected on the meaning of Thanksgiving, and its particular significance in the bizarre year of 2020…
00:24:19 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Through 'American Utopia,' David Byrne Argues For A Return To Hope In Our Democratic 'Experiment'
When COVID-19 hit, New Wave musician and former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne was forced to push back the return of his Broadway show, American Utopia.
But that didn’t silence the project alto…
00:25:50 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Corby Kummer: To Dine Indoors, Or Not To Dine Indoors?
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke to Boston Public Radio on Tuesday about the issue of proper ventilation inside restaurants, during the pandemic.
“Indoor dining is problematic, and it needs spacing a…
00:25:57 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Art Caplan Expects 'Even More' Good COVID-19 Vaccine Announcements
With news that pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has developed a COVID-19 vaccine that may be nearly 90% effective and is easy to transport, medical ethicist Arthur Caplan told Boston Public Radio o…
00:24:45 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
BPR Full Show 11/23/20: Care in the World
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened Monday's show by opening lines, to talk with listeners about how you’re navigating your pandemic Thanksgiving.
NBC Sports Boston anchor and reporter Trenn…
02:44:17 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
BPR Full Show 11/20/20: Scouts' Out
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Media maven Sue O’Connell discussed her expectations President-elect Biden’s handling of LGBT issues, and reflected on the widespread child sex abuse scandal hanging o…
02:45:55 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
BPR Full Show 11/19/20: Giving Thanks & Getting Takeout
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd, moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC, talked about the latest news regarding President Trump’s attempts to negate his election loss, and spoke on the thous…
02:44:19 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Corby Kummer: Safely Celebrating Thanksgiving Amid Pandemic
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke to Boston Public Radio on Thursday about how to celebrate Thanksgiving during the pandemic.
Should typical Thanksgiving celebrations be ‘canceled’ this year? Kummer s…
00:21:22 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
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