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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

Weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

ICA's longtime director Jill Medvedow is stepping down

In a quarter century at its helm, she transformed it from a small museum with 10,000 annual visitors to around 310,000 today.

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Boston takes a stand against book bans by increasing access to challenged texts

Paul English is co-founder of BannedBooksUSA.org and The Boston Public Library has joined the Books Unbanned initiative.

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National Boston Cream Pie Day celebrates the state's official dessert

Chef Augustine François Anezin and staff created the Boston Cream Pie at the Parker House Hotel in the 1860s.

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Folk icon Tom Rush won’t say ‘I Quit’

The singer-songwriter spoke about new music and his early days in Harvard Square.

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Israel's Consul General to New England speaks about the Israel-Hamas war

Meron Reuben spoke to Boston Public Radio about Israel's reaction to recent attacks.

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Boston Book Festival returns to Copley Square for 15th annual event

The eponymous festival attracts upwards of 25,000 people.

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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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