Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, September 28, 202609/28/2026
Building Community
9/28/28. Co-Host Megan Zinn
The fight for rights for persons with disabilities. It’s the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Public Representation. We speak with the Founder and first Executive Director, now Special Counsel Steven Schwartz, and the Executive Director Kathy Costanzo. We discuss the Northampton State Hospital Deinstitutionalization Lawsuit and the impact of the Trump Administration cutting funding and targeting people with disabilities. October 8 — An Afternoon of Reflection and An Evening of Celebration.
Writers Block. Megan interviews Shelly Jay Shore, author of “Love Me Like a Rock Song.” They discuss
queer joy, Jewish traditions and sailing against the wind.
Dr. Jane Flieshman with Ali Wicks-Lim and Mara Levy. They discuss ROAR, Rainbow Organizing and Response, and the Queer Joy Collaborative and resisting hate and cultivating joy in queer communities.
Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman and Communications Mgr Sam Giffen: what is happening to Hampshire College’s land and buildings and when– we learn some details. Also, updates on the Jones Library construction and the Amethyst Brook Elementary School.
Friday, September 25, 202609/25/2026
In Studio — Live and Lives
9/25/26, Co-Host Josh Silver
Max Page & UMass Prof of Economics and Public Policy, Michael Ash ,discuss the new Fed Reserve findings on the wealth, more accurately, lack of wealth, of most families in Massachusetts and how to make our state more equitable.
Live and we mean aLIVE in the studio, Agua de Moringa, a band from Rio de Janeiro, performing at Bombyx on Sunday and on our show today. These musicians, playing the bandolim, clarinet, 6-string guitar, 7-string guitar, cavaquinho and pandeiro, with an out-of -this- world vocalist, are amazing.
Political Gold with Josh Silver: Trump says the U.S. press should be more like China’s—does anyone care? Also, the midterms elections will be nailbiters.
Professor of Peace and World Security Studies Michael Klare on Artificial Intelligence and its potential to initiate a nuclear world. Professor Klare haz just returned from a conference
on this topic at the Arms Control Association in Washinton D.C., where he is a Senior Visiting Fellow.
ArtBeat. Donnabelle Casis’ guest is Jason Montgomery of 50 Arrow Gallery, who speaks about the upcoming Gaon Soloists concerts and the screening of White Nine, the film about the group of disabled activists whose organizing lead to the founding of Stavros. Their conversation touches on art, disability history, independent living, and Stavros’ work today.
Thursday, September 24, 202609/24/2026
Politics and Passion
9/24/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski
Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions.
ACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, Q4—election day voter registration in MA, & nationwide election protection. Also, the ACLU/AFL-CIO report on the economic impact of Trump’s deportation policies.
Rev Carole Bull, Northampton-based UCC progressive interfaith pastor, on humility.
“A Passion for the Planet.” The performance is at Bombyx, Saturday 9/26, at 7:00. The performers include an instrumental ensemble, the soloists, three choruses and choirs, (24 members each) — the children’s choir from the Community Music School in Springfield, and Concora, adult choral artists. Our guests are the composer Geoffrey Hudson and the solo soprano Alisa Pearson, who preview this story, told in music, of recognition, resistance and inspiration. bombyx.live
The Hot Club of New England ensemble. John Anz speaks with performers Matt and Atla DeChamplain, and we hear some of their music—Gypsy Jazz, Jazz Manouche, friendship, love inspiration, and tears of joy. 5:00 Saturday, part of the Northampton Jazz Festival. northamptonjazzfest.org
Wednesday, September 23, 202609/23/2026
Wrestling Porcupines, Your Images, Fat Bears, & Apocaloptimists
9/23/26, Co-Host Brian Adams
Happy 40th Birthday, Hilltown Land Trust! We speak with the Ex Dir Sally Loomis & Community Engagement Mgr Sarah Welch. come celebrate with the wrestling porcupines.
Cooley Dickinson’s Michele Kearsley (Director of Medical Imaging) & Cathy Reed (Dir of Operations) on imaging you—MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, xrays & ambulance calls.
Northampton Climate Action Project Administration (CAPA) Director Ben Weil: black bears, heat pumps, MassSave, schools, saving money and heating & cooling yr house.
“The AI Doc Or How I became an Apocaloptimist.” Have a child in the world of AI? Larry Hott reviews this documentary about artificial intelligence and our future, if any.
Tuesday, September 22, 202609/22/2026
Speaking Up, Out & Often
9/22/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz
Old Farmers’ Almanac Editor-in-Chief Carol Connare: 2 ½ million copies of 2027 edition just printed, 235 continuous years of publication, the content in the Almanac, why millions buy it, her 20 years at UMass.
Valley and Hilltown theatre icon and Founder of Stonesthrow Theater Court Dorsey w/ Rene Pfister, from the Berklee College of Music: “What I Learned from Years of Therapy, If Anything,” a musical cabaret at the Wendell Meeting House—this Saturday at 7:00, Sunday at 4:00.
Massachusetts Review Ex Ed Britt Rusert on her new book, The Afric -American Gallery,” her local book launch at Amherst Books on October 8 at 7:00; and the new edition of MR that just dropped.
Author and activist Howard Bryant w/ Duke Goldman on the tenth anniversary of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee—what happens and what has happened to professional athletes who want to speak out.
Monday, September 21, 202609/21/2026
Flocks and Flocked
9/21/26, Co-Host-Megan Zinn
Silas Kopf: his recent honor and recognition from the American Craft Council as a master of marquetry; and also, the effort he led to restore the Civil War 160-year-old marble tablets on the facade of old City Hall — the many Easthampton residents who gave their lives.
Duston Spear: the local launch of her novel “Bird Girl” will be this Thursday at 6:00 at Forbes, sponsored by Broadside Books. The author talks with paintings, and her characters talk to her.
Nathaniel Malloy, Hadley Town Administrator, on the Flock cameras in that town and why there is no plan to discontinue their use. Yes, an image of every car driving East on Rt 9 is being captured.
Gabrielle Oliveira, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor. Her new book is “Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children’s Education, and Dreams for a Better Life.”
Saturday, September 19, 202609/19/2026
Western Mass Business Show on 9.19.26 – Bill Hines Westfield State University
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we talked to Bill Hynes, the Executive Director of institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Westfield State University Foundation. Bill has a strong volunteer and philanthropy background. Having attended UMASS and AIC he joined the Americore Program and was drawn to service and nonprofit work. Westfield University is 187 years old and draws many students from the region and state. Tune in as we learn about fundraising and why it’s important to be able to tell a donor no, when it’s the right thing to do. Their annual auction is coming up on October 12-17 and is one way to support Bill’s efforts to fundraise for the school and student needs. This auction is not to miss. Be sure to go to their website to learn all about the one of a kind items and experiences, you woon’t be disappointed. As Nester says, Give a Hoot!
www.westfield.ma.edu