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BPR is on tape for the holidays! We'll be back live Monday Jan. 5th
Recent segments
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The ‘odd, sometimes even amusing moments’ in two years of the pandemic, as told to Boston Public Radio
Toilet paper hoarding, kindness at the cash register and pandemic puppies. -
Two years after declaring a state of emergency, Baker’s grateful to be governor of Massachusetts
“I’m really glad I was here.” -
‘It’s a war against civilization’: What it’s like fighting Russia’s invasion in Kyiv
Former journalist Yuriy Matsarsky shared his experiences on the ground in Ukraine fighting Russia. -
The country's first newspaper devoted to abolition closed in 1820. Now, it's coming back.
Deborah Douglas and Amber Payne, co-Editors in Chief of an all new 'The Emancipator' talk about their vision for the publication. -
'Ukraine will survive, because it has survived for centuries': How Ukrainians are supporting their country from Boston
Vsevolod Petriv and Tetiana Litus joined Boston Public Radio to talk about how they're supporting their loved ones from afar. -
Ask The Governor: Baker explains his opposition to Mayor Michelle Wu’s real estate transfer tax
Baker also expressed support for special needs kids aging out of care at 21, on Boston Public Radio.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 5/20: Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis & Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart Finally Gives Us A Scoop
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center discusses Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart calls in with July 4 news. -
BPR Full Show 5/20: Fifty Years Of Shark Mania
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Celtics out of the playoffs and breaking news about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson joins for a summer movie preview and reflects on 50 years since Jaws premiered. CNN's John King joins remotely to discuss the opposition to Trump's big, beautiful tax bill. -
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BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule
Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a local artist who makes mini-paintings of Boston scenes and leaves the canvases up around the city. He chronicles his work on TikTok as @armoneythomas. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses yesterday's SCOTUS arguments on the 14th Amendment, along with other contested Trump executive orders and the sense that "rule of law" is ending in America. -
BPR Full Show 5/15: Full Of Baloney
Political analyst Chuck Todd with his weekly D.C. rundown.Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks about the return of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk. And, her new bill to stop the garnishment of wages for people with student loans in default. Dr. Sarah Fortune leads a tuberculosis research team at Harvard whose NIH funding was just cut by the Trump administration. She talks about the importance of scientific research and the future of her lab.MIT economist Jon Gruber explains how cuts to higher education will impact the biotech, medical and education economy in Massachusetts.
