Saturday, May 27, 202305/27/2023

Western Mass Business Show on 5.27.23

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Chris Fournier (Engagement and Development Director) and Tom Willits (Co-Founder and Executive Director) from MAPS. Music and Poetry Synchronized. This nonprofit is making music, poetry, and art in a school environment but going far beyond the classroom setting. They are inspiring social justice through artistic collaboration. By getting outside classroom and bringing the school to other schools so that a cross pollination of ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives emerges. Join us as we talk about doing this important work and creating voices and images to be seen and heard outside of the classroom.
www.mapsmusic.org

Friday, May 26, 202305/26/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 17

In The Hustler Files

FROM ROSIE’S HOUSE TO A FUTURE BLOOMING WITH POSSIBILITIES

Finding the possibilities in life, after incarceration, and with a forever criminal record, is a daunting task, but since 2004 when Jacqueline Velez was released from the women’s section of Rikers Island, her mission has been driven by the love for her daughter, a passion for sharing her experiences through her poetry, and the courage to become a voice for so many others who have faced similar obstacles.

Friday, May 26, 202305/26/2023

Forward and Back

In Talk The Talk

5/26/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on affordable housing & free menstrual products on public college campuses; MTA Pres. Max Page and 5th grade teacher Brenda Dunn on kids and reading; Donnabelle Casis with Easthampton Film Festival’s Chris Ferry; Bombyx Center founders Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead on the City’s order to cease and desist; Jeff Napolitano – reflections on W. Mass activism and WHMP.

Thursday, May 25, 202305/25/2023

Rights, Wrongs, Music, and Life

In Talk The Talk

5/25/23: ACLU of Mass. Exec. Dir. Carol Rose on LGBTQ+ rights, drag performances, and government surveillance; Rev. Carol Bull and filmmaker Amber Bemak on life; law professor Ahmed White on “Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers;” Glenn Seigel and “Jazz a la Mode” host Tom Reney rock the house.

Wednesday, May 24, 202305/24/2023

The Future Now

In Talk The Talk

5/24/23: CBI Rabbi Justin David on his activist past and future – and ours; Larry Hott and Chris Ferry on “Greyland” in Easthampton tomorrow;” sex educator Dr. Jane Fleishman; environmentalist Karl Meyer on this weekend’s rally/protest to save the Connecticut River; UMass Biology Professor Paul Katz on the neuroscience of ageing, AI, and memory.

Tuesday, May 23, 202305/23/2023

Democracy?

In Talk The Talk

5/23/23: “The West: A New History In Fourteen Lives” with author, Professor Naoíse Mac Sweeney; Safe Passage’s Marianne Winters on the shelter closing; Wired Magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly on “Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I Had Known Earlier;” Duke Goldman on the Negro Leagues and integrating MLB; Harvard Prof. Danielle Allen on “Partners in Democracy.”

Monday, May 22, 202305/22/2023

Western Mass Business Show 5.20.23

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Attorney Dianna Stallone grew up recognizing that not everyone can get by as easily as others and that injustices happen everywhere. But through sharing of information and helping each other to solve problems we can get along well and with less issues than without the lift. Ask Dianna.Com is a great resource for those considering going into business and getting help from an expert. Join us to find out what community legal advice looks like.

Monday, May 22, 202305/22/2023

Farewell, Not Good-bye, Dear Friends

In Talk The Talk

5/22/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on schools, police, the budget & the law; Black in the Valley with Carlie Tartakov, Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Demetria Shabazz, Amilcar Shabazz, Mindy Domb, & Monte Belmonte; Greenfield political observer David Singer; Megan Zinn and UMass professor & author Yvette Lisa Ndlovu on “Drinking from Graveyard Wells.”

Saturday, May 20, 202305/20/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 16

In The Hustler Files

THE SINS OF THE PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE LAID UPON THEIR CHILDREN

In the United States, one in five children has had a parent incarcerated at some point, and more than 75% of children who have had a parent incarcerated, has themselves become incarcerated. John F. Kennedy said, “We are not here to cure the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future”. This episode is emotionally riveting, not just because the woman sharing her story has both of her parents incarcerated for war crimes in Senegal and Rwanda, but because of the abuse she sustained as a victim, because of her parents circumstances. It is a journey of epic proportions that brings her to a place where, with the support of a village, she can share her story.

Friday, May 19, 202305/19/2023

Workers Struggles, Progressive Art, & War

In Talk The Talk

5/19/23: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on legislating sex work and funding transportation; Max Page & PSU President Andrew Gorry on UMass Amherst workers’ victory; Donnabelle Casis & Mead Museum’s Lisa Crossman on “God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin;” defense expert Michael Klare on the spring offensive in Ukraine; restoring the Hestia, the Northampton women’s history, Mural, with Rebecca Muller and Linda Bond.