BPR Full Show 9/12: Handshakes Are Over

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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 9/12: Handshakes Are Over

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Boston Public Radio Podcast

About The Episode

Chuck Todd joined for his weekly D.C. roundup, focusing on Tuesday’s debate

Then we opened the lines to discuss the dying art of the handshake... if it is dying?

Andrea Cabral on debate fact-checking

Paul Reville on how to optimize free community college in Mass.

Jon Gruber offered an expert’s perspective on Trump vs. Harris as it relates to the economy

AITA for charging guests for my wedding? We opened the lines to discuss

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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.