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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Award-winning journalist and public radio veteran John Carroll gives his perspective on today's hottest topics.
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The Answered Question is a weekly podcast that unlocks the mystery of performing classical music, with the voices of the artists themselves taking you inside the process of making the music.
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Stories about trends in higher education in Boston and beyond. Based at WGBH, Boston's local NPR.
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NEXT was a radio show and podcast that aired its final episode in May 2021 after a successful five-year run. The weekly program focused on New England, one of America's oldest places, at a time of change. NEXT was produced at Connecticut Public Radio and featured stories from journalists across the New England News Collaborative. Most recently, the program was hosted by Morgan Springer. With New England as our laboratory, NEXT asked questions about how we power our society, how we move aroun ...
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NBC political director Chuck Todd joined live from the DNC. Then we opened the phone lines to talk about the non-toxic masculinity represented by Tim Walz. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discussed her recent column addressing policy disputes between Karen Spilka & Michelle Wu, auditor DiZoglio’s push for a ban on state-led NDAs, and …
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The opened the show with thoughts on day three of the Democratic National Convention. GBH culture editor Jared Bowen discussed an economic whiplash for emerging artists, new documentaries on the lives of Elizabeth Taylor & Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and a weekly rundown of local arts & culture. Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed flo…
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BPR Full Show 8/20: Biden's Spotlight
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We opened the lines to talk about night one of the DNC Trenni Casey, NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter, discussed the case of a transgender teen in NH who wants to play on her school's soccer team Sue O'Connell discussed night one of the DNC Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett explained the latest mpox strain Tibisay Zea, reporter for The World, discusses…
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Best Of BPR 8/19/24: Adam Reilly Previews The DNC & Andrew Gottlieb On Protecting Cape Cod
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Today: Andrea Cabral fills in for Jim Braude. GBH reporter and host Adam Reilly is on the ground in Chicago; he previews the National Democratic Convention ahead of opening night. Andrew Gottlieb is executive director of the Association to Protect Cape Cod, an advocacy group vehemently opposed to a proposed machine gun range on the cape currently w…
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NBC political director Chuck Todd gave his national political roundup. Then we opened up the phone and text lines to talk about AI deepfakes. Are you scared of their political impact? Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discussed the latest developments in Trump's legal cases, and Biden's latest push on student debt relief. Tech writer Andy Ihnatko…
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GBH's Political Reporter Adam Reilly called in from the DNC. Then we opened the lines to hear thoughts about the DNC from listeners. Andrew Gottlieb of the Association to Protect Cape Cod discussed his group's opposition to the National Guard's proposed machine gun range. Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed new price limits for a number of medica…
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Best Of BPR 8/16: Boston Lyric Opera & Private Equity Coming For Your Pets
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Today: Live Music Friday with Boston Lyric Opera, ahead of a free pop-up "Street Stage" show in Roxbury this weekend, in partnership with Hibernian Hall. And later in the show, the Globe’s Marcela Garcia discusses private equity’s hold on the pet industry.By WGBH Educational Foundation
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BPR Full Show 8/16: Influencers And The Election
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What influences you in your daily life? Celebrities, influencers, late night show hosts? We opened the lines to discuss. It was Live Music Friday with the Boston Lyric Opera, ahead of a free pop-up "Street Stage" show in Roxbury this weekend. Bradley Vernatter, CEO and General Director of BLO, Haris Lefteri, creative director of Hibernian Hall, and…
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Best Of BPR 8/15: Imari Paris Jeffries On Hope & JG Wentworth On Your Mind
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Today: Andrea Cabral fills in for Margery. We talk with Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston about the politics of hope, and a need to fundamentally change our political habits – if you want to start eating better, you’ve got to stop buying potato chips. And, we subject you all to the New England jingles that live rent free in our brains. Who eve…
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BPR Full Show 8/14: Who is Herman Caesar?
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Best Of BPR 8/14: "Another Appalachia" & Are You More Farm Or More Wilderness
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BPR Full Show 8/13: How To Load A Dishwasher... Without Making Enemies
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Best Of BPR 8/13: Parental Advisory: Regret & Queen Of Versailles
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Best Of BPR 8/12: Prosecuting Big Oil & A Pineapple Over The Sea
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Best Of BPR 8/12: Prosecuting Big Oil & A Pineapple Over The SeaBy WGBH Educational Foundation
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BPR Full Show 8/12 Upside Down Pineapple
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Best Of BPR 8/09: Grace Kelly Performs & Nancy Gertner Talks SCOTUS Reform
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BPR Full Show 8/09: Olympics Check In
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Best Of BPR 8/08: Sen. Elizabeth Warren & MA Ice Cream Trail
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BPR Full Show 8/8: We Scream for Ice Cream
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Best Of BPR 8/07: Families Of Hamas Hostages Accuse Netanyahu Of Intentionally Delaying Deal & Space 101
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BPR Full Show 8/07: Shot SpotterBy WGBH Educational Foundation
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Best Of BPR 8/06: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's Agenda Dies At End Of Legislative Session
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Best Of BPR 8/06: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's Agenda Dies At End Of Legislative SessionBy WGBH Educational Foundation
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BPR Full Show 8/06: Mayor Wu Supports Residential Tax
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BPR Full Show 8/5:The Best is What's Inside
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Best Of BPR 8/05: Trenni On The Olympics And Fridge-Scaping
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BPR Full Show 8/2: LiverwurstBy WGBH Educational Foundation
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Best Of BPR 8/02: David Hogg Is Just One White Dude For Harris & Silkroad Ensemble
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Best Of BPR 8/01: Trump Questions Harris' Racial Identity & An Economist On Why IVF Is Good For Society
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BPR Full Show 8/1: Caffeination Nation
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BPR Full Show 7/31: Governor Healey On The Shelter System
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Best Of BPR 7/31: Gov. Healey Discusses New Shelter Policy
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Best Of BPR 7/30: Make Democracy Fun Again & Only Fans At The Olympics
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Best Of BPR 7/29: Cat Ladies For Democracy & "The History Of Sound"
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Best Of BPR 7/29: Cat Ladies For Democracy & "The History Of Sound"By WGBH Educational Foundation
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BPR Full Show 7/29: Cat Ladies Unite
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BPR Full Show 7/26: Paris OlympicsBy WGBH Educational Foundation
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Best Of BPR 7/25: Pushing Back Against DEI Pushback & Kamala Harris' Food Policy
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BPR Full Show 7/25: Forever and a Day
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BPR Full Show 7/24: Sweet DreamsBy WGBH Educational Foundation
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Best Of BPR 7/24: The Secret Service's Failure & The Straight Poop On Water Quality
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Best Of BPR 7/23: Kamala Harris' Brat Summer & The Winter's Tale
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Best Of BPR 7/22: Rep. Pressley, Steve Kerrigan, Alan Solomont On Biden Stepping Down
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Best Of BPR 7/19: Landmarks Orchestra & Boston Olympics? No Thanks.
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Best Of BPR 7/19: Landmarks Orchestra & Boston Olympics? No Thanks.By WGBH Educational Foundation
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BPR Full Show 7/19: No Boston Olympics
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Best Of BPR 7/18: Bill Kristol's State Of The Race & Summer At The Movies
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BPR Full Show 7/18: Escape to the Movies
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BPR Full Show 7/17: Flip Flop Politics
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Best Of BPR 7/17: Storing Renewable Energy In Everett & Parents Crashing The Honeymoon
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BPR Full Show 7/16: Past Assassination Attempts
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