Are Casinos Preying on Asians in Massachusetts? A Globe Team Investigated.
Asians are disproportionately gambling at Massachusetts casinos. They are also disproportionately addicted, in debt, and in trouble. A recent Globe investigation found that casinos have extensive stra...
14 Mai 24min
BONUS: At the Boston Globe, the Work from Home Debate Rages on
We bring you a BONUS episode of Say More this week, because a debate is raging among Boston Globe columnists Larry Edelman and Shirley Leung. Larry wrote a column applauding Fidelity Investments for o...
8 Mai 25min
Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling” and his Boston Roots
You might know him from his best-selling book “Say Nothing,” about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer at The New Yorker, writes nonfiction page-turners about crime ...
6 Mai 31min
Politics Panel: How are Israel and Palestine Affecting US Politics?
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict may be 5,000 miles away, but it’s also central to US politics at the moment, showing up in primary races across the country. Democrats are split, and many see it as a ...
30 Apr 35min
Joe Kennedy III on Politics, Energy, and His Famous Family
If you lived around Massachusetts in the 1980s, you might remember hearing ads for 1-877-JOE-4-OIL. Joe Kennedy II dedicated much of his life to delivering discounted oil to families in need through h...
23 Apr 30min
Fraud, Laundering, and other Fish Crimes. Who was “The Codfather”?
For years, the New Bedford docks were home to one of the most notorious fraudsters in Massachusetts fishing history. His name is Carlos Rafael, but you might remember him as “The Codfather.” Besides b...
16 Apr 33min
A Western Set in Ireland? Once Again, Tana French Reinvents the Mystery Novel
Murder makes demands. It’s a phrase underpinning THE KEEPER, the newest novel by Tana French, an author known best for her Dublin Murder Squad series. French was born in Vermont, but grew up all over ...
9 Apr 26min
Politics Panel: A Police Shooting, the Maine Race, and Wu’s Political Grudges
For the first time in 30 years, a Boston policeman is facing manslaughter charges for the shooting of an unarmed carjacking suspect who was trying to flee in his car. With this move, in an important e...
2 Apr 34min
