Episodes
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BPR Full Show 09/02/2019: Ed Asner, Bren Smith, USWNT World Champion Sam Mewis
Today on Boston Public Radio: Actor Ed Asner joined Jim and Margery to talk about his new play God Help Us! Andrew Li and Irene Li joined Jim and Margery to talk about their new cookbook, which they wrote with their sister Margaret Li called** "**Double Awesome Chinese Food: Irresistible and Totally Achievable Recipes from our Chinese-American Kitchen." Bren Smith, a former commercial fisherman discussed his new memoir "Eat Like A Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer." Writer Christopher Castellani discussed his latest novel, "Leading Men." US Women’s National Team Soccer player Sam Mewis joined BPR days after winning the women’s World Cup Championship. -
BPR Full Show 08/30/19: Adam Gopnik, Norman Mineta, John Waters, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, And Ben Mezrich.
Today on Boston Public Radio: Jim and Margery talked to New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik about his latest book, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism." Harvard Business School behavioral economist Michael Norton joined us for his monthly appearance when he explains us to ourselves. Today we looked at the pathology of the “ask braggart,” the person whose sole motivation behind asking you a question is to tell you about themselves. Jim and Margery talked to Norman Mineta, the former statesman and Japanese internment camp survivor who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush about a new PBS documentary,* "*Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story." New Yorker Staff writer George Packer discussed his latest book, "Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century." Filmmaker, writer, artist and one of our greatest cultural commentators John Waters talked to Jim and Margery about his latest book, "Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder." Creator of Bojack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg discussed his new collection of short stories. "Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory." Ben Mezrich discusses his latest book, "Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Redemption and Betrayal." This episode of *Boston Public Radio was previously taped.* -
BPR Full Show 08/29/19: Cartoonist Roz Chast With Humorist Patricia Marx, Comedian Jay Pharaoh, And Guster.
Today on Boston Public Radio: New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe discussed his latest book, "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland." Cartoonist Roz Chast and humorist Patricia Marx discussed their latest collaboration, "Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? A Mother's Suggestions." Comedian Jay Pharaoh joined us to talk about his latest projects, which includes a stand-up tour, web series and the movie "Unsane," directed by Stephen Soderberg. Judge Richard Gergel discussed his latest book, "Unexampled Courage," which recounts a racist attack on a South Carolina native after World War II and how that episode sparked the civil rights movement. Harvard Businesses School’s Michael Norton joined us to explain go over his latest research, which looks at identity branding. Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His latest book is "Happy Money, the Science of Happier Spending." The alt-rock band Guster joined us for an in studio performance of their latest album, "Look Alive." This episode of *Boston Public Radio was previously taped.* -
BPR Full Show 08/28/19: Sham Trials, Library Fires, and Getting Zucked.
Today on Boston Public Radio: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian discussed his latest book his latest book, "Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison--Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out." Writer Susan Orlean joined Jim and Margery to talk about her latest publication, "The Library Book," which will soon be turned into a TV miniseries. Jack Bishop, from America’s Test Kitchen, discussed his latest cookbook, "Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey." Investor Roger McNamee helped to build Facebook. In his latest book he wrote about how he’s come to regret it. It’s called "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe." Julia Zelizer joined Jim and Margery to talk about his latest book, "Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974." Zelizer is an analyst for CNN and a professor of history and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Poet Richard Blanco discusses the work of poet Ada Limón. Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, His new book, "How To Love A Country," deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America. This episode of *Boston Public Radio *was previously taped. -
BPR Full Show 08/27/19: The Politics of Patriotism
Today on Boston Public Radio: ESPN’s Howard Bryant discussed his new book, "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism." Michael Eric Dyson discussed his new book, “What Truth Sounds Like: RFK, James Baldwin, And Our Unfinished Conversation About Race In America." Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt discussed his book, "Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics." Sy Montgomery, journalist and naturalist joined the show to talk about her book "The Hyena Scientist." John Hodgman talked about his book, "Vacationland: True Stories From Painful Beaches." Actor and activist George Takei discussed the musical Allegiance, which is based on his real life experience of living in** **a Japanese-American internment camp. This episode of *Boston Public Radio was previously taped.* -
BPR Full Show 08/26/19: Bazelon, Bill, Breakthrough Science, Boyle And Blanco
Today on Boston Public Radio: Jim and Margery talked to New York Times Magazine staff writer and lecturer at Yale Law School Emily Bazelon, whose latest book, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, looks at the causes of mass incarceration. Environmentalist and journalist Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org discussed his latest book, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? MIT economists Jonathon Gruber and Simon Johnson discussed their latest book, Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream. TC Boyle joined Jim and Margery to talk about his latest novel Outside Looking In. Poet Richard Blanco gave a crash course on the literary tools that can make your poetry more poetic. This episode of Boston Public Radio was previously taped. -
BPR Full Show 08/23/2019: Turn On, Tune In, And ... Drop Out?
Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened the lines to hear what listeners think of presidential candidates' playlists. Tech writer Andy Ihnatko joined us to discuss Apple's new credit card, and other tech headlines. Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn discussed a recent pledge from nearly 200 CEO's to put workers before shareholders. Boston Globe business correspondent Shirley Leung discussed how trade wars are affecting manufacturing in western Massachusetts. Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther examined Boston's latest big little trend: micro hotels. Novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux discussed his forthcoming book,* On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey*. Zachary Robinson and Matt Kurtzman, two of the founders of Short Path Distillery in Everett, joined us for a weekly news quiz. -
Corby Kummer: Beanless Brewing - A Sustainable Future For Coffee?
Meat, dairy and eggs have been challenged by alternative plant-based products that mimic the taste and texture of animal products. Now, a company called Atomo Molecular Coffee is trying to create the perfect cup of joe without using the coffee bean. Why would brewing a cup of coffee without the beans be a good idea? Coffee bean production largely contributes to deforestation, food writer Corby Kummer said on Boston Public Radio Thursday. "It is to prevent the environmental destruction that clear-cutting forests to grow coffee causes," Kummer said. "Farmers all across Central and South America, and even Africa and Vietnam, take these great rainforests and clear-cut everything. They're creating all sort of environmental destruction that lasts for decades. The land dries out, it becomes unproductive, but they're just producing coffee as a cash-crop in the meantime," he said. Atomo hasn't yet made it completely clear how they're producing coffee bean-less coffee, Kummer said. "What's unclear is how they are copying coffee's molecular makeup to create this substance that they say baristas can't tell the difference in blind taste tests," he said. -
BPR Full Show 08/22/19: An ASMR Experience
Chuck Todd discussed President Donald Trump's recent accusations against Jewish Americans and other political headlines. Todd is Moderator of Meet the Press, host of Meet the Press Daily on MSNBC, and the Political Director for NBC News. We opened the lines to get listener opinions on the prospect of a Rep. Joe Kennedy III run against Sen. Edward Markey for his seat. Andrea Cabral discussed criminal justice reform plans of presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Cabral is a former Suffolk County Sheriff, former secretary of Public safety, CEO of Ascend. Ali Noorani discussed a sweeping lawsuit against the Trump administration over poor medical care in immigration centers. Noorani is Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum. Food writer Corby Kummer discussed the rise and fall of seafood kingpin, the Codfather. Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam discovered ASMR and shared its wonders with Margery Eagan and Jared Bowen. Jonathan Alsop of the Boston Wine School tasted us on some Croatian wines, and discussed how climate change is affecting wineries. -
BPR Full Show 08/21/19: Penguin Love
Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened the lines to ask our listeners: Should younger generations set our moral compass? John Huet and John Phillips, the creative duo behind The Uncornered Photo Documentary Project, spoke about their project on the Boston Common. Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses President Donald Trump's changing stance on gun reform. Rupa Shenoy, reporter for The World, joined to discuss her multi-part series on slavery. TV expert Bob Thompson explained the CBS-Viacom merger. Naturalist Sy Montgomery talked about two gay penguins in the Berlin Zoo trying to hatch an egg of their own, and other animal-related headlines. Celtic Sojourn's Brian O'Donovan and harpist Maeve Gilchrist previewed the first annual Rockport Celtic Festival.
