Monday, March 13, 202303/13/2023

Mayors Monday and Council Consideration

In Talk The Talk

3/13/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on the upcoming 150 year late building dedication and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and his response to the highly critical report on the Holyoke police. Black in the Valley on Black businesses in Amherst and Hadley with Pat Ononibaku and Amilcar Shabazz with hosts Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Carlie Tartakov. Amherst Town Council President Lynn Greisemer on money, schools, the library, roads and the upcomingtown-wide vote. Writer’s Block with Megan Zinn and Sean Norton.

Saturday, March 11, 202303/11/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 6

In The Hustler Files

RAISING THE BAR AND LOWERING RECIDIVISM RATES, ONE DEGREE AT A TIME

The word Partake means ‘to consume’ and for those who become incarcerated, having lost everything will when given the opportunity for educational pursuits, be like sponges, ready and willing to participate as education returns them back some of their dignity. At Partakers dot Org, a College Behind Bars degree program through Boston College, Emerson and Tufts University, and most recently the Partakers Empowerment Program (PEP) in association with Brandeis University has for 25 years, within the State of Massachusetts, offered higher education and community mentoring for re-entry, to bridge the divide between those inside and outside of prison and assist with reducing recidivism.

Friday, March 10, 202303/10/2023

People Speak

In Talk The Talk

3/10/23: Rep. Natalie Blais on our schools’ crucial need for state money now; Northampton School Committee Vice-Chair Gwen Agna on choosing (they’re getting close) the new superintendent; ArtBeat featuring Don Sanders, Director of Mass. Int’l Festival of Arts, on the restored WPA murals in Holyoke; Community Action with E.D. Clare Higgins and Energy Director Peter Wingate on our neighbors without heat; former Northampton City Council President (former Mayor Clare Higgins stays with us) on civility, or lack thereof, in public comment.

Thursday, March 9, 202303/09/2023

Tones and More

In Talk The Talk

3/9/23: Members of Northampton High School’s a cappella group, the Northamptones, sing for us—a preview of Sunday’s Silver Chord Bowl. Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies, on the War in Ukraine and avoiding war over Taiwan; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske, of Congregation Beit Ahavah, on Purim, International Women’s Day and antisemitism. Johanna Neumann, Amherst-based Senior Director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America and DHG columnist, with some good news –finally! Take Five with Glenn Siegel and Angelica Sanchez, pianist-composer, on her concert Friday with the great trumpeter, Wadada Leo Smith, at Amherst College’s Buckley Recital Hall.

Wednesday, March 8, 202303/08/2023

Inner and Outer Space

In Talk The Talk

3/8/23: Amherst College Professor of Humanities, Ilan Stavans, on his new fascinating book,“The People’s Tongue;” Florence-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Larry Hott, on the upcoming Oscars; UMass. astrophysicist, astronomer and member of the James Webb Space Telescope team, Kate Whitaker, on peering into time and space; UMass. Minutewomen’s basketball coach, Tory Verdi, on the team’s amazing season and the post-season.

Tuesday, March 7, 202303/07/2023

Tier and Tears

In Talk The Talk

3/7/23: Economic development specialist Michael Kane on Congressman John Olver, the Northern Tier, and their friendship; activists Susan Lantz and Paki Wieland on International Women’s Day and tears over reversal of Roe v. Wade; Senator Paul Mark on student debt and the laws to protect workers that he hopes to pass this session; Play Bill with Jackie Walsh on “Intimate Apparel” by Silverthorne Theater Company, now at Hawks and Reed, with director Jasmine Brooks and the lead, Tahmie Der.

Monday, March 6, 202303/06/2023

Western Mass Business Show 3.4.23 – Daniel Reider Publisher of Northampton Living & Longmeadow Neighbor

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Daniel Reider tells us what being the the Owner of Reider Media and the Publisher of Northampton Living and Longmeadow Neighbors really entails. How his journey here was born in the city but ended with country (the 413) and a better quality of life. Learn how hoop dreams can come true and that there is an Orange, OH. Don’t miss out on this super local social media in print edition of the WMA Business Show.

Monday, March 6, 202303/06/2023

Western Mass Business Show 2.25.23 – Dr. Lynnette-Watkins

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as Dr. Lynette Watkins discusses the ways that Cooley Dickinson Hospital has risen to the occasion that healthcare demands in today’s developing post Covid landscape. Dr. Watkins has traveled far to be with us, and we are lucky to have her in the 413 leading CDH to greater access and opportunity in this region. Find out how Mass General and Cooley have created a partnership that benefits all of us in Western MA and beyond.

Monday, March 6, 202303/06/2023

Home

In Talk The Talk

3/6/23: Senator Jo Comerford on her bills this legislative session, including Death with Dignity; Northampton Mayor G.L. Sciarra on Eric Suher’s licenses and the future of downtown Northampton; WNEU law professor emeritus Bruce Miller on the Supreme Court killing Biden’s student debt relief program; Megan Zinn and author Jennifer Rosner on Jennifer’s new historical novel “Once We Were Home,” about kids during WWII being ripped from their families and raised by others.

Saturday, March 4, 202303/04/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 5

In The Hustler Files

MEL & MEREDITH SPRINGFIELD, 2ND CHANCE HEROES

Not all heroes wear capes, masks and carry a shield, but at Meredith Springfield, a Ludlow Massachusetts manufacturing facility for Fortune 100 companies, Owner Mel O’Leary has spent twenty years as a 2nd chance employer! In his relationship with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, Mel has not only employed a few hundred formerly incarcerated but approximately one-third of those 2nd chance hires have continued to stay on with him and some have even moved into management positions. Joining Mel in the conversation is Luis, an ex-offender for drug conspiracy, who entered Federal prison at the age of 18 and stayed incarcerated for six years. As with all the Meredith Springfield 2nd chance hires, Luis was given the opportunity to work for Mel while finishing up his sentence in the Hampden re-entry program. Listen in to find out how Mel’s 2nd chance hiring has not been in vain.