Gerald Mendes was born in Canada and raised with the story of his grandfather Aristides de Sousa Mendes. As he grew up he came to learn not only about the history of his family, but also about those that the actions of his grandfather during WWII helped to save....
He died disgraced and impoverished, asking his children to one day clear his name. Decades later, the story of how that man, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, helped save thousands upon thousands of lives during World War II, is finally spreading around the world. Today his family and descendants of those...
With only 48 hours remaining before I take my first ever trip to South East Asia, I have a recommendation for all of you. My dear friend and podcasting colleague Richard was travelling around Equador, Peru and Colombia during most of this month. During that journey he visited family who...
Aristides de Sousa Mendes ignored the orders of the facist Portuguese government during WWII, by helping people escape to Portugal. A diplomat in Bordeaux, he gave visas to thousands of Jewish and nonJewish refugees trying to escape the Nazi occupation. When it was discovered, he was fired,...
Waterboarding is one of those words that is pushed on the public in order to distract or mislead people from thinking about the actual crime it involves. On the latest edition of On The Media, they did a fantastic job of exploring the manipulation of this word and what it...
