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Boston Public Radio Podcast

WGBH Educational Foundation

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 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-2PM Monday through Friday.

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02:34:01

BPR Full Show 5/23: You'll Be A Dentist

Boston Public Radio Podcast ·

2025/05/23

Abdullah Shahid Sial and Leo Gerdén are two international students from Harvard University. They react to the Trump administration's move yesterday to revoke the school's ability to enroll international students. Then it's Live Music Friday with Jessye DeSilva, ahead of an appearance at Club Passim’s Campfire Festival. Passim Managing Director Matt Smith also joins. NBC Boston's Sue O’Connell gives us the latest on the Karen Read trial. Plus, thoughts on the Sean Combs trial and the Boston

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29:02

Best Of BPR 5/22: A Trump-Free Music-Filled Podcast,...

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2025/05/22

Today: A music panel highlighting some great local events and artists, from the Newport Folk Festival to the jazz offerings around town. We talk with Brian McCreath of CRB, James Bennett II of GBH News, and Berklee’s Emmett Price.

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02:41:09

BPR Full Show 5/22: I Forgot The Butter!

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2025/05/22

BPR Full Show 5/22: I Forgot The Butter!

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02:31:54

BPR Full Show 5/21: "Ask The AG" And Doris Kearns...

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2025/05/21

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses "The Light in the Piazza" at the Huntington, penguins getting a retirement home at the New England Aquarium and the Kennedy Center's MAGA makeover.Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new 8-part documentary series on the American West, with Kevin Costner, premiering on Memorial Day.Chris Dempsey and Rep. Bill Straus join for a transportation panel, discussing former T chief Brian Shortsleeve joining the GOP race for

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28:18

Best Of BPR 5/20: Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis &...

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2025/05/20

Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center discusses Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart calls in with July 4 news.

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02:32:27

BPR Full Show 5/20: Fifty Years Of Shark Mania

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2025/05/20

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Celtics out of the playoffs and breaking news about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson joins for a summer movie preview and reflects on 50 years since Jaws premiered. CNN's John King joins remotely to discuss the opposition to Trump's big, beautiful tax bill.

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02:37:00

BPR Full Show 5/19: Feeling Bleh

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2025/05/19

BPR Full Show 5/19: Feeling Bleh

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02:32:16

BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule

Boston Public Radio Podcast ·

2025/05/16

Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a

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02:32:55

BPR Full Show 5/15: Full Of Baloney

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2025/05/15

Political analyst Chuck Todd with his weekly D.C. rundown.Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks about the return of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk. And, her new bill to stop the garnishment of wages for people with student loans in default. Dr. Sarah Fortune leads a tuberculosis research team at Harvard whose NIH funding was just cut by the Trump administration. She talks about the importance of scientific research and the future of her lab.MIT economist Jon Gruber explains how cuts to higher education

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40:44

Best Of BPR 5/15: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley...

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2025/05/15

Today:Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tells of her visit to constituent Rumeysa Ozturk in a Louisiana detention center, of the fight to get her released, and how Democrats are fighting back against the Trump administration.And, Dr. Sarah Fortune, chair of the department of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses how a surprise philanthropic donation is keeping her scientific research alive – despite cuts from the Trump administration.

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34:24

Best Of BPR 5/14: The Security Risk Of Qatar's Gifted...

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2025/05/14

Today:National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the amount of work that will have to go into retro-fitting the Qatari airplane to suit Trump's presidential needs.And, naturalist Sy Montgomery discusses warming climate's impact on ticks and the humans who get bit by them.

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01:57:56

BPR Full Show 5/14: Kicking And Screaming

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2025/05/14

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the no-nudity dress code at Cannes and 'Kimberly Akimbo' at the Emerson Colonial Theatre.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem explains why the Qatari plane gifted to President Donald Trump poses security problems. Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses new FDA-approved 'natural' food colorings, the golden age of the fried-chicken sandwich and Michelin stars coming to Boston restaurants.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery on

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41:23

Best Of BPR 5/13: Mayoral Candidate Josh Kraft &...

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2025/05/14

Today:Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to discuss his mayoral challenge to Michelle Wu.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart discusses the current spring Pops season, his 30th with the orchestra.

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01:58:38

BPR Full Show 5/13: Josh Kraft and Conductor Keith...

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2025/05/13

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses a private equity in the Celtics' purchase bid and their devastating loss last night in game four against the Knicks. Josh Kraft joins to discuss his campaign for Mayor of Boston.Conductor Keith Lockhart on his 30th anniversary with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and what's in store for the Pops' spring season.CNN's John King joins via zoom to discuss the latest national political headlines.

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36:39

Best Of BPR 5/12: UN Humanitarian Worker On The...

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2025/05/12

Today:Olga Cherevko of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, zooms into the show from Gaza City to discuss the humanitarian crisis there.Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G Price discuss the new Pope's Creole heritage.

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02:08:41

BPR Full Show 5/12: Crisis In Gaza

Boston Public Radio Podcast ·

2025/05/12

BPR Full Show 5/12: Crisis In Gaza

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39:10

Best Of BPR 5/09: 'We Are Not A Sanctuary State' Gov....

Boston Public Radio Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Today:Gov. Maura Healey joined Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on May 9, 2025.

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02:05:13

BPR Full Show 5/09: Ask the Governor & Live Music...

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2025/05/09

For Live Music Friday we hear from Brockton-based artist Latrell James, who won Album of the Year at 2024’s Boston Music Awards. He's performing at Boston Calling this month. We also speak to Boston Calling co-founder Mike Snow."Ask The Governor" with Maura Healey. We ask Gov. Healey about tariffs, the latest ICE raids, potential cuts in the state budget and more. Democratic Whip Katherine Clark joins is to talk about dysfunction within the Democratic party, what the party's message should

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02:06:32

BPR Full Show 5/08: A New Pope

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2025/05/08

Podcaster Chuck Todd returns for his Thursday D.C. roundup.Andrea Cabral on the latest law and order headlines: an appeals court ordering the return of Rumeysa Ozturk and to Vermont. Environmentalist Bill McKibben returns for his monthly climate check-in. Culture reporter James Bennett II discusses why Americans are obsessed with the movie Conclave and the real-life conclave. While on air, the current conclave ended and the new pope was announced. We talk with James about the historical

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32:20

Best Of BPR 5/07: A Conclave Begins & Ari Shapiro...

Boston Public Radio Podcast ·

2025/05/07

Today:National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the start to the secretive process to pick the next pope.NPR host Ari Shapiro zooms in ahead of two local shows on his cabaret tour.

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