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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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Wednesday on BPR:

Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther
Sky & Telescope editor Kelly Beatty
James Beard award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton
Two local chefs on the New York Times’ list of 50 best restaurants in America: Jody Adams of La Padrona, and Aidan McGee of McGonagle's Pub

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Juliette Kayyem On Massachusetts' Phase 1 Of Reopening Next Week

The world that we reopen into will be "180 degrees different" from our previous idea of normal, Kayyem says.

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Art Caplan To Lockdown Protesters: 'Take Responsibility' For Putting Lives At Risk

The medical ethicist said activists should take more responsibility for putting others' lives at risk.

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Economist Jonathan Gruber: 'We Absolutely Do Need More Stimulus'

The one-time $1,200 stimulus check just won't be enough for Americans to survive a long economic recovery, Gruber says.

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Paul Reville: How Will The Pandemic Change Standardized Testing?

Spring SAT and ACT tests were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Will the tests revive?

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Ask The AG: Maura Healey On Worker Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic

The attorney general is looking to "keep the pressure on as we go forward" in regards to worker safety.

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Mental Health During COVID-19

The pandemic's unknowns are anxiety-provoking, and social distancing regulations don't help, says Dr. Ken Duckworth.

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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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