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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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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:

Live Music Friday courtesy of Haley Richardson
NBC Boston’s Sue O’Connell
Jinkx Monsoon and Ben de la Creme Zoom in ahead of their annual “Jinkx and De La Holiday Show"
Lyndia Downie of Pine Street Inn and Judge Kathleen Coffey join – Coffey is retiring after 15 years leading Pine Street’s “homeless court” – an initiative to resolve low-level charges for people facing homelessness

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Recent segments

Village Voice: Poems For Social Distancing

"When things are really bad, poets always find the good thing," said Richard Blanco.

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Alex Beam's New Book Reveals The Rocky History Behind The Farnsworth House

In "Broken Glass: Mies Van Der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece,” Beam explores the relationship between architect and client.

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Holyoke Mayor Morse Discusses Deaths At Veterans Center

Following an outbreak of COVID-19 at The Soldiers’ Home, a veterans center in Holyoke, at least fifteen individuals have been confirmed as dead. At least six of the dead tested positive for COVID-19 while six others are awaiting test results.

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Dr. Gary Gottlieb Pitches His Plan For Massachusetts Healthcare In The COVID-19 Fight

The former Partners in Health CEO called for the rapid expansion of the state's Mobile Integrated Health program.

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Chuck Todd: Social Distancing Works, The Challenge Is To Keep Doing It Even When The Curve Starts To Flatten

Strict social distancing is working, but we shouldn't relax restrictions yet.

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Mass Graves Are Being Dug By Rikers Island Prisoners

Burying bodies is risky during the spread of the coronavirus, says Andrea Cabral.

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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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