• BPR Full Show 2/23: The Blizzard of '26
    Feb 23 2026

    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 state of Black voter support for the Trump administration, and corporate DEI efforts.

    Ali Noorani, the Barr Foundation’s new president, joins to share his hopes and goals for the philanthropic organization under his leadership.

    We dedicate hour three of the show to special snow coverage, talking with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Boston mayor Michelle Wu, meteorologist David Epstein, NBC 10 Boston's Sue O'Connell, GBH's Jeremy Siegel, CAI's John Basile, MassDOT's Jonathan Gulliver, the MBTA's COO Ryan Coholan, and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.

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    2 ore e 39 min
  • BPR Full Show 2/20: Beam Us Up
    Feb 20 2026

    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 “Lead Like The Boss: The Bruce Springsteen Framework to Elevating Your Leadership.”

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    1 ora e 35 min
  • BPR Full Show 2/19: Speed No More
    Feb 19 2026

    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?”

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  • BPR Full Show 2/18: Cheating To Win
    Feb 18 2026

    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 Trenni Casey gives us a dispatch from the winter Olympics: on how a cheating scandal is upheaving the friendly sport of curling, and how, per usual, the Olympic Village has already run out of condoms.

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    1 ora e 33 min
  • BPR Full Show 2/17: The Nancy Guthrie Case
    Feb 17 2026
    BPR Full Show 2/17: The Nancy Guthrie Case
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    1 ora e 52 min
  • BPR Full Show 2/13: A Glass Case Of Emotion
    Feb 13 2026

    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 DOJ's release of the Epstein files, and the internet sleuths claiming they're able to un-redact them.

    Boston Globe Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein unveils the new Love Letters "Telebooth" at the Boston Public Library, where people can leave a message in a giant phone booth. Then, Meredith sticks around to help answer your love questions ahead of Valentine's Day.

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    1 ora e 48 min
  • BPR Full Show 2/12: Don't Touch My Stuff
    Feb 12 2026
    BPR Full Show 2/12: Don't Touch My Stuff
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    1 ora e 51 min
  • BPR Full Show 2/11: Hi, My Name Is
    Feb 11 2026

    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 communication between dogs and the humans who give them buttons. Plus, the Indigenous-led declaration recognizing whales as legal persons.

    And, Joe Hanson, host of High School Quiz Show, checks in ahead of the new season.

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    1 ora e 48 min