BPR Full Show 1/22: To Squash or Save?

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 1/22: To Squash or Save?

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About The Episode

President Donald Trump issued several executive orders that roll back climate progress. We take listener reactions on his energy policies.

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses a photography exhibit, Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light), at the Hood Museum in Dartmouth, NH.

National security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses Trump's border executive orders and J6 pardons.

Mark Pothier and Walter Robinson of the Plymouth Independent discuss local news efforts and clashes with town officials.

Naturalist Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss chimpanzees sharing familial language, insects feeling pain and animals struggling in the LA fires.

Now that we know bugs feel pain, will we stop killing them? We ask listeners.

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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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