BPR Full Show 9/10: Countdown to the Debate

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 9/10: Countdown to the Debate

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About The Episode

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined for Ask the Mayor.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discussed her first book for children, The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President.

Folk star Graham Nash zoomed in ahead of a show at the Boch Center in October.

For our new texting segment, we were inspired by a withering obituary out of Maine. We wanted to know, is it ever okay to speak your cold, harsh truth about a dead relative?

CNN's John King gave a debate preview.

Then, we opened up the phone lines to get your thoughts ahead of tonight's presidential debate.

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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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