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 7/21/20: The Election Question
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: do you have concerns about the prospect of a “warp speed” coronavirus vaccine?
NBC Sports Boston reporter and anchor Trenni Kusnier…
02:44:20 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/20/20: An Elephant in the Room
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask callers: why do you think Americans aren’t taking to the streets over the 140,000 coronavirus deaths in the U.S.?
Litigator Kevin O’Connor ta…
02:44:26 |
Mon 20 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/17/20: 'A Big Ol' Concern'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: are you hesitant about the return to physical classrooms in the fall?
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discussed the i…
02:45:13 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/16/20: 'Naked With a Bunch of Finns'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd broke down the latest headlines around the coronavirus pandemic and the November election.
Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Se…
02:50:55 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/15/20: Tax Day in July
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Medical ethicist Art Caplan talked about news of a promising COVID-19 vaccine from Cambridge-based Moderna Therapeutics, and his prescient writing in 2016 on "The End …
02:44:11 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/14/20: Tote the Line
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: should society be more forgiving to people with criminal records?
NBC Sports Boston reporter and anchor Trenni Kusnierek talked ab…
02:40:41 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Corby Kummer On The Boycott Against Goya Foods
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke with Boston Public Radio on Tuesday about the boycott against Goya Foods, after the company's CEO, Robert Unanue, praised President Donald Trump last week. "If indeed G…
00:22:13 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/13/20: 'Bling Bling Theology'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: how much harm do you think President Trump is doing by sidelining Anthony Fauci?
Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeff Riley an…
02:44:20 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/10/20: Gamble Away!
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: Is Massachusetts taking a gamble on our health by reopening casinos?
Boston Globe Business Columnist Shirley Leung talked about whe…
02:44:44 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/9/20: The Long Haul
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd talked about the US’ standing as the nation with the most COVID-19 cases and discussed the latest national headlines.
With …
02:43:54 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/8/20: The Problem With Parole
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Medical ethicist Art Caplan talked about research from the WHO into whether the coronavirus can be transmitted through tiny droplets in the air, and how that research …
02:45:43 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Corby Kummer: 'Central Problem' For Restaurants Is Misbehaving Customer Base
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke with Boston Public Radio on Tuesday about returning to eat at restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"The problem is always going to be 'How do we get diners to w…
00:29:01 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/7/20: Facing Eviction
Today on Boston Public Radio:
MIT's Justin Steil and City Live/ Vida Urbana's Lisa Owens discussed their new report on how Boston’s evictions hit Black communities particularly hard, and what the d…
02:44:24 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/6/20: July 4th Retrospects, Part Three of Three
On today's pre-taped episode of Boston Public Radio:
Jim and Margery talked to New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik about his latest book, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberal…
02:39:29 |
Mon 06 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/3/20: July 4th Retrospects, Part Two of Three
On today's pre-taped episode of Boston Public Radio:
New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe discussed his latest book, "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland."
…
02:40:46 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/2/20: July 4th Retrospects, Part One of Three
On today's pre-taped episode of Boston Public Radio:
Jim And Margery talked to New York Times Magazine staff writer and lecturer at Yale Law School, Emily Bazelon whose latest book, "Charged: The N…
02:39:18 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 7/1/20: Pacing & Bracing
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Medical ethicist Art Caplan talked about the problem with relying on a quick COVID-19 vaccine, and his worries about this year’s flu season.
MIT economist Jon Grube…
02:45:38 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
BPR Full Show 6/30/20: Set Off
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to talk with listeners about the widespread use of illegal fireworks in Massachusetts, and hear your thoughts on how and whether to address the iss…
02:51:32 |
Tue 30 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/29/20: The About-Face of Amazon
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett talked about how Massachusetts is faring in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and responded to questions from li…
02:45:43 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/26/20: 'Several Drops in the Bucket'
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Media maven Sue O’Connell talked about the new tell-all book about the Trump family from the president’s niece, and the decision by the Dixie Chicks to change their na…
02:51:49 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
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