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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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Recent segments

New 'Boston Cannabis Board' Aims To Boost Equity In Marijuana Industry

"The ordinance is going to continue to make progress on equity and diversity in the new industry," said Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

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Emily Rooney On Flavored Tobacco Bans: Don't 'Cherry Pick'

"It's either a legal product or it's not," Rooney said.

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Baker: The Idea The State Is Not Investing In Public Transit 'Just Isn’t True'

Gov. Charlie Baker stands by his transit plans, he said Thursday.

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How Should Disney's Streaming Service Handle Its Own Racist Programming?

TV expert Bob Thompson breaks down the disclaimer Disney Plus included on some of its older programming that warns of "outdated cultural depictions."

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Medical Ethicist Art Caplan On Trump's Latest Health Care Transparency Proposal

President Trump's proposals would provide more transparent prices to patients.

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Charlie Sennott On Global Crises: People Around The World Don't Feel Heard

The GroundTruth Project CEO spoke about discord in Hong Kong and the rise of populist nationalism

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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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