Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, January 26, 202401/26/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 47
NEARLY 1 IN 3 U.S. ADULTS IS CUT OUT OF THE LABOR MARKET, BUT HELP IS COMING
The murder of George Floyd was a catalyst for an onslaught of positive change in so many areas of our society, and no more so than in Chicago where business leaders came together to address the economic and racial inequities across all the neighborhoods in the Chicago region. Out of that confab came the Corporate Coalition of Chicago with more than 40 members of the Chicago business community, 23 anchor partners and 5 initiatives to reduce long-standing and continuing inequities and create a thriving economy throughout Chicago. One of these initiatives is centered in Fair Chance Hiring and addressing the talent shortage and the population that faces severe limitations to gaining employment because of a criminal record. This model is being adopted across the U.S. but can it grow fast enough to save our businesses who can’t find employees.
Thursday, January 25, 202401/25/2024
Victory!
ACLU’s Carol Rose: SJC rules — DAs to disclose police misconduct; also, DNA collection, cell phone tracking, & book banning. Rev. Carole Bull: non-violence. Wayfinders’ Keith Fairey & Valley CDC’s Alexis Breiteneicher: low- income housing now. Gov. Councilor Tara Jacobs: new justices & judges.
Wednesday, January 24, 202401/24/2024
More Discourse, Less Discord
1/24/24: John DiBartolo wants more discourse, less discord. Peter Simpson talks about saving Haymarket Café. Jane Fleishman discusses desire. Brian Adams with Paul Lagreze on mushroom cultivation. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen explains the Greenfield police leadership raises and the local presence of Ukrainians seeking to remain in this country for humanitarian reasons.
Wednesday, January 24, 202401/24/2024
Kings & Queens
1/23/24: Fish wrap on Trump remaining on MA ballot, and Supreme Court threat to gut regulatory authority of admin agencies. WHMP’s sports guy Scott Coen talks Pats, Belichick, & Mayo. Print & radio investigative journalist Sarah Robertson describes her work. Duke Goldman looks at free agency’s past, present, & future. Easthampton Theater Company’s Michael Budnick & Pedro Serrazina discuss “Torch Song.”
Wednesday, January 24, 202401/24/2024
Our Past Is Not Past
1/22/24: Northampton criminal defense attys Paul Rudof & Ryan Shiff: the SJC has ruled — the possibility of parole for young people sentenced to life imprisonment for murder – their case. “Black in the Valley”: UMass prof. Amilcar Shabazz & Amherst prof. Stefan Bradley: reparations here & Black History month. “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” with Director of Musealia, Luis Ferreiro. Megan Zinn with John Clinch on “The General (Ulysses S. Grant) and Julia” (his wife).
Friday, January 19, 202401/19/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 46
MEDICAL & LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE BREAKING NEW GROUND
In Episode 45, Attorney Ada Lin of Prisoners’ Legal Services in Boston, Massachusetts discussed the need for the pending House and Senate Bill that would allow for a more compassionate release of those incarcerated individuals who were terminally ill or permanently incapacitated and facing an end-of-life situation. In this episode, Ada Lin returns with Dr. Alice Bukhman, an Emergency Department Medical Director, and Head of Medical Partnerships for Prisoners’ Legal Services to discuss the medical parole need in more detail. Ada and Alice offer a voice for those in need of medical parole, and work with teams of hospital caretakers to improve management of agitated patients, and reduce bias, especially where it concerns a shackling of a patient who is already incapacitated.
Friday, January 19, 202401/19/2024
The State of Things
1/19/24: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: state of the State. MTA Pres. Max Page: Fair Share & the Newton teachers strike. Iohann Rashi Vega: Holyoke happenings. Environmental atty Yahn Olson: PFAS, forever chemicals. Amherst School Comm. member Jennifer Shiao: state of the super search.
Thursday, January 18, 202401/18/2024
Political, Religious & Philanthropic Gold
1/18/24: Josh Silver: Trump, inevitable & dangerous. Rev. Michael McSherry: politics & God. Ann Walsh, Bob Lowery & Tara Brewster: Big Bros Big Sisters/ Big Love, Little Performances. Former G’fld Mayor Roxann Wedegartner: raises for police chief & deputy. Ruth Griggs: All That Jazz.
Wednesday, January 17, 202401/17/2024
Changes?
1/17/24: Felicia Kornbluh: “A Womans’ Life Is a Human Life.” ARHS students: the “Beyond Roe” rally. Dr. Norbert Goldfield: the surge in covid. Prof. Brian Adams & MA Audubon’s Tom Lautzenheiser: to hibernate or not to hibernate. New MA Probation Comm., Pamerson Ifill: his remarkable story & vision.
Tuesday, January 16, 202401/16/2024
Panorama — Episode 75 — Art Keene and Kitty Axelson-Berry are co-editors of the Amherst Indy
In Panorama
Originally aired on January 13, 2024: Art Keene and Kitty Axelson-Berry are co-editors of the Amherst Indy, an independent online news outlet focused on Amherst town government. For five years now the all-volunteer publication has reported on local municipal meetings and other news from the community through a critical, progressive lens. We sat down with Art and Kitty to talk about how the Amherst Indy got started, some of the issues they have been following closely, and the importance of local news.
