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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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Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:

Ballot question roundup with:
- The Trustees of Reservations' Katie Theoharides
- Mass GOP's Amy Carnevale
- Evan Horowitz of Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis
Howard Mansfield on his book “Invisible Monuments”
Jacob Weisberg, author of “Profiles in Cowardice”
GBH News senior producer Emily Judem

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Recent segments

Robert Reich: This Pandemic May Change How Americans View Government

Amid widespread economic downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic, will people embrace broader government protections?

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Charlie Sennott Calls Coronavirus Speech From Queen Elizabeth II ‘Historic’

The GrouthTruth Project CEO compared the queen’s address to a similar speech given by her father during World War II.

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Vanessa Kerry: Massachusetts' Coronavirus Cases To Peak In 'Next Couple Weeks'

The biggest threat is not knowing who carries the virus.

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Callie Crossley Calls Work-From-Home App Sneek 'Surveillance Of The First Order'

Among other things, the program photographs workers at their computer every one to five minutes.

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Sue O'Connell Denounces Jared Kushner's Role In Trump Administration Coronavirus Response

O'Connell pointed to Kushner's lack of background in public health or government.

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Corby Kummer: The Restaurateur Dilemma During Coronavirus

Legal liability will be better for restaurants that close down, Kummer said, but many are trying to stay open.

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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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