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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 11a.m. - 2 p.m. Join us live at our Boston Public Library studio every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Harvard researcher Dr. Sarah Fortune
MIT economist Jon Gruber

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All Rev'd Up: Trump's Escalating Racist Rhetoric

The Trump administration has called on all federal agencies to suspend racial sensitivity training.

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Analysis: Ed Markey Wins 'Clash Of The Titans' Against Joe Kennedy III

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The Revs Remember Actor Chadwick Boseman

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Andrea Cabral Weighs In On Sports Protests, Calls Republican Critiques ‘A Form of Treason’

The former Suffolk County Sheriff commended protesting athletes for using their platform to send a message about racial justice.

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Art Caplan: Convalescent Plasma Emergency Authorization Is Just 'More Hype' From Trump

On the eve of the Republican National Convention, President Trump announced an emergency authorization for plasma treatment of COVID-19.

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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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