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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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Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein
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Press Play media analysis with NBC10 Boston's Sue O’Connell and the Globe’s Emily Sweeney
James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams and Billy Shore, founder and executive chair of “Share Our Strength," ahead of their Chefs Cycle 2026 ride

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Millions are behind on student debt. Pressley wants to stop wage garnishment for those in default.

The Massachusetts congresswoman said cutting people’s wages to pay back student loans is “cruel” — especially at a time of economic uncertainty.

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Candidate Kraft offers unclear recusal plan when family’s involved in Boston business

The candidate for mayor of Boston has previously vowed to recuse himself from all family business if elected.

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GBH president acknowledges threat of federal funding cuts, vows to ‘keep doing the work’

President and CEO Susan Goldberg said President Trump's latest executive order is a "new level of threat," but that GBH will continue producing television and radio.

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Columbia journalism dean addresses response to Trump and challenges to press freedom

Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb acknowledged the university’s recent challenges.

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Maria Ressa says Americans must ‘hold the line’ against autocracy

The Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist said the country must stand up to the "bully tactics" of President Donald Trump as he attempts to consolidate executive power.

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Local Ukrainians uncertain the US can deliver a peace deal

Trump’s unpredictability leave many Ukrainians skeptical that a peace deal is near, says local leader.

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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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