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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 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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Former Mass. public safety secretary explains the purpose of shelter in place orders

Three Maine towns were ordered to shelter in place after the Lewiston mass shootings.

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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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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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