BPR Full Show 8/25: National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 8/25: National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day

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About The Episode

Margery hosts with 'local woman' Sue O'Connell.

CNN's John King joins with the latest national headlines.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the bid to move the Connecticut Sun team to Boston and its implications for the WNBA.

Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the tricky business of running community-owned groceries and a warning from the Dorchester Food Co-op that it may close.

UN spokesperson Olga Cherevko on the declaration of famine in Gaza and the lack of response around the world.

Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses rising Black unemployment in Boston, growing income segregation in the city, and South Shore Hospital laying off staff.

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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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