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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Food policy expert Corby Kummer
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart
The Long Run: Rachel Binstock from Wasted*
Recent segments
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Bob Thompson Reflects On Return Of Comedians To White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Hassan Minhaj and Kenan Thompson booked to take center-stage at this year’s dinner. -
All Rev'd Up: Catholic Church Has Seen 'No Systemic Change'
Little has changed since Pope Francis' sexual abuse protection summit last year, Price and Monroe say. -
Chieppo: Sanders Victory Puts Democrats In ‘One Of The Lowest Levels Of Hell’
The Chieppo Strategies principal was joined by former Mass GOP Chair Jennifer Nassour for a politics roundtable. -
Michael Bloomberg Will 'Not Allow' Bloomberg News Investigations About Him, Says Callie Crossley
The owner of the news company said he will not allow Bloomberg News to write investigative reports on him. -
The BPR News Quiz, Featuring Kimberly Senior And Shane Kenyon Of 'Sweat'
On Friday, the duo took Boston Public Radio's storied news quiz. -
Sue O'Connell On The Latest Line Of Barbies
In January, toy company Matel unveiled its newest line of Barbie products, The Barbie Wellness Collection.
Listen to previous shows
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Will A Tweet Bring About The Apocalypse
Donald Trump sent out a tweet last night in which he bragged about the size of his nuclear button compared to Kim Jong Un's. We opened the lines to hear to get your thoughts about Trump tweet and his decision to taunt North Korea. Plus, NECN's Sue O'Connell, National security expert Juliette Kayyem, food writer Corby Kummer, and Law expert Renne Landers. (Full Show 1/3/18) -
BPR Live From The Freezer
With a record-setting cold front continuing to freeze out the country, we opened the lines to hear how you have been dealing with the cold. Plus, our political roundtable, medical ethicist Art Caplan, Nancy Koehn and the Carol Rose from the ACLU. (Full Show 1/2/18) -
BPR REWIND FULL SHOW: 12.27.19
We're on tape today, replaying some of our favorite conversations, which include: - Ron Chernow joins Jim and Margery to talk about his latest biography GRANT. - Harvard Business School's Michael Norton discusses his latest research, which looks at what is more valuable to people, saving money of saving time - author Karl Ove Knaussgard discusses his latest book,Autumn - Patti Smith discusses why she considers herself a writer above all of the other talents she’s known for. It’s the subject of her new memoir Devotion (Why I Write). - Salman Rushdie discusses his new novel, The Golden House—Set against the backdrop of current American culture and politics, it’s a modern epic of loss and reinvention— - Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas discuss their new book Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind. -
BPR REWIND FULL SHOW 12/26/17 The Turkey Takeover
If you can never get a seat at Boston’s wildly popular restaurant Myers and Chang—Myers and Chang can now come to you by way of a great new cookbook, Myers + Chang At Home. Chef Joanne Chang joins Jim and Margery to talk about it. We open up the lines and ask you about the turkeys who have been taking over parts of Massachusetts. Adam Gopnick joins Jim and Margery to regale us with tales of trying to make it New York City, it’s the subject of his new memoir, At the Stranger's Gate: Arrivals in New York. Microsoft exec turned experimental chef Nathan Myhrvold about his latest cookbook—a 50 pound exploration and explanation of bread, Modernist Bread, The Art and Science Jacques Pepin and his granddaughter Shorey join Jim and Margery to talk about their latest collaboration, A Grandfather's Lesson: In the Kitchen With Shorey -
Goodbye 2017 Hello 2018
2017 was a tough year, so we opened the lines to hear you vent about the worst parts of the year and what you are excited to see in 2018. Plus, food writer Corby Kummer, tech writer Andy Ihnatko, Emily Rooney, Callie Crossley, and a festival news quiz. (Full Show 12/22/17)