Boston Public Radio Podcast

Chris Vogel of Boston Magazine joins with Justin Power of the Red Fox and Michael Foley of JJ Foley's to discuss their Best of Boston list of best bars and restaurants in the city. Pumawari Tusuy joins for Live Music Friday, ahead of their performance at the Vessel Arrival Ceremony of the Peruvian Tall Ship.  Sue O'Connell, BPR's unofficial Karen Read correspondent, discusses the latest disclosure...

Tufts International Politics professor Dan Drezner discusses the latest news out of Iran. Boston City Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune and Randolph City Councilor Natacha Clerger join to discuss the local impacts of the Supreme Court's ruling on TPS for Haitians specifically. Andrea Cabral, former public safety secretary, discusses the disturbing revelations from ex-trooper Michael Proctor's texts ......

Juliette Kayyem to discuss Iran. Patrick Roath discusses his challenge to Congressman Stephen Lynch. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for Ask the Mayor, 12-1

Trenni Casey, on the USMNT out of the World Cup, and the C's trading Jaylen Brown. CNN's John King discusses the latest Graham Platner allegations, and more in national politics. ACLU MA's Carol Rose discusses the slate of recent Supreme Court rulings on trans kids in sports, mail-in ballots, the TPS revocation ... plus, the latest in the Prairieland anti-ICE cases, where a number of defendants ar...

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner zooms in for a Monday catch-up of all the SCOTUS news ... plus, Trump's efforts to again delay his $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of African American Studies at Princeton, reflects on this fraught July 4 holiday. Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus join for a transit panel as Blue Hill Ave gets some attention ... We'll als...

Callie Crossley + Adam Reilly joining for Press Play — discuss the first terrorism charges brought against purported Antifa activists, and ABC's campaign urging viewers to push back against FCC pressure. Boston-based neo reggae band Bubble Wave is here for Live Music Friday. Senator Elizabeth Warren joins at the library to discuss her bipartisan housing bill, Trump abruptly canceling his signing o...

Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner discussing the expected Supreme Court rulings from this morning, and a DOJ subpoena for Washington Post and WSJ reporters. Sue O'Connell discusses the state of Massachusetts ballot questions, and the Washington Post's test of chatbots' political biases. Amherst professor Ilan Stavans discusses his forthcoming anthology of religious writings — "A Nation Wrestles...

CNN's John King zooms in with the latest national political headlines. Boston Globe's Shirley Leung discusses the dignitaries and CEOs treating the World Cup like a Davos summit, and the SJC blocking the rent control ballot question. National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the possibility of federal agents at the polls this fall, and Trump's attack on "antifascist operatives" Two sons o...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell answers your questions Steve Kerrigan of MassDems and Amy Carnevale of MassGOP join for a politics discussion.  Martha Walsh and Marsha Warfield join ahead of their dual-headline show, "It's Raining Queens" at the Regent in Arlington.

Sy Montgomery discussing legislation to protect the horseshoe crab from being bloodletted for medical purposes. Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett on the newest research on cannabis and the brain, and impending MassHealth work requirements. Corby Kummer discusses the unraveling of our food safety net, our very real addiction to ultraprocessed foods, and Ina Garten's messy new podcast. Kelly Beatty of Sk...

Ron Mitchell, publisher of Bay State Banner, and Marita Rivero, former CEO of the Museum of African American History join for Press Play. Women in World Jazz is our guest for Live Music Friday, ahead of a their Belmont Public Library performance in July. Sue O'Connell discusses Trump's Qatari jet and the Europification of Boston/Cambridge over the World Cup. Julia Marcus of GBH Music joins to disc...

Chuck Todd discusses Trump's Iran nuclear deal/MOU to cease fighting. Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters fame discusses some of her recent columns: "I'm sick of not living together" and "We don't like the same music" plus her event at the BPL about the history of advice. Senator Van Hollen zooms in to discuss his thoughts about Democrats' failed Israel/Palestine policy, and other...

Les Miserables lead actors Nick Cartell and Hayden Tee join to discuss Broadway in Boston's production, through the end of the month. Omer Bartov, Brown University's professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, discusses his new book "Israel: What Went Wrong" Carol Rose of the ACLU of Mass discusses the House bill on public records and legislative audit, and the Supreme Court wrapping up its term....

Tufts international politics professor Dan Drezner discusses the latest deal in Iran. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung joins with all the news about World Cup in Boston, and debriefs her and Jim's interview with former DA Rachael Rollins. Dr. Kate Ackerman of the Women's Health Sports and Performance Institute discusses the gap in research around women's sports health. Corby Kummer ex...

BPR Full Show 6/12: Watching Trump's UFC Fight Or World Cup?

We'll start the show by airing a conversation Jim and Boston Globe's Shirley Leung had with Rachel Rollins yesterday; Rollins is running for Suffolk DA, to unseat her successor in the position, Kevin Hayden. Chuck Todd zooms in for the latest national political headlines. Andrea Cabral discusses the Supreme Court's final cases this term. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the Bill Pulte appointm...

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussing the latest round of strikes between US and Iran. Gary Mitchell discusses the closing of the S&S deli after 107 years.  Carolyn Chou of Homes for All Massachusetts, discusses the rent control ballot question. Senator Ed Markey discusses his campaign for his eighth term in Congress. (zoom)

Dan Primack, business editor at Axios, discusses the state of the economy. John King discusses Trump's baseless vote fraud claims in California, Scott Pelley's NYT interview re: CBS/60 Minutes, and other national political headlines. Trenni Casey discusses Trump at the Knicks game, and a Somali refugee soccer player denied entry to the US ahead of the World Cup. Kara Holmquist, director of advocac...

Ian Coss and Stephanie Pollack join us to discuss "the Highway Teardown tour" Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther discusses Boston's first nonstop flight to Belize, and how the ultrarich are doing the World Cup. Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses the World Cup from a public health lens, and the rise in young people getting colon cancer. Corby Kummer discusses the push to incorporate green...

Kelly Garrity and Matt Stout of the Boston Globe join for Press Play. Mariachi singer and artist Veronica Robles performs for Live Music Friday. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio discusses the legislature's new audit bill, which she says undermines the ballot question approved by voters. Gary Daffin and Adrianna Boulin join ahead of this weekend's Boston Pride for the People event.

BPR Full Show 6/4: Fight At The White House

Naturalist Sy Montgomery discuses the elephants of the New Bedford Zoo and a blue octopus that made headlines last week. GOP Senate hopeful John Deaton stops by to discuss why he’s hoping to unseat Senator Markey in November.  FRONTLINE producer/writer Mike Wiser discusses their latest film "The War Cabinet." National security expert Juliette Kayyem on a rise in deaths and suicides at ICE detentio...

BPR Full Show 6/2: MA Governor Answers Listener Questions

NBC Boston's Sue O'Connell and Trenni Casey fill infor Jim and Margery today. They talk to: Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on a judge stopping Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund.  Princeton's Khalil Gibran Muhammad on new data showing non-white students are the largest share of U.S. college enrollment.  Former Massachusetts education secretary Paul Reville on AI use in schools, and planned lay...

BPR Full Show 5/29: Is Summer Too Expensive?