BPR Full Show 10/7: One Year Since Hamas Attack

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 10/7: One Year Since Hamas Attack

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About The Episode

We started the show with Maya Roman, family member of Carmel Gat, who was held hostage by Hamas for months until her death.

Charlie Sennott of The GroundTruth Project on the 1 year mark of the deadly Hamas attack in Israel, and subsequent war(s) in response.

Ilan Stavans of Amherst College will discuss how Oct. 7 marked a turning point in Israel's history and his new cookbook "Sabor Judio: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook"

Anand Giridharadas, political analyst/journalist, discusses some of his latest writing in The.Ink about the state of national politics

We ended the show by discussing undecided voters

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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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