Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, March 24, 202303/24/2023
Two Presidents
3/24/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on the fight against hunger here today; Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page on teachers’ right to strike and MCAS; Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat with Amy Halliday on the amazing “After Achieves” at APE Gallery; Jane Healey, author of “Good Night from Paris;”—WOW! G’fld Community College President Michelle Schutt on debt-free higher ed. and extraordinary new opportunities.
Thursday, March 23, 202303/23/2023
Free Speech & Maple Syrup
3/23/23: Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass. Exec. Dir., on the recent free speech victory in Massachusetts and the nationwide threat to abortion rights; Rev. Carol Bull on faith in perilous times; Brian Adams with Eric Lively, from Sunrise Farm in Colrain, on all things maple syrup; Ruth Griggs with – from the UMass Fine Arts Center– Sean Glennon and Michael Sakomoto on Snarky Puppy, the Sean Jones Quartet & more!
Wednesday, March 22, 202303/22/2023
Fire the Police Chief?
3/22/23: A Night Out for Ukraine—music, plays, dinner and discussion, this Sunday — with Serious Play’s Sheryl Stoodley, Marta Ostapiuk and John Feffer; Cool Films with Larry Hott and Matt Hixon; LGBTQI+ with sex educator Jane Fleishman; former Greenfield City Council President David Singer calls for the police chief to resign or be fired; Dr. Jonathan Bayuk, covid expert, on the vaccines you should have and, as Founder the One Roof Festival, on the festival and tiny homes for the homeless.
Tuesday, March 21, 202303/21/2023
Big Doings and Tiny Things
3/21/23: Sci-Tech Café with physics professors Kerstin Nordstrom and Casey Berger on teeny tiny things; Economics Professor Andrew Zimbalist on the banks — should we worry? Feminist Futures with Carrie Baker and Lisa Clauson, Dir., Strategic Partnerships, Carpenters Labor-Management Program, on women in the trades; Natalie Love, from Shakespeare & Co., on its upcoming first sensory-friendly performance — Romeo & Juliet.
Monday, March 20, 202303/20/2023
Making History
3/20/23: Tuesday’s hearing in Northampton on East-West Rail with Zane Lumelsky of Trains in the Valley; Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on re-envisioning her city; John Pucci on the impending indictments of Donald Trump; Rhonda Anderson, of the Ohketeau Cultural Center, will moderate a panel that includes author and activist Larry Spotted Crow Mann on the attempted genocide of indigenous people, the resurrection of culture, and this Sunday’s event at the Ohketeau Cultural Center; Megan Zinn and John Sayles on “Jamie MacGillivray: a Renegade’s Journey” and his upcoming reading at the Odyssey.
Saturday, March 18, 202303/18/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 7
A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE HOUSE, PART 1
“Your mind and habits will create either barriers or bridges to a better future” – Dr. Al Siebert. While re-entry programs, 2nd chance hiring, education, and halfway houses are known to lower recidivism rates, it is still, sadly, not the norm. If there is an upside to being jailed in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, it is their 16-bed halfway house with community-based programming and educational opportunities called, most appropriately, The Bridge to the Future House. In part 1 of this two-part story, on location, in the kitchen at the house, incarcerated individuals, Dakota, Matt, Sonny, and Eric, share the stories of what put them behind the wall, and the steps they are taking to become better citizens, parents, and people once they have served their time.
Friday, March 17, 202303/17/2023
Fighting Fascism
3/17/23: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on health care and affordable housing; MTA President Max Page on MCAS, high stakes testing and state receivership of local schools; Artbeat’s Donnabelle Casis and musician Ken Winoker of Psychedelic Cinema on Saturday’s amazing event at the Academy of Music; historian and author Mark Bray on the rise of fascism in the U.S. and Antifa; Jeff Napolitano and Rose Webster-Smith from Springfield No One Leaves on rent control and Gov. Maura Healey’s housing policies.
Thursday, March 16, 202303/16/2023
An Amazing Mash-up of Headliners
3/16/23: The Shackleton Expedition and the Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra with Ken Winokur—coming to Northampton’s Academy of Music Saturday. Headliners, and headlines with Gazette, and Recorder Exec. Editor Dan Crowley. Edwards Church Rev. Michael McSherry on creation stories and human dominion.
16 y.o. climate activist hero Ollie Perrault from Easthampton on upcoming actions—with Science and Sensibility host Brian Adams. The Valley jazz scene with Ruth Griggs and Paul Arslanian.
Wednesday, March 15, 202303/15/2023
Rock on!
3/15/23: “Rock of Ages” at NHS this weekend — with the play’s Director, Dave Grout, and two student stars; Northampton Councilors Jamila Gore and Garrick Perry on your becoming a critical part of city government; after the Oscars, Larry Hott on great films you should see; Greenfield Councilor Marianne Bullock on unresolved issues with the police; “Building Worker Power Through Solidarity, Cooperation & Care” with, UMass Labor Center prof. Clare Hammonds and Wellspring Cooperative’s Mary Hoyer and Nellie Marshall-.
Wednesday, March 15, 202303/15/2023
Things That Really Matter
3/14/23: Death with Dignity Executive Director JM Sorrell and palliative care physician Jeffrey Zesiger on the proposed state law on end-of-life options. Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll on the budget and all things Western Mass. Long-time school superintendent (now Exec Dir. of Educational Collaborative) Todd Gazda on the conundrum of snow days. Alexis Breiteneicher, Exec. Dir. of Valley Community Development Corp., and Humera Fasihuddin, Chair of the Hadley School Committee, on the proposed affordable housing project in that town – the hearing is Monday.
