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
Juliette Kayyem Thinks Trump’s Covid Diagnosis Might Be His ‘Out'
Juliette Kayyem called into Friday’s Boston Public Radio to reflect on news that President Trump has contracted the coronavirus.
“Trump needs an out,” she said while weighing in on whether the diag…
00:13:25 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
BPR Full Show 10/1/20: Proud Boys & Questionable Pets
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to talk with listeners about President Trump’s sympathy for the Proud Boys, and how his open racism is impacting your relationships with friends and f…
02:44:14 |
Thu 01 Oct 2020
BPR Full Show 9/30/20: Debate Reflections, Seth Moulton, and the Other Buttigeig
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We started off by talking with listeners about your impressions from Tuesday night’s presidential debate.
Rep. Seth Moulton offered his impressions of Tuesday nigh…
02:44:13 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Art Caplan On Dr. Birx's Downplaying Risk Of COVID Spread In Schools
The Trump administration waged a pressure campaign against the C.D.C. to push messaging in line with President Trump’s agenda to reopen schools and downplay the risk of COVID-19 spread among younger …
00:22:04 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Juliette Kayyem: After A Chaotic Debate, The Choice Is Clear
Tuesday night’s presidential debate contained a lot of crosstalk — overwhelmingly initiated by President Donald Trump interrupting Joe Biden — and not a lot of substance.
CNN analyst Juliette Kayye…
00:27:09 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/29/20: Debate Prep
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We started off by opening our lines to talk with listeners about your thoughts ahead of Tuesday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
NBC Sports Boston repo…
02:44:54 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/28/20: 'Like a Shadow or a Friend'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to talk with listeners about Monday’s New York Times report revealing information about President Trump’s long-withheld tax returns.
Suffolk Univer…
02:44:24 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Renée Landers: Barrett Unlikely To Rely On Precedent In ACA Challenge
The Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge to the Affordable Care Act a week after the election. Health law expert Renée Landers told Boston Public Radio on Monday Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Co…
00:19:28 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Bishop Michael Curry on Love and the 'Little Dash'
Last week, Bishop Michael Curry spoke on Boston Public Radio about the righteousness of love, and the value it can bring us in life’s more worrisome periods.
"'You know when you used to go to the …
00:22:37 |
Sun 27 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/25/20: No Concessions
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Journalist Barton Gellman talked about the growing likelihood that President Trump will work to skew election results in his favor, in a conversation about his recent …
02:44:19 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/24/20: Love & Power
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Suffolk County DA Rachel Rollins weighed in on Wednesday's ruling on the Louisville, Ky. Police officers involved in the killing Breonna Taylor, and responded to a ra…
02:45:15 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Paul Reville: Fixing The Distance Learning Equity Problem
Paul Reville, former Massachusetts education secretary, spoke with Boston Public Radio on Thursday about how Massachusetts schools, both K-12 and higher ed, are handling reopening during the pandemic…
00:21:10 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/23/20: Taking Account
Today on Boston Public Radio:
MIT economist and Affordable Care Act architect Jon Gruber weighed the possibility that a Supreme Court without Ruth Bader Ginsburg might overturn the ACA, and the wid…
02:44:20 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Art Caplan Reflects on “Abysmal” U.S. Leadership Through COVID-19 Pandemic
Medical ethicist Art Caplan joined Boston Public Radio on Thursday, where he lambasted the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which he called “the single most important issu…
00:20:51 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Juliette Kayyem: Over 200,000 Americans Now Dead From COVID-19
Over 200,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19, homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem told Boston Public Radio on Wednesday.
“And we suspect that this is an undercount, because maybe some pe…
00:26:26 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show: The Learning Curve
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to talk with listeners about your experiences around school reopening.
NBC Sports Boston reporter and anchor Trenni Kusnierek recapped the latest spo…
02:45:11 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Corby Kummer: The 'Big Problems' With Indoor Dining
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found that adults who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 were twice as likely to have eaten at restaurants. But the study is facing critic…
00:25:13 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/21/20: Ruth, Remembered
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Dahlia Lithwick, a legal correspondent and senior editor at Slate, discussed the legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a feminist icon, and reflected on he…
02:44:13 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
BPR Full Show 9/18/20: Your Remote Learning Tech Questions, Answered
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok weighed in on corruption and within the Trump administration and its impact on U.S. national security, in a conversation about his new bo…
02:44:48 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Juliette Kayyem: 'Significant' Former Pence Advisor Endorses Biden
Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem spoke with Boston Public Radio on Friday about Olivia Troye, former homeland security, counterterrorism and coronavirus adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, …
00:28:13 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
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