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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

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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

Sennott: The Killing Of Soleimani Risks A Wider Destabilization Of The Middle East

Tensions between Iran and the United States intensified in the days following the killing of the Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani by the United States.

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Politics Roundup With Adam Reilly and Joanna Weiss: How The Death Of Soleimani May Change The Dynamic Of The 2020 Race

WGBH Reporter Adam Reilly and Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine joined Boston Public Radio to talk national and local politics.

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A Sustainable BPR News Quiz

Two owners of local sustainable business ventures joined Boston Public Radio for our weekly news quiz.

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Juliette Kayyem: “Iran Will Need To Respond”

The CNN analyst offered her take on Thursday’s killing of Qassem Soleimani.

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Emily Rooney's 2020 Predictions

On Friday, Beat the Press host Emily Rooney shared her list of predictions for 2020.

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"I For One Do Not Mourn His Death": Patrick Weighs In On Death Of Iranian General, Questions Trump's Middle East Strategy

Former governor and presidential candidate Deval Patrick said that slain Iranian Maj. Gen. Qaseem Soleimani deserved “the worst" on Friday.

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BPR Full Show 6/4: Ask the AG

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Best Of BPR 6/04: AG Andrea Campbell

Best Of BPR 6/04: AG Andrea Campbell

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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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