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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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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:

Li Fung of the United Nations office of Human Rights in Sudan
National security expert Juliette Kayyem
The Garden Lady, C.L. Fornari

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Auditor DiZoglio says legislators are setting an 'awful example' by refusing audit

The Massachusetts state auditor wrote a song about being silenced in politics.

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LGBT Asylum Task Force in Worcester provides housing, emotional assistance, and a path to independence for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.

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An MIT economist explains congestion pricing

How would this traffic control measure ever work in Boston?

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'Never Let Him Go' is about a Cambridge man's decades-long quest for justice

Steve Johnson's unwavering pursuit of justice for his brother is at the heart of the four-part documentary series on Hulu.

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The mayor emphasized she would not sign a police union contract that does not include significant reform.

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Boston Seafood Festival takes over the historic Fish Pier this Sunday

Boston Fish Pier will close to the public on Sept. 10, exclusively hosting the annual Boston Seafood Festival.

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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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