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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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Wu: Mass and Cass is ‘One step forward, two steps back, three steps forward’

The mayor acknowledged increased drug activity in the South End and other neighborhoods, but said the situation is improving overall.

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'So much reasonable doubt': analysts reflect on Karen Read acquittal

Karen Read was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter in the 2022 death of her boyfriend John O'Keefe.

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Wu says Kraft’s $172 million White Stadium figure ‘not the real cost’

So far, $50 million has been spent on demolition to prepare the new facility, according to the mayor.

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Legal scholar raises alarm on National Guard deployment to Los Angeles

Legal scholar and retired federal judge Nancy Gertner criticized President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles, calling it legally questionable and an overreach of power.

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Local Palestinian café owners reflect on Eid amid war

As Muslims prepare to observe Eid al-Adha, Palestinian locals are navigating the holiday with grief and resilience during the ongoing war in Gaza.

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Former ambassador says Trump’s ban on Harvard international students will ‘ruin’ universities

Nicholas Burns, who now teaches at Harvard, applauded a federal judge’s decision to continue blocking Trump’s ban on international student enrollment.

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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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