Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, August 28, 202308/28/2023
Panorama — Episode 71– Todd Gazda, the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services
In Panorama
Originally aired on August 26, 2023. Todd Gazda from the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services talks to Dan Torres and Sarah Robertson about the state of public education in Massachusetts and America. They debate the needs of schools in western Massachusetts and the need for reform.
Monday, August 28, 202308/28/2023
Running For, From, & Around
8/28/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on human remains, the police, and her re-election campaign; Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach on students escaping Ron DeSantis — transfers from New College; Red Gate Educational Farm’s Sydney Treuer & CISA’s Jacob Nelson on kids, nature, & learning; Megan Zinn with J. Vanessa Lyon, author of “Lush Lives.”
Friday, August 25, 202308/25/2023
Making a Difference By Design
8/25/23: MTA Pres. Max Page on the Amherst Schools and liberal arts defunding; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, playwrights Tayla Kingston (Wam Theater) & Patrick Gabridge (Plays in Place) on “Pulling at the Roots” three plays about Northampton; Conway School trustees Bill Dwight and Mollie Babize, on its 50th anniversary and our future.
Friday, August 25, 202308/25/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 31
TO HELP OTHERS WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JOURNEY ENTAILS
Back at Episode 26, Ed Hayes and Levin Schwartz of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Western Massachusetts stopped by to share some snippets of their work behind the wall, their travels and education of best practices to states and counties that are not as forward moving as Franklin County, and the factual research behind the high levels of incarceration. With much left on the table, Ed and Levin return to continue the conversation and discuss the upcoming Federal Medicaid that will be available to incarcerated individuals in 14 states starting in 2025.
Thursday, August 24, 202308/24/2023
Abundance
8/24/23: ACLUM ‘s Carol Rose on Trump & the First Amendment; Rev. Carole Bull on progressive Christianity and whose bible?; Brian Adams & Nili Simhai on CBI’s Abundance Farm; Ruth Griggs with bandleader & drummer Joe Farnsworth on the upcoming Max Roach Centennial Celebration.
Wednesday, August 23, 202308/23/2023
Wars: in Ukraine, on Drugs, in Politics
8/23/23: Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael Klare on the War in Ukraine, Russia, & BRICS; Holyoke Media News Director Natalia Munoz on the Northampton police; Franklin Co. former Rep. & Register of Probate John Merrigan on his death penalty vote, opioids, & Greenfield’s mayoral race; Buz & Bill on POST.
Tuesday, August 22, 202308/22/2023
POSTing Up
8/22/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver on the Republican debate and Trump; Sex Matters with Dr Jane Fleishman; Fair Play with Duke Goldman on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team –victorious despite their World Cup loss; reporter Dusty Christensen on cop discipline — the POST report, and unionizing Hadley’s big-box stores.
Monday, August 21, 202308/21/2023
The Shows and Tells
8/21/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on alternatives to the armed police response; Senator Jo Comerford on her health care reform victory, finally the law! Gary Levine and Naia Tenerowicz on fighting the local gas pipeline; Isaac Mass, co-owner, Greenfield Garden Cinema, on 50th anniversary films—now showing!