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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

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Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call/text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Join us live at our Boston Public Library studio every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. We stream every day on YouTube.com/GBHNews.

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Coming up Tuesday on BPR, live from the BPL:

CNN’s John King
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
Top Chef contestant chef Laurence Louie and his business and life partner Rary Ratsifa, of Rubato in Quincy
Former congressman Joe Kennedy III about his close friend, college roommate: the late basketball player Jason Collins

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Travel Writer Rick Steves, Grounded By The Coronavirus, Says 'There's More To Life Than Being Productive'

Steves is stuck at home for now, but is keeping his company going so they can jump right back in when pandemic passes.

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The charming new Netflix show is a comforting during the pandemic, Thompson says.

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Myers + Chang Partially Reopens Amid Pandemic

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Emily Rooney On The Habits We’ll Have To Kick Post-Coronavirus

The “Beat the Press” host told Jim and Margery that she expects we’ll be ditching handshakes.

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Sue O'Connell On Tara Reade's Allegations Against Joe Biden

The political commentator said Democrats may have to vote for someone 'unappealing' if they want to take back the White House.

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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.

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Jim Braude

Jim Braude

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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