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Larry Edelman says Massachusetts Needs Another Miracle.

9/17/2026 • 29 min

Massachusetts is full of riches. We have the best schools, world class hospitals, and a great quality of life. So why are tens of thousands of people leaving every year - and taking their companies with them? Where has our mojo gone? This week on Say More, host Shirley Leung talks to Larry Edelman, author of the Trendlines newsletter, about whether Massachusetts… Play episode

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Politics Panel: Making Sense of Tuesday’s Primaries
A Genocide Scholar asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
RERUN: Before Lindsay Clancy, there was Latarsha Sanders.
Jascha Franklin-Hodge on why Boston Needs Safer Streets
Old People Rule America. It’s Called Gerontocracy.
Who was the First Masshole?
Politics Panel: What is ICE Doing in Maine?
PATRIOTISM IS A VERB: Teaching US History to Immigrant Kids
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PATRIOTISM IS A VERB: Liberals have a Patriotism Problem
How Boston Came Down with World Cup Fever
Politics Panel: From Platner to Rollins, it’s One Scandal After Another.
“Facts Alone Are Not Enough.” This Immunologist Grew up Unvaccinated.
“No Bubbes, No Bagels.” Comedian Alex Edelman Hates Shtick
Say More LIVE: What Zimbabwe Can Teach Boston about Mental Health Care
Politics Panel: Was Barney Frank Right? Plus Rent Control and the Governor…
Chris Lydon Got Barney Frank his First Job in Politics.
Isaac Fitzgerald and Johnny Appleseed are Massachusetts Dirtbags.
Are Casinos Preying on Asians in Massachusetts? A Globe Team Investigated.
BONUS: At the Boston Globe, the Work from Home Debate Rages on
Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling” and his Boston Roots
Politics Panel: How are Israel and Palestine Affecting US Politics?
Joe Kennedy III on Politics, Energy, and His Famous Family
Fraud, Laundering, and other Fish Crimes. Who was “The Codfather”?
A Western Set in Ireland? Once Again, Tana French Reinvents the Mystery No…
Politics Panel: A Police Shooting, the Maine Race, and Wu’s Political Grud…
BONUS Say More LIVE: Emily Oster on Why Parenting Feels Harder these Days
Can Boston be a Women’s Sports Town?
A Middle East Correspondent Reflects on War in Iran
US Literacy Rates are Shocking. Will AI Save Us? or Make it Worse?
Politics Panel: Iran, Epstein, and the Mass Senate Race
BONUS Say More LIVE: Rare Diseases aren’t so Rare.
Deep Sea Adventurer Edie Widder says, “We’re all Explorers”
From Braintree to Mainland China, Janice Page was Lost and Found
From TV Host to Pastor, Liz Walker Found her Higher Purpose
Want to Fix Democracy? Start with Colleges, says Danielle Allen.
Before Lindsay Clancy, there was Latarsha Sanders. Yvonne Abraham Shares h…
Politics Panel: One Year Down, Three More to go for Trump 2.0
Maduro Locked Him Up. He’s Got Thoughts About Trump’s Attack on Venezuela.
Dennis Lehane says His Boston is a Vanished World.
Can Boldness be Learned? Ranjay Gulati says Yes.
She Studies Gun Violence. Then a Mass Shooting Shattered her Campus.
Is it a Recession? Or just a Vibe-cession? We Ask Larry Edelman.
Why Gish Jen Talks to The Dead
Marco Werman Thinks International News is America’s Secret Weapon
Say More LIVE: Ben Cohen Wants to #FreeBenAndJerrys
A Boston Veteran’s 57-Year Journey to Find Peace
It’s Affordability, Stupid. Massachusetts’s Disappearing Middle Class

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