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Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

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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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Boston Globe Spotlight reporters
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NBC10 Boston’s Sue O’Connell
Diwali panel

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Recent segments

Wu wary of one-size-fits-all ballot question on rent control

The mayor supports rent stabilization, but says different municipalities need flexibility.

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Mass. party heads spar on ethics of public tips to ICE

Steve Kerrigan and Amy Carnevale had starkly different takes on BU junior Zac Segal’s purported behavior and the response it's elicited.

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Massachusetts attorney general says partial SNAP funding is ‘problematic’

Attorney General Campbell said the Trump administration is choosing not to use all available funds to keep food benefits fully funded through November.

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Wu weighs in on Trump World Cup threat, government shutdown and immigration enforcement

Mayor Wu also wants to see state policymakers revisit a law that caps local property tax increass.

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Moulton supports Congressional age cap

The Salem congressman also slammed President Trump as “acting like a child” for his response to the "No Kings" protests over the weekend.

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Gov. Healey says Dems need strong messaging in shutdown fight

As Democrats press for more health care funding, Healey sees lots of "strong leaders" in the party.

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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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