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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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02:29:50

BPR Full Show 02/25: No More Tushy Pushy

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2025/02/25

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Boston group pushing for a new WNBA team and robot umpires in the MLB. Plus, the end of the "tush push" in football. We re-air our conversation with "investigative comedian" Adam Conover, who is performing in Vermont next week.Congressman Bill Keating zooms in to discuss the latest dealmaking with Ukraine and Russia, and why President Trump can be called a Russian "asset."CNN's John King joins via zoom for the latest national political

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37:53

Best Of BPR 2/24: Anand Giridharadas On Protective...

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2025/02/24

Political commentator behind The.Ink, Anand Giridharadas discusses the Democrats' business-as-usual response to radical changes, and makes a call to action for the public to rise up where the party is failing. Listeners can access a trial of Anand's newsletter for free here.Tech podcaster Andy Ihnatko discusses Elon Musk's unprecedented access to our data and other sensitive information.

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40:10

Best Of BPR 2/21: Press Play & Meredith Goldstein

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2025/02/21

Today:GBH's Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley help us launch our media analysis segment we're calling "Press Play."And, Boston Globe columnist and podcaster Meredith Goldstein discusses some of her latest love letters.

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02:30:53

BPR Full Show 02/21: Mental Plasticity

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2025/02/21

GBH Music is about to kick off a new string of live jazz shows. For this week’s Live Music Friday, we’ll hear from four-time Grammy winner Oscar Stagnaro and his band TRIAD. We’ll also talk about the series with GBH Music's Sam Brewer & JazzBoston’s Ken Field.Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner on what courts can and can’t do to reign in Trump’s orders on birthright citizenship and the mass firing of federal officials. Love Letters advice columnist Meredith Goldstein on why our brains

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02:31:34

BPR Full Show 02/20: Ice, Ice, Braude

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2025/02/20

Political analyst Chuck Todd is back for a D.C. news roundup.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral reflects on the Mayor Eric Adams fiasco and the leader of the “Zizian” cult being held without bail in Maryland. Plus, more law and order headlines. Travel guru Rick Steves has a new book called “On the Hippie Trail,” a collection of journal entries from his youth during travels from Istanbul to Kathmandu in 1978. Investigative comedian Adam Conover of “Adam Ruins Everything” joins

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41:05

Best Of BPR 2/20: Adam Conover On Masculinity & Rick...

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2025/02/20

Today:Comedian Adam Conover calls into the show ahead of a stop at the Wilbur on his "Nihilism Pivot" tour.And, travel guru Rick Steves discusses his new memoir "On The Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer."

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41:37

Best Of BPR 2/19: We Are 'Alive And Unwell' With...

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2025/02/19

Today: Comedian Nikki Glaser calls in ahead of six shows at the Wang Theater this weekend.And, our latest iteration of “How Do You Two Know Each Other?” Husband-and-wife duo Roger Brown and Linda Mason – global aid workers, co-founders of Bright Horizons -- discuss the importance of community.

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02:28:08

BPR Full Show 02/19: Don't Call Me Shirley

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2025/02/19

National security expert Juliette Kayyem joins to discuss yesterday's meeting between Russia, Saudi Arabia and the US on ending the war in Ukraine...notably without Zelensky in the room. Also, the firing of FAA workers and Gov. Hochul's push to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office.Comedian Nikki Glaser, of Tom Brady Roast and Golden Globes fame, calls in to talk about her six upcoming shows at the Wang Theatre.A restaurant roundtable with chefs Jody Adams (La Padrona), Garret Harker (Eastern

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02:30:52

BPR Full Show 2/18: Have A Nice Day

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2025/02/18

NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discusses the NBA All Star game, booing at the Four Nations hockey tournament and the latest with White Stadium.Michael Curry of the League of Community Health Centers discusses major health cuts to NIH and here at Mass General Brigham, plus the NAACP's Black Consumer Advisory.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on Boston mayoral candidates already trading barbs around housing and conflicts of interest.CNN's John King joins remotely

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39:16

Best Of BPR 2/18: "If You're Not At The Table, You're...

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2025/02/18

Today: Federal funding cuts are threatening community healthcare, and equity across every industry. NAACP’s Michael Curry minces no words about DEI rollbacks, and the fragility of our healthcare system -- nationally and here in Massachusetts.And, CNN’s John King joins to talk about the fracturing of the media as Trump bans the Associated Press from the Oval Office & Air Force One.

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02:41:46

BPR Full Show 2/14: Will You Be My Valentine?

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2025/02/14

BPR Full Show 2/14: Will You Be My Valentine?

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36:44

Best Of BPR 2/13: Elon Musk Gave MIT Economist Jon...

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2025/02/13

Today:Jon Gruber, head of MIT's economics department, joins to discuss Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.And, we open the lines as Donald Trump reopens communication with Russia's Vladimir Putin -- before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- as the war in Ukraine enters three years of sustained bloodshed.

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02:39:12

BPR Full Show 2/13: Mild And Spicy

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2025/02/13

BPR Full Show 2/13: Mild And Spicy

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02:03:37

BPR Full Show 02/12: Losing Our Marbles

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2025/02/12

We start the show with "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu. Harvard national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses President Trump's posturing on Gaza and attempts within the government to shield itself from DOGE.Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, on the Trump administration's assault on science and health research. Naturalist Sy Montgomery says its the season of love --- and not just for humans. New England foxes, skunks, coyotes, racoons, mink, and barred

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41:33

Best Of BPR 2/12: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Pushes...

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2025/02/12

Today:Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on Feb. 12, 2025. She discusses her upcoming testimony before Congress, Josh Kraft entering the Boston mayoral race, and the latest on plans for a soccer-specific stadium in neighboring Everett.

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32:36

Best Of BPR 2/11: 'The Rule Of Law Is Basically...

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2025/02/11

Today:Civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo discusses Trump's attacks on transgender people via executive order, and the institutions complying with alarming speed.Then, Nikki Shults and Stephen Pina of Everyday Boston join to spread some kindness with a card-writing campaign.

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02:05:32

BPR Full Show 2/11: A Gallon Of Milk

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2025/02/11

LGBTQ civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo on threats to gender affirming care and bans against transgender people in college sports and the militaryACLU of Massachusetts' Carol Rose on the history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court Nikki Shults and Stephen Pina of Everyday Boston discussed their "Love Your Wicked Awesome Neighbor” program, where people can write cards so strangers throughout the city will feel less alone around Valentines Day.CNN’s John King on national

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36:38

Best Of BPR 2/10: Trump's Tariffs For Tax Cuts &...

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2025/02/10

Today:Axios business editor Dan Primack discusses Trump's new tariffs on steel & aluminum: How they work and what they mean for U.S industry. Amy Carnevale of Mass GOP and Steve Kerrigan of Mass Dems debate the state's true-blue future, and discuss Governor Maura Healey announcing on BPR that she will run for re-election.

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02:04:48

BPR Full Show 2/10: What's The Appeal?

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2025/02/10

BPR Full Show 2/10: What's The Appeal?

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02:05:16

BPR Full Show 02/07: Friday Ask the Governor

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2025/02/07

Live Music Friday with singer-songwriter Kyle Ray, who is opening for Sheryl Crow at Concord’s Umbrella Arts Center. We also speak with the president of Salt Lick Incubator, Liza Levy.GBH's Callie Crossley talks about media outlets responding to MAGA pressure, while Fox News puts Lara Trump in the host seat. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on the Boston Mayoral race and state officials bracing for future funding freezes by the Trump administration.Gov. Maura Healey joins for

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