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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 11 a.m. - 1 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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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:

Ballot Question 4 Debate
Musician Chadwick Stokes on his new A.R.T. rock opera, 1972
NBC10 Boston media maven Sue O'Connell

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Recent segments

Singer-Songwriter Lori McKenna Talks “The Balladeer" and Her Love for Kitchen Conversations

The Grammy Award-winner will be performing a livestream concert on Friday evening at Club Passim.

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Emily Rooney: Wearing A Mask Shouldn't Be A Political Issue

Massachusetts guidelines advise people to wear face coverings, even outside, if they cannot keep their distance from others. Not everyone is doing that.

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Callie Crossley On The Re-purposing Of A Confederate Statue

"It's really become a gathering space. I thought wow, what a way to reinvent in the moment," Crossley said.

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Corby Kummer: Trader Joe's Is 'Finally Saying No To Racist Branding'

Trader Joe's follows in the steps of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's in removing branding critics say is racist.

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Rep. Joe Kennedy On Delay To Senate Republican COVID Relief Proposal: 'It’s Really Dangerous News For Our Country'

The congressman said further federal relief is critical to support struggling families and educators, and to bolster coronavirus testing capabilities.

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Ali Noorani On President Trump's Call To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From The Census

The census has historically counted everyone, regardless of citizenship or legal status.

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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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