Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, May 15, 202605/15/2026
Caveats
Caveats
5/15/26 (Co-Host Buz Eisenberg)
MTA Pres Max Page: the banks’ demands on Hampshire College and why it’s closing, the MTA’s position on overrides, and the MTA’s newly-elected officers (Max is term limited).
Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: “ The Supreme Court’s Takedown of American Democracy Is Complete.” And last night Texas executed its 600th person since the death penalty was reinstated—a person profoundly intellectually challenged.
Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: the state budget—the good, the bad & the ugly, the Protect Act and bonding bills for the environment and economic development.
Students from Mohawk Trail Regional interview Bill about radio and journalism.
ArtBeat with Jason Montgomery (in for Donnabelle Casis) & Darrell Clemmer: “Small Scale, Epic World” at 50 Arrow Gallery in Easthampton.
Thursday, May 14, 202605/14/2026
Klaring Things Up
5/14/26 (Co-Host Buz Eisenberg)
Eric Nakajima, Holyoke Dir of Economic Development: housing for all.
Eric Reeves, Founder of Project Zam Zam: the catastrophe in Sudan and Darfur.
Buz and Bill on local overrides and Prop 2 ½.
Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: the erroneous conflating of Judaism with Netanyahu’s government.
Michael Klare, Five (Four?) College Prof. Emeritus of Peace & World Security Studies: Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping, the Strait of Hormuz (which they both want open), the Wars in Iran and Ukraine, likely outcomes & dangers ahead.
Wednesday, May 13, 202605/13/2026
Illusions and Delusions
5/13/26 (Co-Host Brian Adams)
Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Town Councilor: Hampshire College’s closing — what we know and when we know it and maybe a silver lining for the town?
Emily Boddy & Laura Erny, from ReConnect Western MA: “Digital Delusions—How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids.”
Darcy DuMont & Paul Fenn, founder & Pres of Local Power: The green energy you think you’ve been buying isn’t green—sorry; and more nukes?—sorry again.
Larry Hott & Raeshma Razvi, from Mass Humanities: “ A People’s Guide to the Revolution” — aspiration, inspiration and reality.
Tuesday, May 12, 202605/12/2026
Getting from Here to There
5/12/26 (co-host Prof Amilcar Shabazz)
Rep Pat Duffy: Holyoke educators win a contract, the future of the Farm Bill & the Protect Act.
Hadley School Superintendent Anne McKenzie: the proposed overrides – the people will decide soon.
National Bike Month, Baystate Bike Month & Northampton Bike Week w/ George Kohout, Pres, Friends of Northampton Trails & Rick Ranti, Coordinator, Bikes for All:
with whom, how, where, when and why ride & this week’s trips and events.
Duke Goldman w/Andy (A.M) Gittlitz, author of “The Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team.”
Monday, May 11, 202605/11/2026
Author! Author!
5/11/26 (Co-Host Megan Zinn)
Safe Passage Exec Dir Marianne Winter & author Patricia Lee Lewis: “Story Telling as Healing, the event at 33 Hawley.”
Novelist Joanna Margaret: “The Daughters” –a thriller, a preview of her Odyssey Bookshop reading this Wednesday.
Jarrett Krosoczka: RISE Fest—an amazing literary and art event of, by and for young people at Northampton HS.
Corrine Coryat, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the First Franklin District.
Saturday, May 9, 202605/09/2026
Western Mass Business Show on 5.9.26
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we speak to Jennifer Derringer (Managing Attorney of the Franklin and Hampshire County) and Tom Navin (Development Director) from Community Legal Aid to learn about their 75 years of helping people across the state get legal services at, they would otherwise not be able to afford (or the system easily navigated). Started in 1951, as Western MA Legal Services, the focus has been on low income, elders, housing, benefits, immigration, elder law, Cori, re-entry, and custody proceedings. With over 200+ staff members the organization has grown significantly over the past decade partially due to increased need and partially due to the housing crisis. Listen in as we learn about this amazing community resource from some of its dedicated staff.
https://communitylegal.org/
Friday, May 8, 202605/08/2026
The Hustler Files Ep 161
PLANTING: ONE SEED AT A TIME
Behind every prison sentence is a family story. In this deeply personal Mother’s Day episode of The Hustler Files, you’ll meet Daisy Diaz, a justice-impacted woman and mother who shares how it felt to be the ugly duckling of her family and live on the streets beginning at the age of 12. From navigating her addictions, to her rollercoaster of incarceration, and then separation from her own children, Daisy shares a raw and honest account of a life shaped by trauma yet transformed by resilience. She opens up about the emotional toll of “mother-child” visits in prison, and the reality that while one person serves the sentence, families serve time too. Now 11 years clean, Daisy reflects on rebuilding her life, repairing relationships, and stepping into her purpose: helping other women find their way forward by planting seeds for them to follow. This episode is a powerful reminder that second chances don’t just change one life; they can change generations.
Friday, May 8, 202605/08/2026
Political Gold
5/8/26 (co-host Josh Silver)
MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend’s election, how the MTA actually works & this week’s SJC on the income tax ballot question.
Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night’s passage of the Resolution about ICE, the budget, housing, Picture Main Street, school committee responsibilities, & political discourse.
Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend.
Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law: DOE’s investigation of Smith College alleging sex discrimination due to admission of trans women.
ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Deborah Way: “What Wears You.”
Thursday, May 7, 202605/07/2026
Security
5/7/26 (co-host Buz Eisenberg).
Food Bank of Western Mass Dev Dir Jillian Morgan: 40%-50% of people here are food insecure.
Mental Health Law Prof Frederick Vars: “Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other,” his own hospitalizations, self-help groups, meds & hope.
Congressman Jim McGovern: the feds v Smith Coll, elections 2026 & the War in Iran.
All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist Matt Dwonszyk: Side of Jazz @Eastside Grill.
