Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, June 28, 202306/28/2023

OWLS ARE POLYAMOROUS!

In Talk The Talk

6/28/23: LIVE — the Brazilian Choro band Quarteto Urubatan; NYT bestselling author Jennifer Ackerman on “What an Owl Knows;” Larry Hott with award-winning documentary photographer Becky Moseman; Chester Theatre’s Tara Franklin on “The Making of a Great Moment.”

Tuesday, June 27, 202306/27/2023

To Die For

In Talk The Talk

6/27/23: Investigative reporter Alden Wicker, author of “To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick and How We Can Fight Back;” Johnny Memphis, Music Coordinator, Florence Summer Concert Series; Negro League expert Duke Goldman on reparations; Lisa Reilly on “The Hustler Files” and persons behind the wall.

Monday, June 26, 202306/26/2023

Affirmative Action

In Talk The Talk

6/26/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on immigrants and housing; Michael Klare on Ukraine & Russia; professor Amilcar Shabazz on affirmative action & diversity at UMass; child development expert Kim John Payne on kids & screens; Megan Zinn with Boston Globe Books Editor Francie Lin.

The Franklin County, Massachusetts, Opioid Task Force

Friday, June 23, 202306/23/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 21

In The Hustler Files

A HANDS ON TASK FORCE THAT FIGHTS THE OPIOID CRISIS EVERY DAY

The Franklin County, Massachusetts, Opioid Task Force has come a long way since its inception in 2011. Across a 30-town region in rural Western Mass, the Opioid Task Force is a 400-member entity working to address the impact of the Opioid epidemic.  While this Task Force is involved with social policy work around the Opioid crisis, it is their focus to support prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery efforts.

Friday, June 23, 202306/23/2023

ALTAR TO An Erupting Sun

In Talk The Talk

6/23/23:  Rep. Mindy Domb on voting rights & sex ed; MTA’s Max Page on student debt & affirmative action; ArtBeat’s Donnabelle Casis with Talya Kingston on WAM; Chuck Collins on “Altar to an Erupting Sun;” Amherst gov’t officials Paul Bockelman & Brianna Sunryd on cops and CRESS.

Carla Cosenzi and Tara Brewster

Thursday, June 22, 202306/22/2023

Western Mass Business Show – Carla Cosenzi from Tommy Car Auto Group

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Carla Cosenzi from Tommy Car Auto Group gets real about work, life, family balance, and how to overcome grief and loss. It’s a great conversation about being in a family business and how lessons from your Dad can change the way you think about your own life. Kayla Currie from TCAG is also in the room for moral support. With 7 separate businesses now who knows when this entrepreneur will hit the pause button. Join us.

Thursday, June 22, 202306/22/2023

Western Mass Business Show 6.10.23 – Laurel Boyd and Kathryn Carpenter at Ascendance

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Laurel Boyd and Kathryn Carpenter have given so much of their time, talent, and treasure to the children of the area. Knowing that youth is the foundation to healthier adults these two and the team at Ascendance focus on the inner child to create a better outcome for all of us. Through community, connection, and collaboration they create a difference locally. Find out which one of them worked at WHMP and met their husband on the job.

Glen Siegal and Director David Picchi

Thursday, June 22, 202306/22/2023

Your Location is Being Tracked, and That Information is Being Sold

In Talk The Talk

6/22/23 Kade Crockford, Director, ACLUM’s Technology for Liberty Program, on saving privacy; Rev. Carole Bull on life after death; GCC”s Brian Adams and NHS’s Fred Morrison on bees and birds; Jazz in July with Glen Siegal and Director David Picchi.

American Jihadist

Wednesday, June 21, 202306/21/2023

Festival, Film, & War

In Talk The Talk

6/21/23: Jim Hicks, Massachusetts Review editor, on James Baldwin, prison, and Russia; Northampton-based filmmakers Larry Hott & Jody Jenkins on “American Jihadist;” defense expert Michael Klare on Ukraine, China & nukes; Green River Festival Director Jim Olsen – come celebrate!

 

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker

Tuesday, June 20, 202306/20/2023

Demonstrate! Save Reproductive Freedom!

In Talk The Talk

6/20/23: The organizers of Saturday’s Life Without Roe rally: high school junior Alice Jenkins and MHC student Naoise Grybko; Comedy Quiz (on nutty sports) with Maddy Benjamin, Christina Stevens & David Millgram; “Feminist Futures” with Professor Carrie Baker, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Rex Hanneke; Shutesbury teacher Kimberly Salditt Poulin on the art of teaching reading. 

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