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Tell Us The Truth
by WBZ-AM
Tell Us The Truth is a podcast series that provides a safe space for open dialogue about systemic racism and inequity, and what we can do collectively, as a society, to bring about change. You'll hear honest discussion and frank answers from private citizens, elected officials, lawyers, community partners, youth and more. Tell Us The Truth is executive-produced and hosted by E. Duke Bennett, produced and engineered by Michael Pelosi and is in partnership with WBZ NewsRadio in Boston.
Episodes
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Amari & Dr. Nikki Starr Noce Tell Us The Truth
Tell Us The Truth Episode 81: American Idol Contestant Amari & Dr. Nikki Starr Noce This episode of Tell Us The Truth is packed with inspiration! First, we meet Amari, the history-making contestant on American Idol - Amari opens up about her journey as the first openly Transgender singer to earn…
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Challenging Segregation & The Future Of The Democratic Party
Episode 80: Challenging Segregation & The Future Of The Democratic Party Richard & Leah Rothstein are the Father and Daughter duo here to Tell Us The Truth about their new book Just Action: How To Challenge Segregation Enacted Under The Color Of Law. This incredible conversation dives deep into...
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Gail Papp Tells Us The Truth
Episode 79: Gail Papp Gail Papp is the wife of Public Theater New York founder Joe Papp, and she's here to Tell Us The Truth about her new book : Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at the Public Theater . Gail shares info about The early Years of the Public Theater Addressing social issues...
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Deborah Kasdan Tells Us The Truth
Episode 78: Deborah Kasdan Author and Mental Health Advocate Deborah Kasdan is here to Tell Us The Truth about her new book : ROLL BACK THE WORLD: A Sister’s Memoir . Hear Deborah open up about How the entire family dealt with her Sister's chronic mental illness. Deborah deciding to get therapy...
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Ned Blackhawk Tells Us The Truth
Episode 77: Ned Blackhawk Professor Ned Blackhawk is here to Tell Us The Truth about his incredible new book The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of American History. Listen as Ned explains: Ned's preferred term to be identified as - American Indian Why he wrote about five...
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Elizabeth Benedict Tells Us The Truth
Episode 77: Elizabeth Benedict Mental Health Advocate, Cancer Survivor and Author Elizabeth Benedicat is ready to Tell Us The Truth about her new book Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own. Listen as Elizabeth opens up about Her personal experiences being a Cancer Survivor, Warlike metaphors used…
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Reem Abdellatif Tells Us The Truth
Tell Us The Truth Episode 76: Reem Abdellatif Reem Abdellatif is an Egyptian American, former Award Winning Journalist and a Trauma Informed Coach. Listen as Reem opens up about her experiences covering the Arab Spring, Structural Racism around the World, working with Survivors of Trauma and…
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Alexandra Allred Tells Us The Truth
Episode 75: Alexandra Allred Sports Legend Alexandra Allred Tells Us The Truth about her latest book When Women Stood: The Untold History Of Females Who Changed Sports And The World. Listen as Alex details being a founder of the US Women's Bobsled Team, Competing while 4 months Pregnant and how...
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The Endangered Species Act at 50 - Lowell Baier Tells Us The Truth
Episode 74: The Endangered Species Act Turns 50 The Endangered Species Act turns 50 years old this year and Lowell Baier joins Tell Us The Truth to help us celebrate. Listen as Lowell relies on his more than 58 years of experience as a practicing attorney, environmental historian and author to...
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Dr. Deborah Dash Moore Tells Us The Truth
Episode 73: Dr. Deborah Dash Moore International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Friday January 27th this year, and Dr Deborah Dash Moore of the Posen Library is back to help us remember. Listen as Dr. Debroah details why it is important to never forget the Holocaust, the significance of Memorial…
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Ariana Jasmine Tells Us The Truth
Episode 72: Ariana Jasmine : Ariana Jasmine is an Iranian American Activist who has built such a strong following online she's in the Top 1% of all Twitch streamers. Listen as Ariana details how coping with her Mother's terminal illness inspired Ariana to use social media to bring awareness to...
