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Boston Public Radio Podcast

WGBH Educational Foundation

Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. We feature our favorite conversation from each show. To hear the full show, please visit wgbhnews.org/bpr To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call or text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-2PM Monday through Friday.

Radio: 89.7 WGBH

Categories: News & Politics

Listen to the last episode:

We opened the show with a conversation on all-things Olympics. For Live Music Friday, Kera Washington and her band Zili Misik performed. They joined alongside the founder of the national organization, Dr. William “Smitty” Smith and co-chair Jason Sweeney. Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner discussed GOP threats of legal action over the Biden/Harris swap and more. Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt are two Harvard professors and co-authors of the bestselling books “How Democracies Die” and “Tyranny of the Minority.” They joined to reflect on the state of the presidential race and the stakes in November’s election. Jimbo Williamson & Frim Jolly both lead their own off-beat tours of Boston, they joined to talk about their alternatives to your standard freedom-trail fare. Collette Phillips has organized another banner year for the Taste of Ethnic Boston food festival, which takes place next Tuesday at Big Night Live near North Station. We ended the show by discussing trying new foods.