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 6/25/20: The New School
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd talked about the rise of coronavirus cases throughout the U.S., and how it’s impacting the president’s poll numbers.
We op…
02:45:49 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Corby Kummer: ‘Life is Actually Going to Be Better Without Buffets’
Three months into the coronavirus pandemic, it’s time to face the hard truth: now is not the best time for America’s buffets.
With cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise across the country, the buff…
00:19:46 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/24/20: Polls & Pols
Today on Boston Public Radio:
WGBH News reporter Adam Reilly discussed new polling from WGBH, in partnership with the Boston Globe, MassLive, State House News Service, and Suffolk University, about…
02:23:33 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/23/20: Milton's Lesson
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We aired live audio from Gov. Charlie Baker’s Tuesday press conference.
We opened lines to talk with listeners about your experiences with racism in the classroom.
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02:50:43 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/22/20: Love Thy Neighbor
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: are you ready for Massachusetts to enter the next phase of reopening?
TV expert Bob Thompson talked about the Juneteenth special o…
02:45:03 |
Mon 22 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/19/20: Freedom, Liberation, Jubilee
Today on Boston Public Radio:
CNN analyst and national security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed the Supreme Court’s ruling on DACA, and why she thinks Trump’s Tulsa rally could get cancelled.
M…
02:48:12 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/18/20: The Podcast Where It Happened
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed the political ramifications of former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s new book, and the president’s upcomin…
02:45:15 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/17/20: What Took So Long?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to ask listeners: why do you think it’s taken so long for white America to denounce racism?
MIT economist Jon Gruber talked about the value in repurp…
02:47:12 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/16/20: Twenty Weeks 'Til Tuesday
Today onBoston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to ask listeners: are you ready to come out of your coronavirus cocoon?
NBC Sports Boston reporter Trenni Kusnierek talked about why she doesn’t e…
02:45:16 |
Tue 16 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/15/20: Six to Three
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to talk with listeners about the police killing of Rayshard Brooks, and the significance of his death in the context of ongoing Black Lives Matter prot…
02:45:11 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/12/20: Ghost Light
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Media maven Sue O’Connell talked about J.K. Rowling’s controversial stance on transgender issues, and the commencement address to a Kansas college from Ivanka Trump.
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02:51:14 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/11/20: Free & Fair
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd talked about President Trump’s scheduled rally in Tulsa, Okla. on Juneteenth, and whether Democrats will be able to win back …
02:51:33 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/10/20: Breaking the (White) Silence
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to talk with listeners about your thoughts on defunding the police.
Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed whether left-leaning media was hypocritica…
02:43:46 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Corby Kummer On Bon Appetit's 'Terribly White Culture'
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke with Boston Public Radio *on Wednesday about food magazine Bon Appetit's recently exposed structural racism.
"The Me Too movement came for sexism, and now the moment …
00:18:38 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/9/20: Re: Reform
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We aired live audio from Gov. Charlie Baker’s Tuesday press conference.
Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell called in to talk about the reforms she’d like to see B…
02:55:12 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/8/20: The Elusive Tipping Point
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened our lines to ask: do you have reservations about returning to normal, now that Gov. Baker has moved Mass. into phase two of reopening?
MIT economist Jon G…
02:44:46 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/5/20: Who Needs a Hug?
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened lines to talk with listeners about the Black Lives Matter protests, and whether they’re creating a false sense of security with regard to the ongoing pandemi…
02:43:30 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
Undocumented Workers 'Locked Out' From Economic Relief, Says Corby Kummer
Food writer Corby Kummer spoke to Boston Public Radio *on Friday about undocumented restaurant workers who are unable to get a stimulus check or file for unemployment.
"We need to figure out how to…
00:23:32 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/4/20: On Justice, On Peace
Today on Boston Public Radio:
NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed former Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ rebuke of President Trump in The Atlantic, as well as pusback from curren…
02:45:43 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
BPR Full Show 6/3/20: On Protesting in a Pandemic
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Medical ethicist Art Caplan talked about the risks of protesting during a pandemic, and his views on the danger of rushing a COVID-19 vaccine.
We opened lines to as…
02:51:41 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
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