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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

Weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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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NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
CNN’s John King

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Recent segments

Medical Expert Applauds Baker And Healey's Tough Stance On Vaping

Dr. John Winickoff, the former chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Tobacco Consortium and a pediatrician at Mass General, supports Baker’s vape ban, and said the science backs him up.

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Christopher Muther: New Bus Service From Boston To New York City

The Flixbus is promising better bus service for an affordable price.

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Trenni Kusnierek On Youth Tackle Football

Should young football players be allowed to tackle, when research shows repeated hits cause long-term brain damage?

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Corby Kummer On California's New Bill To Prevent Lunch Shaming

A new law in California guarantees free meals to public school students.

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A Master Class In Poetry By Richard Blanco

Inaugural poet Richard Blanco gave Jim and Margery a crash course in poetry.

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TV guru Bob Thompson previewed the week in entertainment.

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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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