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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. We stream every day on YouTube.com/GBHNews.

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Sue O'Connell: Trump's Church Photo Op May Be A 'One-Two' Punch For His Base

The broad outcry from church and military leaders alike may have an impact on Trump in November.

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Trenni Kusnierek: MLB Wage Disputes ‘Might Be What Does Baseball In’

The NBC Sports Boston anchor called the infighting “tone deaf,” in light of the country’s current economic crisis.

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Undocumented Workers 'Locked Out' From Economic Relief, Says Corby Kummer

Even though they pay taxes, undocumented workers are unable to get a stimulus check during a time of spiked unemployment.

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Andrea Cabral On Issues With Police Unions, And The Road To Real Reform

The former Suffolk County Sheriff called on white Americans to have serious discussions with one another about the systems that allowed Minneapolis police to kill George Floyd.

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Dr. Paul Farmer On Massachusetts' Contact Tracing Initiative

The effort to track the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state takes 'a lot of support.'

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Chuck Todd: Republican 'Allies' Can Be Utilized For Police Reform

Multi-party coalitions will need to be built in order to get police reform bills passed, Todd says.

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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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