Confronting the Past in Present Day: Mallory Noe-Payne and Michael Paul Williams discuss "Memory Wars"

Recorded Live on August 5, 2022: On this special live edition of the Cheats Movement Podcast, I was joined by Mallory Noe-Payne and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams to talk about their new podcast, "Memory Wars." Memory Wars is a six-part series about how Germany has confronted its horrific past and whether America could ever do the same. Public radio reporter Mallory Noe-Payne spent years covering policy and politics in Richmond, Virginia. Then she went to Germany. Through a year of in-depth reporting featuring a wide range of characters, Noe-Payne reveals the struggles it takes for a society to change its narrative, face up to an uncomfortable past, and pave the way for atonement. Columnist Michael Paul Williams joins the conversation to debrief each episode with Noe-Payne and explore how her experience in Germany relates to America. Memory Wars is the production of RADIO IQ, distributed by PRX.