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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 bpr@wgbh.org or call or text 877-301...
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BPR Full Show 6/11: Rachel Rollins Speaks Out
We'll start the show by airing a conversation Jim and Boston Globe's Shirley Leung had with Rachel Rollins yesterday; Rollins is running for Suffolk D...
BPR Full Show 6/10/26: Happy Hour and Senator Ed Markey
National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussing the latest round of strikes between US and Iran.
Gary Mitchell discusses the closing of the...
BPR Full Show 6/9/26: Trump Ruins Everything!
Dan Primack, business editor at Axios, discusses the state of the economy.
John King discusses Trump's baseless vote fraud claims in California,...
BPR Full Show 6/8/26: FIFA World Cup and "Looksmaxxing"
Ian Coss and Stephanie Pollack join us to discuss "the Highway Teardown tour"
Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther discusses Boston's first n...
BPR Full Show 6/5/26: Of Alpha-Gal And Dusky Sharks
Kelly Garrity and Matt Stout of the Boston Globe join for Press Play.
Mariachi singer and artist Veronica Robles performs for Live Music Friday....
BPR Full Show 6/3/26: John Deaton On Why He's Running For Senate
Naturalist Sy Montgomery discuses the elephants of the New Bedford Zoo and a blue octopus that made headlines last week.
GOP Senate hopeful John...
BPR Full Show 6/2: MA Governor Answers Listener Questions
BPR Full Show 6/2: MA Governor Answers Listener Questions
BPR Full Show 6/1/26: The Big Boom
NBC Boston's Sue O'Connell and Trenni Casey fill infor Jim and Margery today. They talk to:
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on a judge stopp...
BPR Full Show 5/29: Is Summer Too Expensive?
BPR Full Show 5/29: Is Summer Too Expensive?
BPR Full Show 5/27/26: Ask The Mayor, May Edition
National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Pope Leo's encyclical on AI and humanity, and the latest on war with Iran.
Legal scholar Lawr...
BPR Full Show 5/22: What Went Wrong At Boston’s Croft School?
BPR Full Show 5/22: What Went Wrong At Boston’s Croft School?
BPR Full Show 5/21/26: It's Peanuts!
Political analyst Chuck Todd looks ahead to the November midterms and discusses the immense scope of Trump's grift and corruption.
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BPR Full Show 5/20: Trump Corruption... Again
BPR Full Show 5/20: Trump Corruption... Again
BPR Full Show 5/19: Mini Heatwave And Pickles
CNN's John King on national politics.
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the climate catastrophes that are major sporting events like FI...
BPR Full Show 5/18: A Convo With Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley & Her Father
Michael Curry of the MA League of Community Health Centers discusses 'ghost networks' impacting mental health care, and Gov. Healey's nixing of insura...
BPR Full Show 5/15: Wooden Leg Saves A Life
Boston Globe “Love Letters” columnist Meredith Goldstein
Live Music Friday with Boston based local artist TEATEA, ahead of her "Herbal Tea" albu...
BPR Full Show 5/14: Trump’s Late-Night Posts
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
Transit panel with Reggie Ramos from Transportation for Massachusetts, and former transportation s...
BPR Full Show 5/13/26: Republican Candidate For Governor Brian Shortsleeve
Dan Primak, Axios business editor, joins for a rundown of the latest business headlines, including the latest debate over taxing carried interest.
BPR Full Show 5/12: Ask The Attorney General
BPR Full Show 5/12: Ask The Attorney General
BPR Full Show 5/11/26: Navigating The GLP-1 Wild West
GLP-1 drugs are revolutionizing healthcare, treating addiction and heart disease in addition to obesity and diabetes. Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Kath...
BPR Full Show 5/8/26: The Return of "Neighborism"
Ahead of Mother’s Day, we open the phone lines to hear what the holiday means to you. It can be a celebration, or more complicated. Or, just an excuse...
BPR Full Show 5/7/26: Henry Winkler and Sandwiches
Henry Winkler zooms in at the top of the show ahead of his Emerson Commencement address this weekend.
Auditor Diana DiZoglio and a...
BPR Full Show 5/6/26: The Joy Of Gardening
Li Fung, the top UN human rights official in Sudan, discusses the humanitarian crisis there amid civil war and starvation.
C.L. Fornari, aka The...
BPR Full Show 5/5/2026: Trump's Economy and the Kentucky Derby
John King joins via zoom to discuss a cracking MAGA coalition over affordability and foreign wars, and the 4.3 million Americans no longer receiving f...
BPR Full Show 5/4/26: Another Setback In Abortion Access
The Guardian's Margaret Sullivan discusses global press freedom ratings at their lowest in a quarter century.
Michael Curry of the Mass League o...
BPR Full Show 5/1/26: May Day With Guest Host Ken Casey
Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey co-hosts with Jim and Margery today. With guests:
Michael Patrick MacDonald, the author of "All Souls: Memo...
BPR Full Show 4/29/26: To Smoosh, Or Not To Smoosh?
Food policy expert Corby Kummer on Boston's love for foie gras ... and the simultaneous rise of 'recession meals' that destigmatize home cooking on a...
BPR Full Show 4/28: Governor Healey & Mayor Wu Answer Your Questions
BPR Full Show 4/28/26: Governor Healey & Mayor Wu Answer Your Questions
BPR Full Show 4/27/26: Is Political Violence the American Way?
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses SCOTUS' hypocrisy on trans student rights and other legal headlines.
USA Today's Susan Page was at...
BPR Full Show 4/24/26: Pre-Gaming Good Bread
For this week's Press Play media analysis, GBH's Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley discuss the backlash from journalists on McClatchy's new AI news tool...
BPR Full Show 4/23/26: Knives And Tools Dot Com
Political correspondent Chuck Todd; Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral; Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung; GBH executive arts...
BPR Full Show 4/22/26: Sick With Hurry
MIT's Jon Gruber discusses 20 years of Romneycare, of which he was a key architect.
ACLU of Mass' Carol Rose discusses their lawsuit challenging...
BPR Full Show 4/21/26: Secrets Secrets
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey gives a Marathon recap and updates us with the latest on the Pat's coach Mike Vrabel drama.
Rich Davey, CEO of...
BPR Full Show 4/17/26: Avoiding The Bonk
BPL president David Leonard, Jay Moschella, manager of rare books and manuscripts, and Garrett Dash Nelson, curator of the Leventhal Map Center, discu...
BPR Full Show 4/16: Pilots Just Wanna Have Fun
BPR Full Show 4/16: Pilots Just Wanna Have Fun
BPR Full Show 4/15: Kind For A Day
Cannabis Control Commission chair Shannon O'Brien discusses the state of the marijuana industry in Mass.
Kade Crockford of the ACLU of Mass join...