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Sonali Dev & Sara Polton Tell Us The Truth
Episode 70: Sonali Dev & Sara Polton: Sonali Dev is an award winning author who has built an excellent reputation for relatable storytelling. Her latest book, The Vibrant Years, is already so well regarded it has been selected as the first book to be published by "Mindy'sBook Studio"; a…
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Danielle Citron Tell Us The Truth
Episode 69: Online Privacy Civil Rights Should your Online Privacy be a Civil Right? Legal expert and UVA scholar Danielle Citron believes so, and in her new book The Fight For Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age, Danielle explains why in detail. Did you know there…
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Alice Rivlin Tells Us The Truth
Episode 68: Divided We Fall Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, Alice Rivlin, began working on her book "Divided We Fall: Why Consensus Matters" back in 2017. In may of 2019, Alice passed away before the book was completed and published. Motivated to ensure Alice's final days were not lost,...
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Joshua Prager Tells Us The Truth
Episode 67: Roe V. Wade In the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade, Investigative Reporter and Author Joshua Prager joins Tell Us The Truth to discuss his new book THE FAMILY ROE: An American Story. Listen as Josh details the real people behind Roe V. Wade and how the story of...
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Ira Shapiro & Ari Rabin-Havt Tell Us The Truth
Episode 66: Ira Shapiro & Ari Rabin-Havt Author and Political insider Ira Shapiro is making waves with his latest book The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America. Listen as Ira details how the Senate responded to the challenges posed by the Trump administration...
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Mary Ellen Iskenderian & Dr. Jeff Schnader Tell Us The Truth
Episode 65: Mary Ellen Iskenderian & Dr. Jeff Schnader Women’s World Banking CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian is making a strong statement with her new book There’s Nothing Micro About a Billion Women: Making Finance Work for Women. In this exclusive conversation, listen as Mary Ellen explains how…
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Mary Ann Sieghart & Queen Marie Tell Us The Truth
Episode 64: Mary Ann Sieghart & Queen Marie. Acclaimed Journalist, Editor and Author, Mary Ann Sieghart, dives deep into key themes from her new book The Authority Gap: Why Women are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It. Listen as Mary Ann details what she discovered...
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Dr. Pauline Boss & Brian Eskow Tell Us The Truth
Episode 63: Dr. Pauline Boss & Brian Eskow Renowned Grief Counselor and Psychologist Dr. Pauline Boss has built a career legacy on challenging status quo thinking while she's made it her business to help people deal with grief as a result of various times of loss. In her new book: The Myth Of...
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Racial Equity, The Equal Act & Holocaust Remembrance Day
Episode 62: Racial Equity, The Equal Act & Holocaust Remembrance Day Prison Reform Advocate DeJarion Nichols & Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) President Kevin Ring believe in Racial Equity in Sentencing. In this incredible conversation, listen as both DeJarion and Kevin make the case…
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Professor Erwin Chemerinsky Tells Us The Truth
Episode 61 : Professor Erwin Chemerinsky Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law and in his new book, Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights. Listen as Professor Chemerinsky details how Police are nine times more likely to kill...
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Glynda Carr & Howard W. French Tell Us The Truth
Episode 60 : Glynda Carr & Howard W. French Glynda Carr is the CEO Co-Founder of Higher Heights For America; An organization focused on growing Black Women’s political power from the voting booth to elected office. Listen as Glynda deep dives into the fact Black women remain severely...
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Jerad Alexander, USMC Tells Us The Truth
Episode 59 : Veterans Day with Marine Jerad Alexander It's Veterans Day & United States Marine Corps Veteran Jerad Alexander joins Tell Us The Truth to highlight his new book Volunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War. Listen as Jerad details stages in his life including growing up on Military…
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Joseph Ellis & George Chip Greenidge Tell Us The Truth
Episode 58 : Joseph Ellis & George Chip Greenidge Pulitzer Prize Winning historian & author of the new book " The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783" ,Joseph Ellis, pulls no punches while detailing the importance of knowing your history in order to understand what's...
