4.6 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Introducing Beyond All Repair, a new WBUR podcast from producer emeritus of Dear Sugars, Amory Sivertson. This series tells the story of a murder, but also the woman who was accused of that murder, Sophia.
Sophia was newly married and 6 months pregnant when she was charged with murdering her mother-in-law in 2002. She gave birth to a son in jail that she hasn’t seen since, and for the last three years, she’s been telling me her story in hopes of getting justice for her mother-in-law, of having a chance of meeting her son, and of finally being believed.
This is the first chapter of Beyond All Repair. Episode 2 is already waiting for you. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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0:00.0 | If you could get rid of everything bad about banks and build one from scratch, |
0:04.4 | you'd build a different kind of bank. |
0:06.5 | One that has actual people you can talk to 24-7, not robots, |
0:11.5 | doesn't invest in fossil fuels, charges no extra fees for spending abroad, |
0:16.1 | and definitely doesn't close before you finish work. |
0:18.6 | You'd build tools to help manage bills, teach kids good money habits, and give interest on personal and joint accounts. |
0:25.9 | So what would that look like? |
0:27.8 | Starling Bank, the bank built for you. |
0:31.3 | Hey Sugar Fans, this is Amory Severtson, producer Emeritus of Dear Sugar's, and I'm dropping in here because I've just launched a new podcast series that I think you'll want to hear. It's called Beyond All Repair, and it tells the story of a |
0:46.2 | murder, but also the woman who was accused of that murder, Sophia. Sophia was newly married and she was six months pregnant when she was charged with murdering her |
0:56.2 | mother-in-law back in 2002. |
0:59.1 | She gave birth to a son in jail that she hasn't seen since, and for the last three years she's been |
1:04.7 | telling me her story in hopes of getting justice for her mother-in-law, of having a |
1:09.3 | chance at finally meeting her son and of finally being believed. There are big themes in |
1:16.3 | this story. There's a really complicated family at the center of it. The murder |
1:20.4 | itself is a sibling he said she said and there are deep reflections on mistakes made |
1:26.4 | and time lost woven into this larger pursuit for the truth of what actually happened. |
1:33.3 | So I'm going to share the first episode of Beyond All Repair with you right here, right now. |
1:39.2 | I hope you'll give it a listen, and if you want to keep going after that episode 2 is already |
1:45.1 | waiting for you just look for beyond all repair in your podcast app okay |
1:50.5 | here's the show W W-B-U-R Podcasts, Boston. |
1:55.0 | Heads up, |
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