GBH News and PRX to Launch What is Owed? podcast exploring reparations in Boston and beyond

What could reparations look like in America’s leading cities? What Is Owed? — a new podcast announced today from GBH News and PRX — will unpack the history, tensions, precedents, and current movement surrounding reparations. The podcast starts in Boston, America’s ‘cradle of liberty’ and the capital of the first state to legalize slavery. Hosted by GBH News political reporter Saraya Wintersmith, the seven-part limited series premieres on February 15, one year after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed an official Reparations Task Force to research the impact of 400 years of slavery and economic exclusion on the city and to issue recommendations to address the legacy of harm to its Black residents. The podcast will explore a variety of reparations frameworks. Featured guests will add their expertise and perspectives alongside Wintersmith. Among the voices joining What Is Owed? are Wellesley College historian and author Kellie Carter Jackson, author and scholar Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, NAACP Boston Branch president Tanisha Sullivan, and Boston city councilor at-large Julia Meji. Get the free Podnews newsletter for more like this Get it free “What Is Owed? is a cornerstone of GBH’s ongoing Reckoning +Repair initiative, a Foundation-wide exploration of America’s history of racial exclusion...