Boston Public Radio Podcast

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, February 13th, 2019. We spoke with Sen. Ed Markey about the Green New Deal. Carolyn Beeler, the environment reporter for The World, called us from Antarctica, where she’s embedded with the research vessel the Nathaniel B. Palmer, which is on expedition to Thwaites Glacier. We spoke with economist Jonathan Gruber about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax on people with assets in excess of $50 million. National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed the controversy between billionaire Jeff Bezos and The National Enquirer. We discussed a new bill in Oregon that could eliminate vaccine exemptions for parents after an outbreak of measles in the state. We asked Sue O’Connell, host of NECN’s “The Takeaway,” whether America will elect a bachelor, like Sen. Cory Booker, to the White House. In the aftermath of the Westminster Dog Show, we asked our listeners how they felt about the practice of “clipping” dogs' nails, tails and ears, which is prevalent in dog competitions. Boston Globe columnist Meredith Goldstein joined us to discuss the second season of her podcast “Love Letters.”

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, February 12th, 2018. The MBTA is considering fare hikes, which by their own projections would result in ridership declines, which could force more people to rely on cars or rideshare programs. We kicked off the show by opening the lines and asking our listeners: What’s the solution here? And where is the urgency? Bob Costas spoke out about the dangers of the NFL. Did it cost him his job? Trenni Kusnierek joined us for that and more. Kusnierek is an anchor and reporter for NBC sports Boston and a BPR contributor. Five years after sending text messages to her suicidal boyfriend encouraging him to kill himself, Michelle Carter is going to jail. ACLU Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose joined us to discuss the potential implications of this case on free speech. A collaboration between FRONTLINE and The Wall Street Journal investigates how a pediatrician got away with preying on his patients for years. We spoke with reporter Christopher Weaver about this story, detailed in his film, “Predator on the Reservation,” which premieres tonight on PBS. It’s February, and it’s cold and snowing. Instead of going on a winter getaway, Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther suggests not getting away from it at all. His travel tip: go where it’s even colder, head for Quebec city. He joins us to defend this, and to offer some counter programming by way of the unsung beaches of Florida… and more. He’s also a columnist for The Boston Globe and a BPR contributor. John King, CNN’s Chief National Correspondent, joins us to go over the latest politics headlines. King is the anchor of Inside Politics, which you can catch weekdays at noon and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. A team of researchers are opening up an academy dedicated to longevity. We opened the lines to ask our listeners — why? Who among us wants to surpass our life expectancy?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, February 11th, 2019. We went over the latest headlines with our political roundtable, featuring Jennifer Braceras and Michael Curry. Braceras is a political columnist, senior fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum, and a former Commissioner of the United States Commission on Civil Rights; Curry is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Mass League of Community Health Centers and a member of the National NAACP Board of Directors. Television expert Bob Thompson shared his picks for the best and worst TV of the week. Thompson is founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. Charles Sennott, founder of The GroundTruth Project and a WGBH News analyst, explained the deepening crisis in Venezuela. In 2020 coverage so far, we've read about how Kirsten Gillibrand eats chicken and Elizabeth Warren drinks beer. We opened up the lines and asked you: Are you fed up with the superficial nature of the coverage and of our national discourse? On the latest installment of "All Revved Up," Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett Price looked at Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's refusal to resign from office after a racist photo of him surfaced. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail, as well as a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at Boston University's School of Theology. Price is a professor of Worship, Church & Culture and Founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Got home improvement questions? The folks from "This Old House" have answers! Kevin O’Connor, host of "This Old House" and "Ask This Old House" and Charlie Silva, a general contractor for "This Old House," took your calls.

On today's episode of Boston Public Radio: Democrats have unveiled an ambitious new proposal for fighting climate change, the "Green New Deal." Joining us on the line to explain the proposal was Congressman Bill Keating of the 9th district of Massachusetts. Keating is on the House Foreign Affairs Committees, where he serves as chairman of the Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment Subcommittee. We opened up the lines and asked you: Do you think the Green New Deal could work? Do you support it? Emily Rooney, host of "Beat the Press," shared her famous list of observations and frustrations. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh took our questions and yours on "Ask the Mayor." Have the latest revelations about Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry doomed her shot at beating Trump? We asked Shirley Leung, interim editorial page editor for the Boston Globe. Callie Crossley, host of "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley," looked at the ways former First Lady Michelle Obama reinvented the book tour while promoting her new memoir, "Becoming." Husband-and-wife duo Joanne Chang and Christopher Myers of Myers + Chang and Flour Bakery faced off on a sweet News Quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, February 7th, 2019

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, February 6th, 2018. We spoke with Washington Post reporter Annie Linskey about the 2020 presidential race. We opened up the lines to hear what our listeners thought about President Donald Trump’s third State of the Union address. Congressman Seth Moulton joined us to give us his take on President Trump’s State of the Union address. We spoke with national security expert Juliette Kayyem about the latest developments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford joined us to discuss her new book, “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution and Why America Might Miss It.” Medical ethicist Art Caplan gave us his analysis on Trump’s third State of the Union Address. We opened up the lines and asked our listeners to share their memories of gym class in school, and whether they think physical education should be reformed or not. WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen joined us to talk about Bedlam’s production of “Pygmalion,” which is playing at the Central Square Theater through March 3.

Corby Kummer, senior editor at The Atlantic, award winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the growing movement of using food as medicine.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, February 5th, 2019. The Patriots celebrated their Super Bowl win with a duck boat parade through Boston today. We covered the festivities from our Library studio and took your calls on all things Patriots. Trump will be delivering his State of the Union address tonight. We opened the lines to hear if you will be watching. Senior Editor at The Atlantic, award winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy Corby Kummer, joined us to talk about how Brexit is impacting the international food supply. Andrew Li and Irene Li, two of the three siblings behind the food trucks and restaurants that make up the Mei Mei Group, joined us to talk about their new cookbook, Double Awesome Chinese Food. CNN’s chief National Correspondent and host of * Inside Politics*, John King, discussed what to expect from tonight’s State of the Union. ALEX BEAM, Boston Globe Columnist, his latest book is “The Feud: Vladimir Nabakov, Edmund Wilson and the End of a Beautiful Friendship,” gave us his famous explainer.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, February 4th, 2019.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, February 1st, 2019. Congressman Jim McGovern joined us to discuss his new position as the Chairman of the House Rules Committee. WGBH's Emily Rooney gave us her famous list. Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell was in the studio to talk about the Boston Globe's recent valedictorian study. Tech writer Andy Ihnatko talked about the latest tech mishaps at Apple and Facebook. Documentarian Errol Morris joined us to discuss his new documentary on Steve Bannon, American Dharma. It seems these days that it is impossible to get out of the reach of Amazon. We opened the lines to hear if you could avoid buying anything from the online monopoly for an entire week. Rebekah Salwasser, the executive director of the Red Sox Foundation , and Adam Grossman, the chief marketing officer of the Boston Red Sox, joined us for the news quiz.