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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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BPR News Quiz: Anchors Aweigh

Lisa Hughes and David Wade of CBS Boston joined us for our weekly news quiz.

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Ride-share users who are being picked up or dropped off at the airport will be directed to a centralized ride app space.

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Lynch: 'We Will Prove Our Case To The American People' That Trump Broke The Law

Lynch was originally hesitant to support impeachment. Now he wants to be a leader in the process.

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Jane McMullen: A Tragedy Like Last Year's Camp Fire 'Probably Will Happen Again'

Director Jane McMullen spoke about the film and what we can learn from the tragic wildfire.

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With Free Shipping On $1 Items, Amazon Aims To Expand Its Reach, Says Nancy Koehn

The company's new strategy adds Dollar Tree to its list of rivals.

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Shirley Leung: 168 Affordable Housing Units To Be Added In Chinatown, But Thousands More Needed

More developers need to be involved in building affordable housing, says Shirley Leung.

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BPR Full Show 5/27/26: Ask The Mayor, May Edition

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Pope Leo's encyclical on AI and humanity, and the latest on war with Iran.Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig discusses election reform.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for this month's Ask the Mayor.

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BPR Full Show 5/26: The "Dumocrats"

BPR Full Show 5/26: The "Dumocrats"

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BPR Full Show 5/22: What Went Wrong At Boston’s Croft School?

BPR Full Show 5/22: What Went Wrong At Boston’s Croft School?

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BPR Full Show 5/21/26: It's Peanuts!

Political analyst Chuck Todd looks ahead to the November midterms and discusses the immense scope of Trump's grift and corruption.Former Public Safety Secretary Andrea Cabral discusses a recent WSJ piece looking into the erosion of trust in the justice system, and how it's playing out in jury trials.Environmentalist Bill McKibben discusses the "reorganization" of the forest service under Trump 2.0 and one of the World Cup's biggest sponsors: big oil.NPR's Eric Deggans discusses Colbert's legacy on The Late Show.

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BPR Full Show 5/20: Trump Corruption... Again

BPR Full Show 5/20: Trump Corruption... Again

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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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