BPR Full Show 7/13/26: Wine Tasting and Books

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Boston Public Radio Podcast

About The Episode

Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on the prospect of Suffolk Downs being a gambling hub once more.

Former MA education secretary Paul Reville discusses Healey's new law to overhaul early reading in the state, and the AI school pitched for Boston.

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses cyclospora, and what the public is owed in terms of health transparency from public figures and politicians.

Bertil Jean-Chronberg of Bonde Fine Wine Shop in Harvard Sq joins for a wine segment.

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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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