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Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call/text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11a.m. - 2 p.m. Join us live at our Boston Public Library studio every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. We stream every day on YouTube.com/GBHNews.

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Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism
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Recent segments

Political Satirist P.J. O’Rourke Offers A Voice of Moderation

The 'American Consequences' editor and frequent 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' guest lamented the tribalization of the American political landscape.

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All Rev'd Up: 'Symbolism Versus Substance' From The Catholic Church

Pope Francis appoints first Black Cardinal and expresses support for gay rights — but is it just "lip service"?

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Andrea Cabral: Confirmation Of Amy Coney Barrett Would Be 'Long-Term Major Loss' For US Elections, Democracy

The former Suffolk County said U.S. democracy as we know it will "cease to exist" if President Trump wins a second term.

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Boston Police Union President: New Oversight Office 'Seems Like It’s About Jobs And Money’

Larry Calderone, president of Boston’s Police Patrolmen’s Association, weighed in on a range of reform proposals.

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All Rev'd Up: Amy Coney Barrett's Remarks On Racism Were 'Retraumatizing'

Barrett's vague response to what she's done to educate herself on racism was embarrassing and harmful, the Revs say.

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Sen. Whitehouse Says Dark Money Efforts To Influence The Courts Go Beyond Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination

Whitehouse detailed a 'court-capture machinery' to sway court rulings along partisan lines.

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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.

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Jim Braude

Jim Braude

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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