BPR Full Show 3/12: Mayor Wu Back In Boston

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 3/12: Mayor Wu Back In Boston

About The Episode

Mayor Wu joined for the first hour to discuss testifying in front of Congress and answer listener questions.

ACLU of MA's Carol Rose discusses hiring freezes at local educational institutions like MIT and Harvard.

Donald Berwick, former administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, currently a lecturer of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, discusses Republican-backed cuts to Medicaid under their current budget proposal.

Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses the progressives trying to ditch big brands like Amazon and Target

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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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