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Boston Calling: Family Ties

Daniel Gross and Mum

23/07/2016 GMT

Family Ties

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A mother tells her son why she’s choosing not to vote this year

A mother tells her son why she’s choosing not to vote this year.

Does voting make a difference? We speak to two immigrants to the US. One is planning to vote this year. The other is not. They both explain why. 

Also, a writer with something to reveal about her father; a Liberian refugee who feels safer in Liberia than in the US, and a visit to an American summer camp where the campers speak Russian. Plus, a chestnut pastry recipe so good it changed one woman’s life. 
With special guest, Marjolijn deJager, host Marco Werman’s mum. 

(Photo: Daniel Gross with his mother in Singapore, courtesy of Daniel Gross)

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