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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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Massachusetts Begins Reopening To Mixed Criticism, Says Shirley Leung

Scientists believe the reopening plan is too fast, while many business owners wish it would happen sooner, Leung said.

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Massachusetts' Reopening Plan Must Also Consider Reclosing, Says Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett

Gergen Barnett is pleased with Massachusetts' reopening response, but wants to know what we'll do if it doesn't work.

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Callie Crossley On Texas Salon Owner Who Received $18K In PPP Loans: 'Don’t Be Shady'

The “Under the Radar” and “Basic Black” host defended Shelley Luther’s right to protest lockdown restrictions, but said she should’ve been more transparent about the government aid.

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Richard Blanco On The Poetry Of The Home-Cooked Meal

The inaugural poet read works from Joy Harjo and Naomi Shihab Nye, along with one of his own.

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Emily Rooney: Massachusetts Won't Be Like Wisconsin When It Reopens

Wisconsin's stay-at-home order lifted this week, and many people flooded to bars with no social distancing mitigation in place.

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Anti-Lockdown Protestors Have Gone 'A Step Too Far,' Says Sue O'Connell

It is not normal to show up and protest carrying weapons, O'Connell said.

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Best Of BPR 2/08: PWHL & AITA: Baby Etiquette

Best Of BPR 2/08: PWHL & AITA: Baby Etiquette

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Best Of BPR 2/07: Harvard Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad On Teaching About Race At Harvard & "A History Of Blaxpoitation Cinema"

Best Of BPR 2/07: Harvard Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad On Teaching About Race At Harvard & "A History Of Blaxpoitation Cinema"

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BPR Full Show 2/7: Good Bidet, Good Bid-night

BPR Full Show 2/7: Good Bidet, Good Bid-night

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Best Of BPR 2/06: Funding The T & Trump's Election Clock

Best Of BPR 2/06: Funding The T & Trump's Election Clock

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BPR Full Show 2/6: Overwhelming Prices

BPR Full Show 2/6: Overwhelming Prices

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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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