{"podcast":{"title":"Boston Public Radio Podcast","slug":"boston-public-radio-podcast-740829","podcast_index_feed_id":740829,"rss_url":"https://feeds.wgbh.org/154/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"http://wgbhnews.org/bpr","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/154/images/6bf814a0-6a42-4753-ae1a-fdd8055f1745/bpr_podcast.jpeg","author":"GBH News (online_support@wgbh.org)","episode_count":3030,"summary":"Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. We feature our favorite conversation from each show. To hear the full show, please visit wgbhnews.org/bpr To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call or text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-1PM Monday through Friday.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T00:20:33.461359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829"},"episode":{"title":"Best of BPR (Aug. 2026): Stephen Pina & Sean Ellis, Mary Oliver, & Anthony Bourdain Biopic","slug":"best-of-bpr-aug-2026-stephen-pina-sean-ellis-mary-oliver-anthony-bourdain-biopic","published_at":"2026-08-22T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829/best-of-bpr-aug-2026-stephen-pina-sean-ellis-mary-oliver-anthony-bourdain-biopic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_154_a688ab71-c315-41bb-b4dc-5865d9905e1b&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F154%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/154/a688ab71-c315-41bb-b4dc-5865d9905e1b/082126_BEST_OF_BPR.mp3","summary":"Welcome to our new rendition of the Best of BPR Podcast! In this new version, we will be publishing the week's top segments. In case you're missing us over the weekend... now you have something to listen to! On today's Show: Stephen Pina and Sean Ellis join to discuss their journeys from accused, convicted, incarcerated, to free men who have maintained their innocence throughout. Suffolk prosecutors just announced they will not re-try Pina for a decades-old murder for which he served 28 years in prison. Then, our conversation with Matthew Miller, co-writer and producer of the new Anthony Bourdain biopic “Tony.” Lastly, we’ll head Jim and Margery’s new interview with Sasha Waters on her upcoming PBS documentary about poet Mary Oliver,","meta_description":"Welcome to our new rendition of the Best of BPR Podcast! In this new version, we will be publishing the week's top segments. In case you're missing us ove…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3362,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829/episodes/best-of-bpr-aug-2026-stephen-pina-sean-ellis-mary-oliver-anthony-bourdain-biopic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829/best-of-bpr-aug-2026-stephen-pina-sean-ellis-mary-oliver-anthony-bourdain-biopic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}