Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Nan Parati and Randall Nickerson, Director / Producer, Ariel Phenomenon

Friday, October 7, 202210/07/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 10.8.22 – Filmmaker Randall Nickerson about the upcoming screening of Ariel Phenomenon at the Academy of Music

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buz and Nan Parati talk to filmmaker Randall Nickerson about the upcoming screening of Ariel Phenomenon at the Academy of Music on 10.7 and 10.8.

Friday, October 7, 202210/07/2022

New news on Saturn’s rings

In Bill Newman

10/7: Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page on the Fair Share Amendment; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on NASA shooting at asteroids and the rings of Saturn; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Terry Rooney on WOW-Wild Ornery Women.

Thursday, October 6, 202210/06/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 10.6.22 – Weed Talk with Brian Adams & Take Five with Bruce Niemczyk with Cassandra Holden

In The Afternoon Buzz

Brian Adams chats with Buz and Dan about marijuana and gardening. Take Five with Bruce Niemczyk with Cassandra Holden of the BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity

Thursday, October 6, 202210/06/2022

Thou Shall Not Mess with Freedom of Press

In Bill Newman

10/6: Former DHG Editor and investigative reporter and a managing editor at the Berkshire Eagle, Larry Parnass, and his lawyer, Jeffrey Pyle, from South Hadley, on the firestorm and legal case involving sex scandals and the Archdiocese of Springfield and its demand for Parnass’ notes and information about his confidential sources. Veteran Washington reporter and editor Owen Ullman, coming to Northampton next Tuesday, on inflation, politics, energy, oil and “Empathy Economics: Janet Yellin’s Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All.”

Wednesday, October 5, 202210/05/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 10.5.22 – Climate Scientist Kristina Dahl & Former Clinton Staffer Bob Weiner who will speak at UMass Amherst on 10.6 at Herter Hall

In The Afternoon Buzz

Kristina Dahl, Principal Climate Scientist at UCS talks to Buz about hurricanes and climate change. Bob Weiner, former Clinton staffer, will give a talk called IS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY GOING BACKWARD? tomorrow 10.6.22 at Herter Hall (UMass Amherst).

Wednesday, October 5, 202210/05/2022

Reimagining Downtown Northampton

In Bill Newman

10/5: Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra and Chief of Staff Alan Wolf on economic development opportunities and the post-covid economy in Northampton. Then, new happenings at the Arts Trust Building, 33 Hawley, and A.P.E. with Sheryl Stoodley, Marina Zurita, and Molly Maxner.

Tuesday, October 4, 202210/04/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 10.4.22 – The Insurrection Act & The Northampton Spelling Bee

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buz explains Seditious conspiracy and the 1807 (1792) Insurrection Act & Megan Zinn and Marty Wohl chat about the Northampton Education Fund’s 20th Annual Spelling Bee.

Tuesday, October 4, 202210/04/2022

How much legal trouble is Trump in?

In Bill Newman

10/4: Western Mass. Attorney John Pucci explains what’s happening with Trump’s legal cases involving the Mar-a-Lago search; Phil Allen, Jr., whose new book is “The Prophetic Lens” The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier;” then, take a bike ride with the Mayor –we speak with George Kohout and Elena Huisman from Safe Streets Northampton.

Monday, October 3, 202210/03/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 10.3.22 – First Monday Professor Bruce Miller & Roz Kreshak-Hayden from Broadside Books

In The Afternoon Buzz

First Monday with Professor Bruce Miller discussing SCOTUS beginning its session with an Alabama Voting Rights case. Megan Zinn chats with Roz Kreshak-Hayden from Broadside Books.

Monday, October 3, 202210/03/2022

Federal money in Northampton for good ideas

In Bill Newman

10/3: State Senator Jo Comerford on the ballot questions; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink who is speaking in Northampton tonight, on Ukraine. Her new book is “War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.”

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