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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

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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 11a.m. - 2 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:

Live Music Friday courtesy of Haley Richardson
NBC Boston’s Sue O’Connell
Jinkx Monsoon and Ben de la Creme Zoom in ahead of their annual “Jinkx and De La Holiday Show"
Lyndia Downie of Pine Street Inn and Judge Kathleen Coffey join – Coffey is retiring after 15 years leading Pine Street’s “homeless court” – an initiative to resolve low-level charges for people facing homelessness

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Indicting Trump: It’s time ‘to draw a line in the sand,’ says former US judge

Nancy Gertner worries about the potential consequences if former President Trump is not indicted.

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Restauranteur Jimmy Liang praises ‘amazing’ High Street Place, one of Boston’s newest food halls

For his next project? Liang said he’s working on opening a French Asian bakery.

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Black Hole Symphony translates the sounds of black holes into orchestral music

Live chamber music pairs with planetarium visuals at the Museum of Science this summer.

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Baker defends MBTA reliability, but calls Orange Line fire ‘unacceptable’

The governor also addressed right-wing extremism and the state of COVID in the commonwealth.

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DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo criticizes Boston police response to Patriot Front march

“I have real questions about how decisions are being made,” Arroyo said on Boston Public Radio.

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Sen. Ed Markey calls on Biden to declare climate emergency

The Massachusetts senator shared his thoughts on climate change and the future of the Supreme Court.

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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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