Podcasts
Podcasts
Thursday, August 17, 202308/17/2023
A Moon Shot & All That Jazz
8/17/23: Astronomer Salman Hameed on moon missions and distant stars; a preview — “Performance 33,” Tuesday at the Pines; Rev. Michael McSherry on the death penalty; Brian Adams with Karen Foster, Exec. Dir., All Out Adventures –for all; Ruth Griggs with world famous trumpeter and bandleader Danny Jonokuchi.
Wednesday, August 16, 202308/16/2023
Presidents on Police & Larry on acid
8/16/23: City Council Presidents Jim Nash (Northampton) & Homar Gomez (Easthampton) on policing, surveillance, & the veto override; filmmaker Larry Hott on acid and “How to Change Your Mind;” Music Director Hugh Keelan on the TUNDI Wagner Festival; journalist Dusty Christensen, who broke the story about Northampton’s arrest of Marisol Driouech.
Tuesday, August 15, 202308/15/2023
Financial Fitness w/The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim – Part 2
Tuesday, August 15, 202308/15/2023
Financial Fitness w/The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim – Part 1
Tuesday, August 15, 202308/15/2023
Western Mass Business Show 8.12.23 – Gen Brough
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Gen Brough owner of Finck & Perras in Florence and Easthampton has grown into quite the regional entrepreneurial powerhouse. She first began her career at F&P as a receptionist which developed over time into partner and eventually owner. Hard work, dedication to staff and customers, and a philanthropic heart has guided Gen to success in the 413. Join us as she gives us some tips about insurance and describes what it’s like to take care of her community which in turn takes care of her business.
Tuesday, August 15, 202308/15/2023
Bearly Believable
8/15/23: Reporter Richie Davis on “Flights of Fancy, Souls of Grace;” The Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Holly Ruderman; Feminist Futures with Smith prof Carrie Baker & Donna Haighighat, CEO, Western Mass. Women’s Fund; MA Fisheries & Wildlife’s Joseph Rogers on “Da Bear;” Amherst music prof Amy Coddington on “How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop.”
Monday, August 14, 202308/14/2023
Panorama — Episode 70 — Environmental Activist vs PFAS
In Panorama
Originally aired on August 12, 2023. In this episode of Panorama Dan and Sarah talk to Laurene Allen, a clinical psychologist-turned-environmental activist from Merrimack, NH. After Laurene learned her community had been contaminated with a toxic man-made chemical known as PFAS, by a textile manufacturing company called Saint Gobain, she decided to organize a coalition of people impacted to fight back against the companies trying to minimize the harm caused.
Monday, August 14, 202308/14/2023
Please BEAR with us
8/14/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on fighting fentanyl; UMass Prof. Amilcar Shabazz on reparations in Amherst & beyond; Smith Prof Emeritus Lester Little on fighting fascism; Megan Zinn with Emily Todd & Matteo Pangallo on “Teaching the History of the Book.” Plus, a black mama bear came to visit us behind the WHMP studio.
Friday, August 11, 202308/11/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 29
ON THE JOB TRAINING IN THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES
It may not be commonplace to find vocational training behind the wall, but more and more jails and prisons are bringing a variety of industries, inside, not only to generate revenue, but also to offer training to those who are incarcerated, so they have better opportunities for jobs upon returning to the community. From culinary to welding, and building trades to sewing, local jails, like the Hampden County jail, created York Street Industries to not only train the revolving, selected few who want to make the best of their time behind the wall, but also create items that are used within the jail or commissioned from local companies within the community.
Friday, August 11, 202308/11/2023
Community ARE US
8/11/23: Rep Natalie Blais on floods, farms, schools, & budget; MTA President Max Page on the fruits of the Fair Share Amendment & meeting the needs of our kids; Law Prof Jocelyn Simonson on “Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration;” Laurie Sanders & Elizabeth Sharpe on Historic Northampton’s reopening of the Shepherd Barn
