Boston Public Radio Podcast

CNN’s John King on national politics, food policy analyst Corby Kummer and NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey

We start the week by checking in on Trump and Israel’s now 17 day war in Iran.  Then, it's Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther on the TSA’s latest struggles and why he's a headphone evangelist.  Author Janice Page discusses her memoir “The Year of the Water Horse." And retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses the ongoing legal battles after one year of Trump's immigration crackdown....

NCB10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses the rescission of a Biden-era rule on LGBTQ foster care placements and what the filibuster has to do with the SAVE Act. Live Music Friday with Irish musicians Matt & Shannon Heaton and flutist Kozo Toyota, one of three members of the Japanese band O'Jizo that plays traditional Irish music. Tonight, they all collaborate on a show at Club Passim. Dr. Megan...

BPR Full Show 3/12: How To Load The Dishwasher

Alan Khazei, founder of City Year, discusses the value of public service. Alex Green talks about his book A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled, which is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.  Senator Ed Markey zooms in to discuss the cost of war with Iran. Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses AI-assisted warfare...

BPR Full Show 3/10: Ask The Mayor With Mayor Wu

Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek and NAACP Boston's Ed Burley join to discuss their group's opposition to Mayor Wu's White Stadium plan. NBC Sports Boston anchor-reporterTrenni Casey on the battle over security funding for the FIFA World Cup in Foxborough. Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses a new study that finds Tylenol use in pregnant women d...

Anand Giridharadas of The. Ink Substack and MSNBC commentator joins for Press Play, our weekly media analysis segment, to discuss Pete Hegseth's Iran press conferences in front of a new, friendlier press corps this week. Flutist Jamie Baum joins us for Live Music Friday, ahead of a show at Scullers on Saturday. Steve Elman, former jazz host and one of Jamie's professional cheerleaders, also joins...

Political commentator Chuck Todd discusses the latest national political headlines and how Republicans are walking a tight-rope between Trump and the party's anti-interventionists.  Olga Cherevko is  head of communications for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She joins us again via zoom to discuss how the US-Israel war on Iran is impacting Palestinians. Forme...

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses misinformation and cyberwarfare shaping the conflict in Iran. ACLU of Massachusetts' Carol Rose discusses how the Trump immigration policies are making us less safe: since the administration starting denying bond hearings to immigrants detained inside the country, a number of habeas cases have overwhelmed prosecutors and offices are droppi...

It’s been four days of attacks on Iran. Six Americans are dead. Global markets are down. We open the phones to get more of your reactions to the unfolding situation and what comes next. Then, CNN's John King on the primaries today around the country, and takeaways from Clinton's Epstein depositions. The Boston Foundation’s Lee Pelton on how nonprofits like his are managing under Trump, and how TBF...

We start the show on Iran. Daniel Drezner is a Distinguished Professor of International Politics and Academic Dean at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  He gives the latest on the U.S.-led attacks on Iran and what comes next for the region under fire.  Joanna Lydgate heads the States United Democracy Center, which aims to protect free and fair elections in the United St...

Author and journalist Rachel Hartigan discusses her book "Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life." Jazz, neo‑soul and reggae artist Safiya performs for Live Music Friday. NBC10Boston's Sue O'Connell on Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the Clintons' testimony on Jeffrey Epstein. Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther zooms in to discuss...

Chuck Todd with his State of the Union analysis  Andrea Cabral discusses the 'Dalilah Law' & Trump's proposal to target immigrant driver's licenses and how it would impact Mass, which passed the Work and Family Mobility Act in 2023. Shirley Leung discusses her reporting on deaths of homeless people outside South Station ... plus, the surge on pot shops during the winter storm.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussing the State of the Union and cartel violence in Mexico. Danielle Bell, head of the UN's human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, discusses this week marking 4 years of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. Haley Fortier (haley.henry and nathalie wine bars) and Alicia Towns Franken (Wine Unify and Towns Wine Co.), two leaders in Boston's wine community,...

BPR Full Show 2/24: Snow Much Snow

As a massive blizzard bears down on New England, Jim and Margery keep talking on the airwaves. They take calls from listeners on how they're faring during the storm and help Jim answer questions about his pellet stove. Plus: MassDems chair Steve Kerrigan and MassGOP chair Amy Carnevale join us for our regular political check-in. Princeton University professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses the s...

For Press Play media analysis we talk to NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell and GBH's Callie Crossley.  Live Music Friday with saxophonist Zishi Liu. He's headlining a Lunar New Year concert at Regattabar later this month. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses today's SCOTUS ruling that bars President Trump from enacting sweeping tariffs.   We play our conversation with Andy Freed, author of “Le...

Juliette Kayyem on Democratic mayors across the country moving to limit ICE action in their cities Andrea Cabral on the Colin Gray case, father of a school shooter. Federico Rossano on a GBH event screening NOVA’s “Can Dogs Talk?”

We remember documentarian Frederick Wiseman and actor Robert Duvall with The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen. And he reviews the new Wuthering Heights movie. Boston Globe technology writer Hiawatha Bray discusses why more people are turning to AI for health-related questions (and what it means for their health). Plus, why Healey's social media regulation plan faces an uphill battle. NBC Sports Boston’s...

BPR Full Show 2/17: The Nancy Guthrie Case

NBC10 Sue O'Connell joins to discuss NYC officials re-raising the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, after the Trump administration ordered it removed.  Will Nelson Jr. and Loren Benn perform for Live Music Friday, ahead of a Valentine's Day show at Coquette. Boston University researcher Joan Donovan joins for Press Play media analysis, discussing the misinformation stemming from the D...

BPR Full Show 2/12: Don't Touch My Stuff

Ian Coss of the Big Dig and John Bullard, former New Bedford mayor and Sustainable Development director at NOAA, discuss season three of the podcast, "Catching the Codfather." Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on security at the Olympics and the Super Bowl, plus the crypto currency grift within the Trump family. Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss inter-species c...

NBC Sports' Trenni Casey with updates on the games and the Super Bowl. CNN's John King on the latest national political headlines. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for Ask the Mayor taking listeners questions