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Hey folks, it's Ian.

So I and the whole team that made the big dig

have been hard at work on a new series that we are very excited to share with you.

But in the meantime, I want to share another series from our colleagues

at GBH called What is Ode. It is definitely a Boston story but one that you might not expect. So you probably know Boston as the

birthplace of America's revolution, but did you know it's also the first place in the country where slavery was legalized.

That decision paved its cobblestone streets with opportunity and also the deep roots of systemic racism.

Now, Boston is recognizing there's an unpaid debt

for hundreds of years of exploitation

and exclusion of black people. The question is, what's the modern

version of 40 acres in a mule?

GBH News has been examining that question in a new seven-part podcast called What is Ode,

hosted by political reporter Serra Wintersmith. The series tracks Boston's efforts to understand what reparations might look like

and is centered around the stories of black leaders, trailblazers, and troublemakers who've

been pondering these questions for over 150 years.

Today, we're bringing you episode one,

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