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Monday on BPR:
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
Food authority Corby Kummer
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Michael Curry of the Mass. League of Community Health Centers
BPR is on tape for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We'll be back live on Monday, Dec. 1.
Recent segments
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BPR: A Governor, A Mayor, And Some Bully Boys
Obama addressed the nation last night to explain new executive actions about immigration. We check in with you to sift through the fallout.Governor Mike… -
You Can't Judge A Wine By Its Number
Need some potent potables to mollify your family this Thanksgiving? Boston Wine School's Jonathon Alsop is on hand to help you properly pair wines with… -
Jimmy Carter: The World-Wide Shame Of Violence Against Women
America has a complicated relationship with religious dogma. It inspires reverence and provokes revolt. The nation's oldest living president, 90 year old… -
Amidst The Moral Chaos Of War, Humanitarian Work Gave Peter Kassig Purpose
It's a story that, by now, is tragically familiar: an American hostage, alone with his captor in the desert, executed on camera by militants of the… -
BPR: Politics, Pope Watch, and Players
Charlie Sennott drops by to discuss ISIS' execution of a US Aid worker, gives us a G-20 debrief, and previews GroundTruth's investigative reporting on how… -
News Quiz: The Folklorists School Us On History
Need a refresher course on world history? We've got you covered. Or rather, the folks of "The Folklorist"—a New England Emmy-winning history show on…
Listen to previous shows
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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) -
Ask The Attorney General Maura Healey: Net Neutrality
Attorney General Maura Healey joined us for another edition of Ask The AG where she took your questions and ours. Plus, medical ethicist Art Caplan, Mass. Senator Ed Markey on the new GOP tax plan, and we opened the lines to hear if you think the man flu is real. (12/21/17) -
The Taxing Minutiae Of The GOP Tax Plan
With the imminent passing of the GOP tax plan in the near future, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on the plan. Plus, author Celeste Ng, animal expert Sy Montgomery, Harvard Business Schools' Michael Norton and Nancy Koehn, and CNN's John King. (Full show 12/19/17) -
Do You Believe In UFOS?
After the revelation that the Pentagon had active program searching for UFOs came to light this weekend, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on UFOS. Are they real or is it just light hitting off a weather balloon? Plus, A political roundtable, ACLU's Carol Rose, Charlie Sennott, and TV expert Bob Thompson.