BPR Full Show 8/20: Transit, Water and Ayanna Pressley

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 8/20: Transit, Water and Ayanna Pressley

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Boston Public Radio Podcast

About The Episode

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the Democrats' strategy on the Epstein files, gerrymandering, and more.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem on discuss Trump's push to eliminate mail-in voting, and the coastal threats from Hurricane Erin.

Former transit secretary Jim Aloisi joins with former Transportation4Mass director Chris Dempsey for a transit panel.

Max Rome of Charles River Watershed Association and Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay join to talk about urban beaches, water quality and environmental justice.

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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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