Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their Webs

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

Best Of BPR 4/02: Trump's Tariff Policies Take Us 'Off The Cliff' & Spiders Weave Noise Cancellation Into Their Webs

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Boston Public Radio Podcast

About The Episode

Today:

Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.

And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads.

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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.

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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