Episode 45: Canadian Iced Coffee (feat. @SpencerBuell)
Spencer Buell, Kyle's fellow news writer at Boston Magazine and a Canadian citizen, joins the show and explains why his countrymen don't understand iced coffee. Weed becomes legal this week, but it's complicated. And Kyle gets in a media beef, surprise surprise.
Follow along on Twitter, @BuswellSt…
BPR Full Show: 15-minute cilantro
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Spencer Buell and Erica Walker talk about the rise of noise complaints in Boston, and what -- and if -- residents and politicians should do about it. Spencer Buell is a staff writer for Boston Magazine. Erica Walker is a noise researcher who founded Noise and the Cit…
Episode 133: Whaddya Gonna Do? | Great Molasses Flood and Jimmy Dimora
Hillary and Tina cover the great molasses flood and former commissioner Jimmy Dimora.
Hillary’s Story
The Purity Distilling Company facility stored a considerable amount of molasses at the North End of Boston in 1919. BUT faulty storage vats lead to one of the greatest disasters in Boston history…
BPR Full Show: Aug. 30, 2022 On-Tape
Today on Boston Public Radio we're on tape, bringing you some of our favorite conversations from recent years.
We begin today’s on-tape show by revisiting Greater Boston’s lieutenant governor debate, with state senator Eric Lesser, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll and State Rep Tami Gouveia vying for the …
BPR Full Show: The Friendship Show
Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened the show with a conversation with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on her new book "Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships."
Then, we opened the lines to hear from listeners about making friends: at the office, in person and o…
A gunshot detection system in Somerville
Somerville is re-evaluating the use of ShotSpotter, a surveillance system that detects sounds indicative of gunfire. The devices have drawn scrutiny locally after leaked internal data revealed disproportionately high use in minority communities.
Proponents of the technology say it saves lives and…
BPR Full Show 7/20/26: Mid-Summer Checkpoint
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on the growing perception that SCOTUS rulings are based on politics, and a recap of last week's congressional testimony by Justices Coney Barrett and Kagan.
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer with updates on the cyclospora outbreak, how one year of SNAP cuts are p…
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