Best Of BPR 8/16: Boston Lyric Opera & Private Equity Coming For Your Pets

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

Best Of BPR 8/16: Boston Lyric Opera & Private Equity Coming For Your Pets

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About The Episode

Today:

Live Music Friday with Boston Lyric Opera, ahead of a free pop-up "Street Stage" show in Roxbury this weekend, in partnership with Hibernian Hall.

And later in the show, the Globe’s Marcela Garcia discusses private equity’s hold on the pet industry.

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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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