February 5, 2026: Dualities

We sit with a pioneer in methods of modern history. Dr. Deborah Grey White, who in addition to elucidating the nuances of intersectional history before that was a more widely used term, has been confronting the gatekeepers of history throughout her entire career. We speak with her about the importance of archives and first hand accounts before you can meet the Rutgers Professor Emerita of History in person at Mt. Holyoke and UMass Amherst.We’ll also have an extra special live music Thursday with Ablaye Cissoko and Cyrille Brotto before they take to the stage at Bombyx in Florence tonight, blending the unlikely combination of koro and accordion in an amalgam that tells stories of two cultures within one shared sound. And congressman Jim McGovern tackles not just the things he’s anticipating for Superb Owl 60, but the rash of retaliatory redistricting, the looming issue of national elections and what that means for a republic that styles itself as a democracy, plus an ongoing spectre of the Epstein files