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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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Recent segments

How federal cuts to the VA could impact Massachusetts

Federally funded health services and disability payments may be impacted, but state-funded veteran's services should be protected.

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MBTA General Manager Phil Eng says the agency needs to 'stay persistent'

The South Coast Commuter Rail plans to start service on March 24, with passengers riding free on the weekends until the end of April.

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Healey bemoans federal funding cuts, says loss of up to $16B would be 'devastating'

The state couldn't raise the requisite funds elsewhere, the governor tells GBH News.

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Mayor Wu says Boston has moved too fast on street changes

Bike and bus lanes have become a flashpoint in Boston’s 2025 mayoral election.

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'Agitate, resist, obstruct': How two Mass. Democrats say they're standing up to Trump

U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch shared how they're pushing back.

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‘They want to maximize the cruelty’: Laid-off federal workers share their frustrations

Probationary employees fired from the National Weather Service and Veterans Affairs share their stories.

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Best Of BPR 9/11: On Boston's Busing Crisis & The Cavalry Coming To Save Local News

Best Of BPR 9/11: On Boston's Busing Crisis & The Cavalry Coming To Save Local News

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Best Of BPR 9/08: Cliff Notez & Boston Seafood Festival

Best Of BPR 9/08: Cliff Notez & Boston Seafood Festival

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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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