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Scott DeLuzio Tells Us The Truth
Episode 57 : Scott DeLuzio Is A Surviving Son In the Book Surviving Son, Author & Military Veteran Scott DeLuzio details what it's like enlisting with his Brother and then right before a major battle being informed that his Brother lost his life. What was it like having to set aside such…
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Dara Horn Tells Us The Truth
Episode 56 : Dara Horn Tells Us The Truth Dara Horn is the award winning author of the new book of essays entitled People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present. Listen as Dara details why she chose such a controversial title to this book of essays, the importance of celebrating the life…
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Eyal Press & Akeem Lloyd Tell Us The Truth
Episode 55 : Eyal Press & Akeem Lloyd Tell Us The Truth Award winning Journalist and Author Eyal Press has gotten rave reviews for his latest book "Dirty Work : Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America. Listen as Eyal details what it was like interviewing everyone from Prison...
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Professor Ada Ferrer Tells Us The Truth
Episode 54:Professor Ada Ferrer Tells Us The Truth About Cuba 'Cuba : An American History' author Professor Ada Ferrer has dedicated her entire career to educating the masses on Cuba and its incredible history. In this exclusive interview, listen as Professor Ferrer details Cuba's long and...
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USMC Veteran Anthony Maroun (Part 2) & Domingos Darosa Tell Us The Truth
Tell Us The Truth Episode 53 : USMC Veteran Anthony Maroun Part 2 & Domingos Darosa It's September 11th Memorial Week and in observance of 9/11 Tell Us The Truth presents Part 2 of our exclusive conversation with United States Marine Corps Veteran & Attorney Anthony Maroun. Attorney Maroun opens…
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USMC Veteran Anthony Maroun Tells Us The Truth
Episode 52 : USMC Veteran Anthony Maroun Tells Us The Truth Attorney Anthony Maroun is a United States Marine Corps Veteran and he has a heck of a story to tell. After enlisting in the Marines right after 9/11, Anthony has served on missions from Haiti, to Iraq to Lebanon. Listen to part 1 of…
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Omari Walker Tells Us The Truth
Episode 51 : Omari Walker Tells Us The Truth New Heights Charter School Executive Director Omari Walker is attacking the wealth inequality issue head on. How? Each student that graduates from New Heights Charter School Brockton leaves with a two year College Degree! Fresh out of high school, New...
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Marla Smith Tells Us The Truth
Episode 50 : Boston's Open Air Drug Pandemic There is an open air illegal drug market at and around the intersection of Massachusetts Ave and Melnea Cass Blvd in the City of Boston. Overdoses, dirty needles in front of schools and businesses, a rise in theft and both shootings and stabbings have...
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Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo Tells Us The Truth
Episode 49 : Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo is well known for taking a hard line on issues even if it means standing alone; but why? Why is Councilor Arroyo so comfortable going against the grain and how effective have his methods been thus far? In this...
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Tammy Peeples Tells Us The Truth
Episode 48 : Tammy Peeples Tells Us The Truth Hall of Fame Track and Field Legend Tammy Peeples( MTSCA Hall Of Fame 2020) holds nothing back as she Tells Us The Truth about Black Women being over scrutinized and policed within competitive sports including the Olympic Games. Listen as Tammy...
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Kelsey Nicole Nelson Tells Us The Truth
Episode 47: Kelsey Nicole Nelson Tells Us The Truth Award Winning Fox Sports Journalist & Mentor within the National Association of Blake Journalists, Kelsey Nicole Nelson, provides insight on some of the problematic issues Black Women face within the workplace and society in general. What are…
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Renee P. Washington Tells Us The Truth
Episode 46: Black Women In Sports Media The World of sports and sports media have been rocked over comments ESPN Anchor Rachel Nichols made about fellow ESPN Anchor Maria Taylor getting an assignment over ESPN trying to correct previous diversity issues. Former Pro Soccer player and celebrated...
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Episode 45: Juneteenth To Me
Episode 45: Juneteenth To Me Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday here in the United States of America, yet most Americans know very little about what Juneteenth is nor how to celebrate it. Instead of another routine and boring history lesson, listen as host E. Duke Bennett takes you on an...
