Say More
Hosted by Anna Kusmer and Jim Dao and Shirley Leung · The Boston Globe
4.4from 92 ratings
- 180
- Episodes
- 152
- Transcribed
- 92
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 260K
- YouTube views
About Say More
Big ideas and big debates, explained through intimate conversations with the compelling personalities who shape them. AI and biotech. Higher education and health care. Climate and sustainability. Politics and the media. Culture and culture wars. Hosted by Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung.
- Publisher
- The Boston Globe
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Jul 2023
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
152 of 180 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Joe Perry (& Aerosmith) are Not Done Rocking
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
POLITICS PANEL: Is Woke Dead? Is Healey in Trouble? Could New England Decide the US Senate? (plus Seth Moulton)
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cancel Culture Killed the Radio Star. A Sit-Down with Matty in the Morning.
Inside a recent episode
Joe Perry (& Aerosmith) are Not Done Rocking
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We spent a lot of time in New York, but we never moved. You're back in Boston because you have this documentary about your super band, I think. It's called Hollywood Vampires. Why start another band when most people are thinking about retirement? I had some time on my hands. Johnny and Alice met when they were doing Dark Shadows. I'm trying to get this solo album and get a role going. And he's always calling me going, well, I got this other project going on. You want to come down and play some guitar? Alice wanted to make this record. in honor of the friends that he had from the original Hollywood Vampires, which was a drinking club. […]
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- Joe Perry
- Seth Moulton
- Matt Siegel
- Larry Edelman
- Karen Kleiman
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 260,419
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 82 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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Questions about Say More
Who hosts Say More?
Anna Kusmer and Jim Dao and Shirley Leung host the show. Published by The Boston Globe.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Say More take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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