Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, April 28, 202204/28/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.28.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

Brian Adams, Science and Sustainability Correspondent chats with President George Kriebel and Vice-President K of The New England Electric Vehicle Association. Brian speaks with UMass Capital Projects Manager Ted Mendoza about the University goal of being fossil fuel free in 10 years

Thursday, April 28, 202204/28/2022

On Defense

In Bill Newman

4/28: Criminal defense attorney and Northampton City Councilor-at large, Marissa Elkins. The Reverend and the Rabbi: Florence Congregational Church Reverend, Averill Elizabeth Blackburn, and Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi, Justin David, on the bible and the War in Ukraine.

Wednesday, April 27, 202204/27/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.27.22 – Rep Adam Hinds & An Interesting Thing with Nan Parati

In The Afternoon Buzz

Senator Adam Hinds’ monthly update with Afternoon Buzz, Nan Parati and her guest Tommy Spiker, a flight attendant, discuss the Inside Life of a Flight Attendant during the Pandemic on The Interesting Thing.

Wednesday, April 27, 202204/27/2022

Are diverse democracies doomed to die?

In Bill Newman

4/27: Professor Yascha Mounk, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, on “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.” Caroline Heller on her parents surviving the Holocaust, including Auschwitz, and her family’s new life in the United States–the book is titled “Reading Claudius: A Dual Memoir.”

Tuesday, April 26, 202204/26/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.26.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

ADL Deputy Regional Director Peggy Shukur discusses the recent rise in antisemitism. Claudia Quintero, a staff attorney for The Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers’ Project at Central West Justice explains The Fairness for Farmworkers Bill.

Tuesday, April 26, 202204/26/2022

The First Kennedys

In Bill Newman

4/26: Neal Thompson, author of “The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty;” Sex Matters! With Dr. Jane Fleishman; NPR—Northampton Poetry Radio — with erstwhile poets laureate Martin Espada and Rich Michelson.

Monday, April 25, 202204/25/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.25.22 – Jake Krain & Jessye Kass

In The Afternoon Buzz

Jake Krain of Red Gate Educational Farm talks about the farm’s mission, the summer camp program, and its capital campaign. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Zinn and guest Jessye Kass, talking about living through the pandemic as someone in her late 20s/early 30 trying to launch a career.

Monday, April 25, 202204/25/2022

The Shot Not Heard ‘Round The World

In Bill Newman

4/25: Dr. Norbert Goldsmith and Ben Levenson, Deputy Director of Justice is Global, on the fight—
this week in Cambridge at the shareholders meeting—for Moderna to allow the covid vaccine to be distributed to countries where it is desperately needed.

Monday, April 25, 202204/25/2022

The Cambridge Connection Ep 31

In The Cambridge Connection

United Way of Pioneer Valley is 100 Years Strong

Becoming an octogenarian as an organization is a BIG DEAL! But if you’re the United Way of Pioneer Valley turning 100 isn’t the half of it. Paul Mina, President and CEO of United Way of Pioneer Valley joins Gordy and Executive Producer, Lisa Reilly for a candid conversation about the innovative programs that United Way of Pioneer Valley offers, like the 211 Program that allows for free and confidential counseling services and assistance programs that help with a wide range of needs with a focus on education, health, and financial stability

Saturday, April 23, 202204/23/2022

Human in Common

In The Western Mass. Business Show

4.23.22 Tara Brewster talks with Nialena Ali from Human In Common about all the ways they are working to help us be upstanders in support of diverstiy.

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