BPR Full Show 8:20: Biden's Spotlight

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 8:20: Biden's Spotlight

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About The Episode

We opened the lines to talk about night one of the DNC

Trenni Casey, NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter, discussed the case of a transgender teen in NH who wants to play on her school's soccer team

Sue O'Connell discussed night one of the DNC

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett explained the latest mpox strain

Tibisay Zea, reporter for The World, discusses her reporting from Venezuela, where crackdowns on opposition to Maduro's government are rising

CNN's John King zooms in to discuss the DNC

We ended the show talking about how we collect plastic bags

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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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