Sep 3, 2026 · 39 min · 11 segments
How do the specific objects and places of our past shape our understanding of personal and collective history? In this episode of Sing for Science, singer-songwriter…
Christine DeLuciaGuest
I teach history, and one of the biggest points that we get to early on is where you begin the story.

If it starts in 1620 with the pilgrims showing up here, whose experiences, whose values is that putting at the center, and how else can it be told?
When someone tells me they're from Massachusetts, now I always ask what but.
I wonder if you kept the pilgrim ashtray That's still propped up on your bar cart
Today we'll be speaking with singer-songwriter Jensen McCrae and Williams College historian Christine DeLucia.
The title of today's episode on the podcast is Massachusetts, Regionalism, Material Memory, and the Stories They Tell.
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