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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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Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:

Congressman-elect Dan Koh
Live Music Friday from Bailen
Media maven and local woman Sue O'Connell
Organizers of the new arts venue The Platform

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Recent segments

Vermont’s new cartoonist laureate talks the wonder of comics

Tillie Walden will become the youngest cartoonist laureate for the Green Mountain state.

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On Eng’s first day, transit advocates hope new MBTA general manager can turn the agency around

Hiring, more funding and dealing with diversions like slow zones need to be immediate priorities, says LivableStreets Alliance’s Stacy Thompson.

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Pao Arts Center’s ‘Asian Glow’ showcases an ‘unapologetic diaspora’ of local Asian performers

“We want to be that connecting dot, honoring cultural heritage but also recognizing that culture is not static and continues to be created.”

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Moms Demand Action says requiring gun trainings is ‘common sense’ in Mass.

There’s still legislative work to do on guns in Massachusetts, says the co-leader of Massachusetts’ Moms Demand Action chapter.

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Lee Pelton on Success Boston and the importance of higher education

President and CEO of The Boston Foundation shares updates on Success Boston, a college completion initiative.

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Stronger protections needed to stop 'upsurge' in US child labor violations, expert says

Labor law expert Terri Gerstein explains why child labor violations are rising and what lawmakers can do about it.

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Best Of BPR 9/21: Dress Code Debate & Black In The Cradle Of Liberty

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BPR Full Show 9/21: Dress Codes

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Best Of BPR 9/20: Jonathan Van Ness & Turtle Time

Best Of BPR 9/20: Jonathan Van Ness & Turtle Time

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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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