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Chris Bournea Tells Us The Truth
Episode 44: Chris Bournea Tells Us The Truth Imagine being born to two Black Parents, they separate and then each marry White significant others. This isn't the plot of some new tv series, it's just one part of a heck of a life story of Journalist & Filmmaker Chris Bournea. Listen as Chris…
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Manny Fresh Tells Us The Truth
Episode 43: When You Don't Belong We learn at a young age society can often be cruel and mean spirited, but what happens when such treatment is coming from your own family? New York City of native Puerto Rican heritage, Chef Manny Fresh, opens up about the trauma of being told by many of his own...
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Episode 42: When You're Not Black Nor White Enough
Episode 42: When You're Not Black Nor White Enough Imagine being told that you are neither Black nor White enough to fit in despite actually being both Black and White. Apryl, a Woman born and raised in Brampton Ontario, opens up about her experiences as a culturally and racially diverse…
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Episode 41: College Investment Racial Disparity
Episode 41: College Investment Racial Disparity Is there a racial disparity regarding the return on a College Education Investment ? Chief Strategy Advisor and former CEO of the Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellman and CUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost, Jose Cruz, are here to...
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Episode 40: What Happened To Mrs. Brown
Episode 40: What Happened To Mrs. Brown The City of Boston has been rocked by the news of a Beloved Grandmother, Delois Brown, was hit by stray bullets while sitting on her front porch! Heartbreakingly, Mrs. Brown was not able to survive this senseless tragedy. Founder and Executive Director of…
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Jeff Joseph Tells Us The Truth
Episode 39: Black Men Run Black Men Run is an organization that focuses on Brotherhood, Unity and Health and the Vice Chairman of the Boston chapter, Jeff Joseph, is here to open up about all of those principles. Listen as Jeff weighs in on using fitness activities like running to build...
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Clementina Chery Tells Us The Truth
Episode 38: Clementina Chery Tells Us The Truth The guilty verdict for former Officer Derrick Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd should have been a moment when The United States finally turned the corner on senseless murders yet unfortunately that has not been the case. More people, especially...
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S7even Sinz Tells Us The Truth
Episode 37: Black Men Check In Right before the Verdict of the Derek Chauvin trail is revealed, Rapper and Actor S7even Sinz has an in-depth "Check In" with host E. Duke Bennett about a variety of topics that include the George Floyd Murder, Concerns over organizations leading Protests and issues...
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The Truth About Normalized Racism
Episode 36: When Racism Is Normalized Imagine growing up in a society in which racism not only exists but is accepted and normalized. Unfortunately Bibi, our guest this week, doesn't have to imagine because this was her reality growing up in Italy. Listen as the first known Italian born Black…
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Episode 35: Photos, Education & The Black Experience
Episode 35: Photos, Education & The Black Experience Society has led us to believe the Black Experience is finite and can only be certain ways, yet all you have to do is speak to Black Folk to realize our experiences are similar to an onion; full of various layers. Alan Rolette is a Military...
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Episode 34: Racism Against Asians In America
Episode 34: Racism Against Asians In America The recent coverage of racism against Asians in America has many people assuming this is a sudden and new issue when in reality it is unfortunately par for the course. Meeshie joins us this week to detail her experience growing up as an Asian American...
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Episode 33: Overcoming Mental Health Challenges & Global Racism
Episode 33: Overcoming Mental Health Challenges & Global Racism Ashley J Williams is enjoying a wave of positive feedback regarding her book "Thorns of A Blood Red Rose". The first time Author shares the premise of the book including being influenced by everything from Supernatural Thriller…
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Episode 32: The Truth About Racism In England
Episode 32: The Truth About Racism In England The Megan and Harry interview special with Oprah has sparked world wide interest and discussion. One of the most common questions many are asking is: What is the Truth About Racism in England and how have the Royal Family contributed to it? Four…
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Tell Us The Truth is a podcast series that provides a safe space for open dialogue about systemic racism and inequity, and what we can do collectively, as a society, to bring about change. You'll hear honest discussion and frank answers from private citizens, elected officials, lawyers, community partners, youth and more. Tell Us The Truth is executive-produced and hosted by E. Duke Bennett, produced and engineered by Michael Pelosi and is in partnership with WBZ NewsRadio in Boston.
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