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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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02:32:48

BPR Full Show 8/25: National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto...

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2025/08/25

Margery hosts with 'local woman' Sue O'Connell. CNN's John King joins with the latest national headlines.NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the bid to move the Connecticut Sun team to Boston and its implications for the WNBA.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the tricky business of running community-owned groceries and a warning from the Dorchester Food Co-op that it may close.UN spokesperson Olga Cherevko on the declaration of famine in Gaza and the lack of response around

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02:32:02

BPR Full Show 8/22: Justice For Yacht Rock

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2025/08/22

Local woman, NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell, hosts with Harvard national security expert (and yacht rock fan) Juliette Kayyem. GBH reporters Adam Reilly and Phillip Martin are our guests for Press Play media analysis. We talk with Phillip about his recent reporting on “pink slime" journalism. Plus, journalist deaths in Gaza, MSNBC’s rebrand and House Democrats’ probe into the Paramount / Skydance merger. Jill McCracken performs for Live Music Friday, ahead of the We Make Noise Fest this

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02:40:56

BPR Full Show 8/21: Straight Men Still Read Books For...

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2025/08/21

Nancy Gertner weighs in on legal fights against Trump's D.C. takeoverKhalil Gibran Muhammad offers thoughts on Trump meddling with the SmithsonianBill McKibben says the sun is “having a moment,” 4.6 billion years on. He’ll join to discuss the future for solar energy, in light of his new book “Here Comes the Sun.”Voices from Ukraine is a new original musical that's touring New England, with a cast of Ukrainian actors sharing their stories of life during wartime. We’ll talk with two of those

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02:31:58

BPR Full Show 8/20: Transit, Water and Ayanna Pressley

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2025/08/20

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the Democrats' strategy on the Epstein files, gerrymandering, and more.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on discuss Trump's push to eliminate mail-in voting, and the coastal threats from Hurricane Erin.Former transit secretary Jim Aloisi joins with former Transportation4Mass director Chris Dempsey for a transit panel.Max Rome of Charles River Watershed Association and Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay join to talk about urban beaches,

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02:40:11

BPR Full Show 8/19: Ozempic Jealously

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2025/08/19

BPR Full Show 8/19: Ozempic Jealously

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02:35:36

BPR Full Show 8/18: The Alaska Meeting, Summer Movies...

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2025/08/18

NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Margery while Jim is still out on vacation.Businesses are seeing workforce disruptions with ICE disruptions. We talk to Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans about that, plus, about a new study on how language barriers affect your internet experience.It's still summer movie season. Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his unabashed reviews of new summer flicks, including the Freaky Friday sequel and some Disney reboots. For more than 40

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02:33:09

BPR Full Show 8/08: Socks And Crocs

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2025/08/08

For this week's media analysis segment “Press Play," BU Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies Joan Donovan discusses how mainstream media headlines fail to capture the real story, and how the White House is losing control over Epstein conspiracy theories.Then, it's Live Music Friday with Boston-based rapper and music coach RedShaydez, who is leading a new artist development program called Music Jumpstart. She joins alongside rapper and producer JoiBeatz.Retired federal judge

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02:40:50

BPR Full Show 8/7: Trump Isn't Like Prince Andrew?

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2025/08/07

Chuck Todd on latest political headlinesAndrea Cabral weighs in on Jim Acosta “interviewing” an AI avatar of a Parkland shooting survivorPaul Reville on private school vouchers, high absenteeism in Mass. classrooms, the bill on banning cell phones in classrooms, and moreDr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel on the impacts of cuts to Medicaid, ICE getting a hold of Medicaid data, and some of his recent columns for the Atlantic and New York Times

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02:33:49

BPR Full Show 8/06: Auditor Diana DiZoglio +...

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2025/08/06

The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen gives his arts and culture reviews around the region – from Christine Baranski in Newport and more.On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin traces the steps that have weakened the legislation over time…right up to Texas’ planned gerrymandered maps.State Auditor Diana DiZoglio still hasn’t audited the legislature, like voters approved back in November. She joins us to talk about what (or who) is standing in

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02:40:46

BPR Full Show 8/5: The Sports Bra (Women's Sports Bar)

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2025/08/05

CNN's John King with the latest political headlines from Washington. ACLU of Mass Carol Rose on an update on their first birthright citizenship case in federal appeals courtLydia Coverdale-Perez and Whitney Edwards, two of the women behind Watch With Us Boston, the group that just purchased rights to open a Boston franchise of The Sports Bra, a sports bar dedicated to women’s sports. NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey on the deal to bring the Connecticut Sun to Boston

