Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, October 6, 202310/06/2023
Western Mass Business Show on 9.30.23 — Maria Rivera, executive director of Hospice of the Fisher Home, and Dina Stander, Fisher Home Board member
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Maria Rivera, RN, BSN, executive director of Hospice of the Fisher Home, and Dina Stander, Fisher Home Board member, were my guests this week. Whether they are serving parties in their 9 bed home in Amherst or coming to places in the community that need their services HOTFH is here for your end of life compassionate care.
Currently in a capital campaign called Keep Us Rooted they are looking for 500,000 to make crucial upgrades to their facility and appliances.
Check out their shop at 6 University Drive to support their efforts through thrifting. Go now and go back often. You won’t be sorry you did. Win win capitalism.
Thursday, October 5, 202310/05/2023
Chaos & Mist
10/05/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on the D.C. clown show; Atty John Pucci on the impending GA trial of Trump alleged co-conspirators; Rev. Andrea Ayvazian & Quaker activist George Lakey (“Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice”); Brian Adams with Smith College’s Paul Wetzel on our environment going nuts; Glenn Seigel with superstar musician Mat Maneri.
Wednesday, October 4, 202310/04/2023
Speakerless, Hardly Speechless
10/04/23: We ask DA David Sullivan about Kevin McCarthy, Trump’s gag order and the Rintala murder trial; Cool Films with Larry Hott on “Judy Blume Forever” and “Periodical”; Dusty Christensen on broadband monopolies vs municipal ownership; Wayfinders CEO Keith Fairey & FRCOG Director Linda Dunlavy on affordable housing here now.
Tuesday, October 3, 202310/03/2023
In Our Schools; In My Room
10/3/23: Linda Post — Paradise City Arts Festival; Brave Schools with ARHS’ Samantha Camera & Tony McAleer(“A Cure for Hate: A White Supremacist’s Journey…”); Title IX report on Amherst schools with activists Ali Wicks-Lim, MJ. Shwartz & Amy Cronin-Dicaprio; Interlink Publisher Michele Moushabeck and pianist Carli Muñoz (“A Fool’s Journey: to the Beach Boys and Beyond”).
Tuesday, October 3, 202310/03/2023
Anxiety
10/2/23: Jo Newman and Morgan Walsh on “Anxiety Addict’ Bedtime Stories.” Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra and City Planner Carolyn Misch on the Main Street Design. Professor Bruce Miller on the Supreme Court’s sharp right turns. Megan Zinn with Mt. Holyoke Prof. Mara Breen on children & reading.
Friday, September 29, 202309/29/2023
S. Hadley Party. Amherst Update & Fate Is Still Unlearned w/ Colin and the MTA
9/29/23: Schools with MTA’s Max Page and Mass Budget’s Colin Jones; Peggy Gillespie on “Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People & Their Families.” Donnabelle Casis & Ebbie Russell on “Topographies at 50.” Showcase South Hadley with town leaders John Anz, Ira Brezinski, & Lisa Wong. OMG Amherst! Town Mgr. Paul Bockelman & Fire Chief Ira Nelson.
Thursday, September 28, 202309/28/2023
Legal Therapy with the ACLU Doctor & All That Jazz
9/28/23: ACLU Mass. E.D. Carol Rose on cases now before SCOTUS: guns, voting rights & abortion; Rev. Carole Bull & filmmaker Amber Bemak share a story of magic & mental health; PREVIEW! the Northampton Jazz Fest. with Pres. Ruth Griggs, producer Nate Gowen, drummer Molly Plaisted, & guitarist & bandleader Rich Goldstein — all Jazz Strutters.
Wednesday, September 27, 202309/27/2023
Schools and Sex
9/27/23: Gwen Agna, N’hmptn School Comm. member at-large & reelection candidate; Dr. Jane Fleishman on sex ed. in schools; Brian Adams with Eliot Schrefer on “Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality.” Alison Berman, Director of Girls on the Run.
Tuesday, September 26, 202309/26/2023
Darkness & Light
9/26/23: Josh Silver on polls, Trump, & 2024. Sci-Tech Cafe: MHC prof. Kerstin Nordstrom previews Darkness … (and) Life.” Peggy Gillespie on “Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families.” Duke Goldman on women & sports. Governor’s Councilor Tara Jacobs on pardons.
Monday, September 25, 202309/25/2023
Superintendent wanted!
9/25/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on her re-election campaign, Greenfield’s schools, & a big recycling grant; Amherst Reg School Comm’s Jennifer Shiao on Where’s that Title IX report?, on the search for a superintendent, and the upcoming election to fill school committees vacancies; Prof Michael Klare on Ukraine Pres Zelenskyy’s visit & the House’s snub, the White House welcome, and his scathing speech to the UN.
