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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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Worried about indoor air pollution from gas stovetops? Try induction cooktops.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben shares how induction cooktops could make kitchens safer — and more energy efficient — for all.

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Mass General Brigham pairs patients with birth doulas to address racial disparities in maternal health

Mass General Brigham program seeks to combat racial disparities in maternal mortality through free assistance from birth doulas.

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The Boston Celtic Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary — with a return to the stage

For its 20th anniversary, the Boston Celtic Music Festival returns in-person for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

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East Boston mothers continue decades-long fight against airport pollution

A GBH News reports highlights how the loss of a public park in 1960s laid the ground for today's battle for better air quality.

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Healey says she supports medical aid in dying but leaves details to lawmakers

Gov.-elect Healey wants to bet big on climate technology.

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Book bans threaten democracy, Boston Public Library president says

More than 2,500 books were banned in different U.S. districts in the 2021-22 school year, a recent report found.

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Best Of BPR 10/02: Harvard Law's Laurence Tribe & Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner On Donald Trump

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BPR Full Show 9/29: Driving Into A Swamp

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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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