The Wake Up

Newton teachers are on strike for the second week. What does that mean for teachers looking for higher wages and more social supports in schools, for students, and for state policy? GBH News State House Reporter Katie Lannan joins Jeremy to discuss.

More than 80 years after Merle Hillman was killed in Pearl Harbor, his remains have been identified and will be buried by his family. Plus: Lizzie Carroll, executive director of the nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves, talks about what Holocaust Remembrance Day means in 2024.

Tonight is Burns Supper, the night where people worldwide gather to eat haggis, drink whiskey, and celebrate Scottish poet Robert Burns. So who was Burns, and why do people celebrate him? GBH's Curiosity Desk reporter and Culture Show team member Edgar B. Herwick III joins Paris and Jeremy to talk all about it.

Boston has enlisted two groups of researchers to study the harms done to Black communities, one from 1620 to 1940 and the other from 1940 to the present day. What are researchers looking into, and what could reparations ultimately look like in Boston? Bay State Banner Publisher Ron Mitchell, who broke the news, joins Jeremy to discuss. Plus: A Northeastern researcher discovers previously unknown works by "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott. Are they any good?

It's New Hampshire primary day. Washington Post reporter Meryl Kornfield joins us to talk about the mood on the ground and what we might expect from tonight's results.

In 24 hours, polls will open in New Hampshire's presidential primary. Stephanie Murray, who covers politics for The Messenger, joins Paris to talk about what to expect. Plus: GBH's Katie Lannan talks to the Massachusetts Republican women supporting Nikki Haley in New Hampshire.

Marie Yovanovich, a former US Ambassador to Ukraine, spoke with Jeremy about her life at the State Department, current US support for Ukraine, and what the 2024 elections here could mean for the state of the world.

New Hampshire's electorate may yet surprise us this election season. With primaries slated for Tuesday, President Joe Biden is not on the ballot because of changes in the DNC calendar and former President Trump seems to have a lead on the Republican side. But more than one in five New Hampshire voters have never voted in the state before: Youth registering to vote for the first time, new residents, and students. What does that mean for the electorate? Lisa Kashinsky of Politico and UMass Boston Political Science Professor Erin O'Brien join Jeremy to discuss.

Judges in Massachusetts family courts can order divorcing couples with children into parenting classes. The classes are long and expensive, with some saying they were forced into long sessions with abusers they were trying to flee. GBH's Jenifer McKim investigates.

In some ways, the movie "The Book of Clarence" tells a familiar story: Nothing is working out for Clarence, so he comes up with a scheme to turn things around. In other ways? Not so much: Clarence is the fictional twin brother of the apostle Thomas, and his scheme involves impersonating Jesus Christ, who he is convinced is a fraud. Film writer and critic Sarah G. Vincent joins Jeremy to talk about it.