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Monday, August 1, 202208/01/2022

All-nighter on Beacon Hill

In Bill Newman

8/1: State Senator Jo Comerford on the amazingly l o n g l o n g day of the legislature, the bills that have passed—e.g., gun safety, mental health services, climate, sports betting, cannabis equity, Soldiers Homes, among others, and those bills that disappointingly left on the table. Then, Northampton Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra on economic development and the appointment of Carolyn Misch as the city’s Director of Planning and Sustainability, summertime events, (including breaking news—the return of the Taste of Northampton!) and preparations for the new school year.

Saturday, July 30, 202207/30/2022

Vaya Con Muñoz 7.30.22

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Saturday, July 30, 202207/30/2022

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 45

In The Cambridge Connection

If You Love An Inspirational Entrepreneurship Story, Meet Gus Garcia

Some people are just born entrepreneurs. Meet Gus Garcia, Owner of FIVE Springfield, Mass area Domino’s franchises. Gus and his wife Sabrina came to the U.S. barely speaking English, but Gus had a passion to own his own business and Domino’s gave him that opportunity. Listen in to hear how he started as a pizza driver and within a few years was on his way to owning his first franchise! Like Thomas Jefferson said, ‘I find the harder I work the more luck I seem to have’. That is Gus Garcia!

CRESS Earl Miller

Friday, July 29, 202207/29/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 7.29.22 – Fair Play with the Duke & The Director of CRESS Earl Miller

In The Afternoon Buzz

Fair Play with Duke Goldman discusses the troublesome ownership of Daniel Snyder. On the second half of the show, Dan and Buzz talk to Earl Miller, the Director of Community Responders for Equity, Safety & Service (CRESS) in Amherst (MA).

Friday, July 29, 202207/29/2022

Meet Governor’s Council Candidate Michael Fenton

In Bill Newman

7/29: Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council; Max Page, MTA President, on the union victory at Trader Joe’s in Hadley and new polling on the Fair Share Amendment.

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Thursday, July 28, 202207/28/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 7.28.22 – Blanche Derby & Ruth Griggs and Al Blankenship talk to John Jorgenson

In The Afternoon Buzz

Brian Adams chats with local forager Blanche Derby. On Take 5, Ruth Griggs and Al Blankenship talk to John Jorgenson about gypsy jazz and his performance tonight at Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity.

Thursday, July 28, 202207/28/2022

Under The Dome of Beacon Hill

In Bill Newman

7/28: State Representative Mindy Domb –so much news from Beacon Hill; Congressman Jim McGovern—so much news from Capitol Hill.

Wednesday, July 27, 202207/27/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 7.27.22 – Mayor Roxann Wedegartner & Hope Hutchings

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buz returns to the show to talk to Mayor Roxann Wedegartner about policing and marijuana in Greenfield. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati has on Hope Hutchings, who works in creative music strategies for Paramount.

Wednesday, July 27, 202207/27/2022

Meet Lt. Governor Candidate Eric Lesser

In Bill Newman

7/27: State Senator Eric Lesser on his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor and the Boston Globe story about one of his opponents being backed by a Republican super-PAC. Then, Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman and Natalia Munoz—there’s a quiz!

Tuesday, July 26, 202207/26/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 7.26.22 – Paul Spector, Organizing the Electorate & Ezekiel Baskin, director of Grail Knights

In The Afternoon Buzz

Paul Spector – Organizing the Electorate. Playbill with Jackie Walsh talks to Ezekiel Baskin director of Grail Knights: An Immersive Play.

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