Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, May 26, 202305/26/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 17
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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.
Thursday, May 18, 202305/18/2023
The Beat Goes On
5/18/23: NPR (Northampton Poetry Radio) with Martin Espada, Rich Michelson & Howie Faerstein; Extra Extra with DHG and Gfld Recorder editor Dan Crowley on today’s news and tomorrow’s; Brian Adams and Brian Lapis on today’s weather and tomorrow’s and next week’s; Ruth Griggs with extraordinary percussionist Richie Barshay –wait till you hear this!
