Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, May 6, 202305/06/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 14
THE LIFE OF A CORRECTION OFFICER, IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
The criminal justice system is in a recruitment crisis. Correction Officers (yes, those uniformed individuals who work inside the local, State, and Federal Prisons and have military titles such as Captain, Corporal, etc.) are retiring faster than new COs can be recruited to replace them. Considering that the intake of justice-involved individuals has barely slowed down, this puts the recruiting efforts of the system in crisis. Like with any career path, the more informed people are about what a career path as a CO encompasses, the better chance that local jails and State and Federal prisons will have in recruiting new hires.
Friday, May 5, 202305/05/2023
Gulp
5/5/23: MTA President Max Page on reimagining MCAS; Literacy Project teacher Thane Thomsen on Sunday’s runraiser; astronomer Salman Hameed on “planetary engulfment” (engulpment?); Donnabelle Casis and Lisa Thompson on the UMass ArtSalon; investigative reporter Dusty Christensen on the cannabis industry; Easthampton Theater Co.’s Michael Budnick and Eva Husson Stockhammer on “God of Carnage;” Clay Pearson on Pride—tomorrow.
Thursday, May 4, 202305/04/2023
Prejudice and Pride
5/4/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on the fight for LGBTQ rights, SNAP, & the debt ceiling; Michael Lind on “Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America;” Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on Hampshire Pride, yesterday & today; Brian Adams with Smith College basketball star Morgan Morrison, Div. 3 player of the year; “Take Five” with Ruth Griggs and sax great Chuck Langford.
Wednesday, May 3, 202305/03/2023
Western Mass Business Show – 4.28.23 – David Ruggles Center
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join Kim Gerould and Tom Goldschneider from the David Ruggles Center at 225 Nonotuck Street in Florence to learn about the abolitionist history in Northampton and what the current abolitionists are up to in the Village. For starters, coming up on the 6th the DRC is featuring a symposium at Bombyx Center in Florence with Lydia Molland (www.lydiamoland.com) who recently wrote a book about Lydia Maria Child one of Florence’s most famous egalitarian group, the Northampton Association of Education and Industry. Join us on the 6th or for a walking tour of 01062, find out more at: www.davidrugglescenter.org
Wednesday, May 3, 202305/03/2023
Young@Heart, Live in the Studio
5/3/23: DA David Sullivan on the 27,000 wrongful OUI convictions; the Y@H Chorus Love Show with Bob Cilman, Julia van Ijken, Rosie Caine, & Chris Haynes; Sudan expert Eric Reeves on the war and genocide; Keith McCormick on “Great Bones” and osteoporosis.
Tuesday, May 2, 202305/02/2023
Author Author,! Lawyer Lawyer!
5/2/23: Leslea Newman (“Heather Has Two Mommies”) on her three (!) new books–two published today; evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos on “The Cat’s Meow” — how cats evolved; Senator Paul Mark on his Revolutionary Commission, earmarks and democracy; Atty Joe Bernard on the tens of thousands of people whose oui convictions may be vacated.
Monday, May 1, 202305/01/2023
Politics, Ethics, Prisons & Rights
5/1/23: Senator Jo Comerford on the Death With Dignity Act; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra on the sagas of Main Street — the bear in the tree, the plans, and Pride; constitutional law professor Bruce Miller on Law Day, Supreme Court ethics & transgender rights; Megan Zinn and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on “Chain Gang All-Stars,” prisons & dystopia.
Saturday, April 29, 202304/29/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 13
VOICES FROM INSIDE, THE POWER TO HEAL
Author May Sarton wrote, ‘the only way through pain is to go through it, to absorb, probe, understand exactly what it is and what it means….whichever form our writing takes, it has the power to heal us and to help us grow’. In Western Mass, the non-profit, Voices From Inside, has been helping women who are currently or formerly incarcerated find their voices through creative writing workshops. Originally founded by the now deceased Pat Schneider, VFI participants receive encouragement and support for their writing and gain self-confidence as they strengthen their literacy and communication skills, and being to imagine new possibilities for themselves.
Friday, April 28, 202304/28/2023
27,000 Convictions
4/28/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on schools and the UMass protest; MTA President Max Page; Donnabelle Casis with Ashley Eliza Williams on rocks, squids, clouds, and other beings; world renown Tony Trischka on his Earl Scruggs tribute at the Drake; Attorney Joseph Bernard on his win at Mass. highest court this week, vacating 27,000 convictions.
Thursday, April 27, 202304/27/2023
Celebrate!
4/27/23: The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy with Director Christian Appy; Levellers Press 40th anniversary with worker-owner Randy Zucco; Rev. Carol Bull on meditation; peecycling! –with Brian Adams + Gretchen Savenson & Julia Cavicchi from the Rich Earth Institute; Happy Birthday, Drake, Ruth Griggs & manager, Lincoln Allen.
