December 14, 2023 -

We are steeped in American history, marking the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Fed up with the tyranny of taxation without representation, American colonists took matters into their own hands–literally: tossing three shiploads of tea into Boston Harbor. The theatrics alone–the vision of angry patriots hurling 90,000 pounds of cargo overboard–has made it one of THE most celebrated rebellions. But to understand the ideals and motivations behind it, we turn to the Massachusetts Historical Society, where a current exhibition takes a nuanced view of a society on the verge of revolution. From there we brew another cup of rebellion by way of the Boston Tea Party & Ships museum. We’ll get a preview of the grand-scale reenactment of the historic protest taking place this weekend. Finally, Lisa Simmons joins us for her take on more recent local history, the legacy of ImprovBoston.