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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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Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Larry Lessig, founder of Equal Citizens
Ask the Mayor with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, 12:00-1:00 pm

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Critics think that collecting plastics on the surface of the ocean might pose a problem for sea creatures living in the collection zone.

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Shirley Leung: Recent FDA Announcements Are 'Breakthrough Moment' For Boston Biotech

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The Authors Of 'There's No Crying In Newsrooms' On Uncovering Untold Stories Of Women In Media

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Kayyem: 'We Have Completely Abandoned The Kurds'

Kayyem says Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Turkey has been Trump's plan all along.

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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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