Racial inequality is one of the biggest issues the American society continues to struggle and come to terms with. In this week’s show, we presented a discussion on the history of racial stratification in America, and what might be done about it.
First, we heard a lecture from Boston University Professor of Law and Philosophy, David [...]

The recent wave of allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the U.S. has plunged the American Catholic Church into the worst scandal to ever hit it. Coupled by reports of homosexuality among the clergy, the allegations have triggered a renewed debate over the reformation of the Catholic Church’s policies. A recent editorial in [...]

On this week’s show, we featured two seperate conversations about classical music and independent filmmaking with cellist Jules Eskin and Oscar-winning movie producer Arthur Cohn respectively.
Jules Eskin is the principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a teaching associate at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. He talked about his life as a musician [...]

A newly released motion picture called “We Were Soldiers,” stars Mel Gibson as the U.S. infantry commander at the 1965 battle of the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. The movie is based on a true story and adopted from the book “We Were Soldiers Once … And Young” co-written by war correspondent Joe Galloway, who [...]

This week’s show featured a lecture delivered at a Boston University conference last fall by author, political philosopher and constitutional commentator Ferdinand Mount titled “When Two Or More Are Gathered Together: Small Groups and Great Movements.”
Mount believes that not only single individuals but small groups of individuals working together can also initiate or lead great [...]