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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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Senator Ed Markey
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
MBTA General Manager/Secretary of Transportation Phil Eng

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Recent segments

Lizabeth Cohen's New Book Tells The Story Of Boston's 1960s Renewal

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An art installation of a banana taped to a wall sold for $120,000. Then, another artist ate it off the museum wall.

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Bob Thompson Remembers The Life And Legacy Of Caroll Spinney

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Dempsey And Aloisi On New Report That Says 'Safety Is Not The Priority' At The MBTA

The safety review found a culture of non-communication at the transportation agency.

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BPR Full Show 12/06/18 : Chuck Todd, Justice Reform, Double Dipping

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, December 4th, 2018.

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BPR Full Show 12/5: George H.W. Bush Funeral

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, December 5th, 2018. We took former president George H.W. Bush’s funeral.

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Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer talked Boston Public Radio Tuesday about why restaurants are too loud.

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BPR Full Show 12/04: Jacques Pepin, Loud Restaurants, New Recipes

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, December 4th, 2018.

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BPR Full Show 12/03 : George H.W. Bush, Susan Orlean, All Revved Up

The full Broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, December 3rd, 2018.

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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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