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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 11a.m. - 2 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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Cambridge restaurateur Tracy Chang urges city to mandate proof of vaccination

The PAGU chef and owner said a requirement would ease the burden on small businesses struggling through the pandemic.

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Political extremism is a ‘coping mechanism’ amid the US mental health crisis, psychotherapist says

After the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, nonprofit organizations aimed at de-radicalizing saw an uptick in requests for help.

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The pandemic compounded existing labor issues in child care and early education

Providers are seeing increased demand for child care amid an exacerbated labor shortage.

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Far-right ideologies are 'on the center stage' after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, FRONTLINE correspondent says

A.C. Thompson’s updated documentary “American Insurrection” airs Jan. 4 at 10 p.m. on GBH 2.

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Boston’s fare-free bus pilot program sets the stage for transit equity, advocates say

They say the program starts the conversation about the future of Massachusetts' public transit.

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Warren: 'We should be imposing mask mandates' and vaccine requirements

The senator also urged President Joe Biden to enact full student loan forgiveness

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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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