December 1, 2023 - The Culture Show talks sound towns and cultural centers

First up, what happens when a people’s cultural identity becomes a casualty of war? Throughout history monuments, cultural sites, artworks and artifacts have become collateral damage. Now Gaza is surveying the wreckage of Israel’s airstrikes, which have reduced more than 100 landmarks to rubble. Then a new docuseries excavates Boston’s fraught history of racism and segregation by way of the 1989 Charles Stuart murder scandal. It reflects on how law enforcement and the media fueled a race-baiting falsehood. And, move over Barbenheimer, it’s time for Beyonswift. That’s what happens when one mega star lands in London to support The Queen Bee’s Renaissance premiere. From there we’ll look at Spotify’s latest feature called “Sound Towns,” which in an entirely new, sonic, way, puts Burlington on the map. Finally, we remember the Pogues' punk poet…Shane MacGowan. That’s next on the Culture Show.