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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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Hate Symbol Flashed On Live TV During Army-Navy Football Game

The upside down OK hand sign, known as a white power symbol, was flashed by men in uniform during the football game television coverage.

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Why Did Boris Johnson's Conservative Party Win In Such A Big Way?

On Dec. 12, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won 326 seats in the United Kingdom’s Parliament and secured an absolute majority.

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All Rev'd Up: Who Are The Black Hebrew Israelites?

The reverends discuss the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, which investigators think could have influenced the attackers in last week's anti-Semitic domestic terror attack in Jersey City.

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Bob Thompson On Hallmark's 'Capitulating' To Homophobia Over Same-Sex Couple In Commercial

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Brian O’Donovan and Olov Johansson Preview 'A Christmas Celtic Sojourn'

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Callie Crossley On Nikki Haley's Comments About The Confederate Flag

Crossley said she was surprised at Haley's recent comments.

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Best Of BPR 1/26: We Black Folk Festival & Metamorphosis Project

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Best Of BPR 1/25: "Israel's Second Front" & A Hamas Hostage's Family Speaks Out

Best Of BPR 1/25: "Israel's Second Front" & A Hamas Hostage's Family Speaks Out

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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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