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 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-2PM Monday through Friday.
Episodes
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 ...
Chuck Todd on latest political headlines
Andrea Cabral weighs in on Jim Acosta “interviewing” an AI avatar of a Parkland shooting survivor
Paul Reville on private school vouchers, high absenteeism in Mass. classrooms, the bill on banning cell phones in classrooms, and more
Dr. 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 Yor...
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 i...
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 court
Lydia 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...
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...
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 Hollyw...
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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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.
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 chal...
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 Bost...
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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.
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 c...
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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.
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 Nantucke...
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Omer Bartov is the Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He joins us to discuss his view that Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
Then GBH CEO Susan Goldberg stops by studio 3 to update us on the impacts of losing federal funding.
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Market Basket executives Tom Gordon and Joe Schmidt join Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to discuss their firings, in the wake of speaking out against the company's latest.
And, husband-and-wife owners of La Saison bakery, Soheil Fathi & Sarah Moridpour discuss their journey from Tehran to the Boston area.
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses the Labubu craze and 200 years of American Art on display at the PEM.
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Israel's expanded attacks in central Gaza, the growing daily deaths at food and humanitarian sites operated by the IDF, and France's media organization calling for the removal of its freelancers who remain in Gaza, citing starvation.
Market Basket emp...
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“The Garden Lady” herself, C.L. Fornari, joins to discuss her program on GBH and CAI.
And, Joe Schmidt and Paul Quigley have each worked at Market Basket for decades; they're currently suspended in the wake of turmoil in the board room over leadership at the company. They join to discuss.
CNN chief national correspondent John King on the latest national political news.
C.L. Fornari, the garden lady, joins to discuss her Saturday afternoon CAI/GBH broadcast ... and takes listener questions about plants and gardening.
Joe Schmidt, Tom Gordon, and Paul Quigley are Market Basket supervisors suspended by the company in the wake of CEO Artie T Demoulas being placed on leave. They were suspended over allegations the...
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