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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

Weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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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TV guru Bob Thompson breaks down the latest popular culture headlines.

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WGBH's science correspondent gave live updates from Climate Week New York City.

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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco highlights an anthology of poems that embody or express empathy or outrage in the age of President Donald Trump.

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Two local chefs joined us for our news quiz.

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A new report connects increased access to contraception with decreased abortion rates.

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Emily Rooney On The Upcoming Massachusetts Senate Race

The Democratic party might not be thrilled about Kennedy's challenge to Markey, but Rooney thinks it's good for democracy.

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Best Of BPR 8/15: Imari Paris Jeffries On Hope & JG Wentworth On Your Mind

Today:Andrea Cabral fills in for Margery. We talk with Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston about the politics of hope, and a need to fundamentally change our political habits – if you want to start eating better, you’ve got to stop buying potato chips.And, we subject you all to the New England jingles that live rent free in our brains. Who even gets those cars for kids? And what about Wachusett?

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BPR Full Show 8/14: Who is Herman Caesar?

BPR Full Show 8/14: Who is Herman Caesar?

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Best Of BPR 8/14: "Another Appalachia" & Are You More Farm Or More Wilderness

Best Of BPR 8/14: "Another Appalachia" & Are You More Farm Or More Wilderness

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BPR Full Show 8/13: How To Load A Dishwasher... Without Making Enemies

BPR Full Show 8/13: How To Load A Dishwasher... Without Making Enemies

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Best Of BPR 8/13: Parental Advisory: Regret & Queen Of Versailles

Best Of BPR 8/13: Parental Advisory: Regret & Queen Of Versailles

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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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