BPR Full Show 6/3/26: John Deaton On Why He's Running For Senate

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Boston Public Radio Podcast

About The Episode

Naturalist Sy Montgomery discuses the elephants of the New Bedford Zoo and a blue octopus that made headlines last week.

GOP Senate hopeful John Deaton stops by to discuss why he’s hoping to unseat Senator Markey in November.

FRONTLINE producer/writer Mike Wiser discusses their latest film "The War Cabinet."

National security expert Juliette Kayyem on a rise in deaths and suicides at ICE detention centers.

Jody Adams and Billy Shore zoom in from Bend, Oregon to talk about their Chefs Cycle Ride.

And we end the show with an ode to outdoor dining, beach days… and confrontations with seagulls. Have you ever been accosted by a fry-hungry gull? Do you have tips for avoiding these rat birds?

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Margery Eagan

Margery Eagan is the co-host of 89.7 WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio. She has worked with co-host Jim Braude for 18 years, first doing a TV show together at NECN then a radio show at WTKK. The duo came to WGBH in 2013.

Jim Braude

Jim Braude is the co-host of Boston Public Radio.During law school, Jim ran a small retail business in Provincetown (HUBE - Help Us Break Even!). He started his professional career as a legal services lawyer in the South Bronx handling housing and prisoners’ rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, a union representing staff in civil legal offices for the poor in 35 states. NOLSW helped lead the fight to preserve the national program when President Reagan proposed its abolition.

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