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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.
Weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 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 11a.m. - 2 p.m. Join us live at our Boston Public Library studio every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

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Monday on BPR:

NAACP’s Michael Curry
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Food policy analyst Corby Kummer

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  • Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

    BPR Full Show 6/29: Affirmative Action Rejected

    BPR Full Show 6/29: Affirmative Action Rejected
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  • Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

    Best of BPR 6/27: Attorney General Andrea Campbell Says POST Commission Should Investigate Problem Police Officers Individually

    Best of BPR 6/27: Attorney General Andrea Campbell Says POST Commission Should Investigate Problem Police Officers Individually
    Boston Public Radio Podcast
  • Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

    BPR Full Show 6/27: Fritz & the Pigeon

    Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined for “Ask The AG.” She answered questions on right to repair laws, LGBTQ+ retail merchandise, reducing police violence and an update on the library pigeon. NBC Sports Boston Anchor/Reporter Trenni Casey discussed a Belgian shot putter-turned-hurdler and a new study on the role of cumulative impacts and CTE. Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett of Boston Medical Center discussed the latest on Ozempic: pill trials, shortages, what it says about the healthcare system and her take as a medical doctor. Jim Aloisi, former transportation secretary, and Stacy Thompson, executive director of Livable Streets, gave us a primer on the looming Sumner Tunnel closure and New York City’s congestion pricing plan. PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs executive director Leah Clapman joined with two students. They shared their work reporting on the Boston Renegades and the Hyde Square Task Force. We opened the phone lines to continue our bus lane debate. Margery thinks it’s okay to drive in bus-only lanes when no bus is around. Are you with her?
    Boston Public Radio Podcast
  • Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

    Best of BPR 6/26: A Chaotic 36 Hours in Russia, Explained & The Rise of Lab-Grown Meat

    Best of BPR 6/26: A Chaotic 36 Hours in Russia, Explained & The Rise of Lab-Grown Meat
    Boston Public Radio Podcast
  • Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

    BPR Full Show 6/26: Oh, For Meat's Sake

    Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz and former Gov. Jane Swift joined for a politics panel. Then, we opened the phone lines to ask listeners whether they think companies are losing productivity by letting employees work remotely on Mondays. Steven Pifer, former ambassador to Ukraine & senior fellow at Brookings, explained the Wagner Group rebellion in Russia and Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Jared Bowen joined for an arts segment: Guadalupe Maravilla at the ICA, Evita at the A.R.T. and free admissions at the Harvard Art Museums. Michael Curry discussed the closure of a maternity ward in Leominster and a new report that ranks Massachusetts as best in the nation for its overall healthcare system. Corby Kummer discussed cell-cultivated chicken being approved for sale in the U.S. and the restaurants trying to use other people’s food waste in their own menus. We continued the lab meat discussion and asked listeners to call in: would they eat “cell-cultured” meat for environmental or ethical reasons?
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