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02:34:11

BPR Full Show 8/04: Frolicking in Ogunquit

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2025/08/04

NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Jim. NAACP's Michael Curry on how Trump is replacing "woke" with his own version of diversity, plus a mini-lesson on the history of white supremacy, in today’s context. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on whether Mayor Wu has paid enough attention to the city center and the Connecticut Sun WNBA team potentially moving to Boston.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett on the return of the presidential fitness test, CVS

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02:31:49

BPR Full Show 8/01: Rhinestone Pink Guitar

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2025/08/01

GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Yawu Miller join for this week’s round of Press Play media analysis. They discuss media coverage of Epstein developments, an incident where two Boston Globe reporters were attacked at Mass & Cass., WEEI host Mike Felger’s outsized influence in Boston media and what Margaret Sullivan has dubbed “the media capitulation index.”John Davidson once hosted of shows like Hollywood Squares and That’s Incredible!, and served as Johnny Carson’s

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02:09:56

BPR Full Show 7/31: Drop That Lobsta

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2025/07/31

Dan Primack, business editor with Axios, talks about the state of the Fed, Trump tariffs and global trade.Andrea Cabral on DOJ chair Tulsi Gabbard winning over Trump with claims about Obama engaging in criminal conspiracy.James Jacoby joins to talk about his latest film for FRONTLINE, “Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran.”

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31:27

Best Of BPR 7/30: Spy On Sy (And Puffins) At Eastern...

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2025/07/30

Today:Naturalist Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss her trip with producer Zoe Mathews to a puffin colony in Maine.And, Marty Martinez is the new CEO and President of United Way of Massachusetts Bay. He joins to discuss the nonprofit and social services.

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02:36:07

BPR Full Show 7/30: A Song That Launched A Thousand...

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2025/07/30

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses AI-fueled video games and the mayoral forum on the arts.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the latest on the gunman in New York, tsunami warnings after last night's earthquake, and new FEMA grants set to go out to states to build migrant detention facilities.Marty Martinez, President and CEO of United Way of Massachusetts Bay, joins to discuss the challenges facing community-based nonprofits right now. Martinez, who

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02:32:53

BPR Full Show 7/29: Such As It Is

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2025/07/29

Congresswoman Katherine Clark discusses what she’s called “six months of chaos under Republican leadership,” the Democratic strategy to get the Epstein files released, and the future of an unpopular party.NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey on the New York City gunman who apparently targeted NFL offices; the Fenway Aramark concession strike; and the MLB’s newest star affectionately known as "Big Dumper."Lee Pelton of the Boston Foundation discusses the latest in higher education deals with the

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37:59

Best Of BPR 7/28: Judge Gertner On A Rogue DOJ &...

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2025/07/28

Today:Retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner discusses a Department of Justice gone rogue, as top department officials suggest ignoring court orders.And, Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers and NAACP discusses the impacts of conservative attacks on diversity.

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02:37:05

BPR Full Show 7/28: The Right To Disconnect

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2025/07/28

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on a growing number of whistleblowers claiming top DOJ officials said the department could ignore numerous court orders. Is this the new normal under President Trump, and what does it say about our courts’ ability to check the powers of the executive? Former Boston Globe editor, now head of BU Journalism, Brian McGrory on more news of Steward Health CEO Ralph de la Torre – a bankruptcy case alleges he and other executives defrauded the company of over

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37:24

Best Of BPR 7/25: Live Music With Solas Ahead Of...

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2025/07/25

Today:We’ll start with Live Music Friday, from Irish folk band Solas performing for us ahead of the Lowell Folk Festival.And, Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss joins us with MIT economist Jon Gruber – making the case for new cities -- as in, we need to build a lot of housing, and quickly, if we’re going to get ourselves out of the housing crisis.

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02:30:27

BPR Full Show 7/25: Beaches and Burgers

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2025/07/25

Local woman, coyote wrangler and NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Jim.Julie Millican, Vice President of Media Matters, joins for this week’s edition of Press Play media analysis. Irish folk band Solas performs ahead of this weekend's Lowell Folk Festival. We also talk with festival founders Seamus Eagan and Winnie Hogan, plus executive director Lee Viliesis.GBH's Callie Crossley discusses a protest on Nantucket against Vice President JD Vance, WBZ layoffs, Trump’s latest push

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