Monday, April 10, 202304/10/2023

Dementia Friends

In Talk The Talk

4/10/23: Aaron Vega, Holyoke’s Director of Planning & Development, on regional revitalization and possible cut-off of CPA funds; Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks with Lisa Green, UMass .linguistics professor and Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of African-American Language; Kathy Service, nurse practitioner and dementia specialist on avoiding and then living with dementia; Writer’s Block with Megan Zinn and Joan Grenier, owner of Odyssey Bookshop, on the bookstore’s history, authors it is featuring and its 60th anniversary.

Saturday, April 8, 202304/08/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 10

In The Hustler Files

E-10 – FINANCIAL EDUCATION BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER INCARCERATION

To be a unifying person, you must have acceptance. It is a social responsibility for those who are better educated to give back some to the society in whatever service they can help.” – Tan Cheng Bock. There are just some people who have an inherent calling to volunteer. Marty Lynch, Education Director at non-profit Cambridge Credit Counseling is one such person. Marty has spent the better part of almost 20 years volunteering his time to offer financial education to pre and post-incarcerated individuals as well as those still serving out their time. While most of Marty’s volunteering is with the Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Marty does, on occasion, heed the call to the Federal Courts in Connecticut to assist with the financial education of Parolees and even sometimes the court clerks themselves!

Friday, April 7, 202304/07/2023

Shining Stars

In Talk The Talk

4/7/23: MTA President Max Page and artist Kelli Rae Adams on “Forever in Debt;” astronomer Salman Hameed on Artemis, the moon, and a newly-discovered solar system; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jason Montgomery; “We the People” – the winning team from Easthampton High– three students and their teacher, Kelley Brown,; Dwayne Bryant on “The Stop,” how to prevent police stops from becoming tragedy.

Thursday, April 6, 202304/06/2023

Brouhaha

In Talk The Talk

4/6/23: Congressman Jim McGovern on the Trump indictment; Bill and Buz on today’s news about the Easthampton school superintendent brouhaha; Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on faith and poetry; scientists and professors emeriti Brian Adams (GCC) and Tom Wessels (Antioch University) on our forests, ourselves; all that jazz with Ruth Griggs and be-bop super-star Greg Abate, coming to the Marigold in Easthampton.

Wednesday, April 5, 202304/05/2023

Ladies & Gentlemen?

In Talk The Talk

4/5/23: Bill and Buz on the Easthampton school superintendent controversy; Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan on indictments; Children’s Advocacy Center of Hampshire County Executive Director Kara McElhone on child abuse here and nationwide; Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on the federal court decision undermining the Affordable Care Act; Buz and Bill on why yesterday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election matters so much to us all; Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach on his College’s offer to New College of Florida students, whose education was targeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Tuesday, April 4, 202304/04/2023

Charge!

In Talk The Talk

4/4/23: Attorney John Pucci on Trump’s indictment and arraignment; Massachusetts Review Editor Jim Hicks and poet Shanta Lee on the amazing new edition; Doug Selwyn and Jesus Leyva on demystifying school funding; Senator Paul Mark on ruts, rural roads, theatre, tourism, and more; from Mass. WildLife, Todd Olanyk, on putting the spring in Western Mass.

Monday, April 3, 202304/03/2023

Past, Present and Future

In Talk The Talk

4/3/23 The Nation’s Michael Klare on war, peace and Ukraine; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra and incoming superintendent, Dr. Portia Bonner, on schools’ future; con. law expert Bruce Miller on Trump’s charges; Megan Zinn with the acclaimed writer- illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka on his graphic memoir, “Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me About Life, Death, and Hope.”

Saturday, April 1, 202304/01/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 9

In The Hustler Files

ROCA INC = ROCK

“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.” – Friedrich Nietzsche. ROCA means ROCK and for 35 years they have been a relentless force for 17-24 year olds who have grown up with the stumbling blocks of urban violence and offered stepping stones to disrupt incarceration, poverty, and racism. Through their intervention model of CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, they teach these young people life-saving emotional skills that address their trauma, find hope and drive change. ROCA is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional sites in Springfield and Holyoke, MA, Hartford, CT, and Baltimore, Maryland. A recent CBS Sunday Morning feature shares a glimpse into ROCA Baltimore and the value of ROCA, who’s motto is, ‘we’re in your world, we see the challenges you face’. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/in-baltimore-changing-minds-and-saving-lives/

Friday, March 31, 202303/31/2023

Indictments!

In Talk The Talk

3/31/23: MTA President, and UMass. prof. and historian, Max Page; Crime and Punishment with attorney John Pucci; Eric Carle Museum Director of Education Courtney Waring on people with color blindness seeing color; Donnabelle Casis and Nueva Esperanza’s Executive Director Kayla Rodriguez on the amazing new mural –come help paint it! Labor leaders John Womack, Peter Olney, Rand Wilson on “Labor Power,” strikes and struggle; Jeff Napolitano, with Fergus Marshall and Priscilla Lynch, on today’s political activism.

Thursday, March 30, 202303/30/2023

Opening Days

In Talk The Talk

3/30/23: Talkin’ baseball with the Duke of baseball, Duke Goldman; author Alex Mar on “Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy;” Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on democracy and Israel; science professors Brian Adams and Tom Tyning on the upcoming Big Night for salamanders and frogs; Glen Siegel and percussionist legend Bob Weiner —— on fighting apartheid with Desmond Tutu and rhythms of life.