A Genocide Scholar asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
Historian Omer Bartov never set out to be a Holocaust scholar. He started his career asking the question, ‘why do soldiers fight?’ examining the war crimes committed by Germans in World War II. After ...
27 Elo 43min
RERUN: Before Lindsay Clancy, there was Latarsha Sanders.
What does justice mean when a mentally ill person takes a life? Before Lindsay Clancy killed her three children in Duxbury, there was another case. In 2018, a mother in Brockton, Latarsha Sanders, kil...
20 Elo 28min
Jascha Franklin-Hodge on why Boston Needs Safer Streets
When Michelle Wu was first elected mayor, she promised to transform Boston’s streets. Her plans for bike lanes and public transit were ambitious but achievable, she said. Now, 5 years later, street sa...
13 Elo 35min
Old People Rule America. It’s Called Gerontocracy.
America is ruled by old people. And it’s not just our elected officials. Median voting age is well above the national average. Yale University professor Sam Moyn has a word for this: Gerontocracy. Thi...
6 Elo 29min
Who was the First Masshole?
Who was the first Masshole? It’s a question that dogged Boston Globe feature writer Billy Baker, resulting in some serious research. This week on Say More, Billy comes on the show with Globe reporter ...
30 Heinä 28min
Politics Panel: What is ICE Doing in Maine?
Maine keeps grabbing national attention. First it was the unexpected rise and fall of economic populist Graham Platner, a serious contender for Maine’s senate seat. Now begins the race to find a new n...
23 Heinä 34min
PATRIOTISM IS A VERB: Teaching US History to Immigrant Kids
Chelsea High School in Massachusetts is around 90 percent Latino, and the city has been ground zero for ICE raids in the Boston area. On the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, we wanted to know ...
15 Heinä 23min
PATRIOTISM IS A VERB: Rep. Ayanna Pressley is an a ‘situationship’ with America
If you ask Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley about her relationship with America, she doesn't mince words, “it’s complicated.” Pressley has come to develop strong feelings of patriotism that are rooted in...
8 Heinä 24min
