Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, March 24, 202603/24/2026

Amazing Professors

In Talk The Talk

Amazing Professors
3/24/26: (Tuesday’s co-host: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz)
Princeton History Prof Rhae Lynn Barnes on “Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment.”
Sci-Tech Café w/ MHC Prof Kirsten Norstrom & Hampshire Prof Juliet Johnston: “Everyone Poops…” and what to do with it.
Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondoloski: budget fights & single-stream recycling.
Duke Goldman, UMass Adjunct Prof, on college & professional sports gambling.

Monday, March 23, 202603/23/2026

Odysseys

In Talk The Talk

Odysseys
3/23/26: Tara Brewster & Susan Nicastro: Big Brothers/ Big Sisters & karaoke at the Iron Horse.
Akemi Kochiyama-Ladson, Co-Director, Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project: resilience & resistance.
Megan Zinn w/ Mark Oppenheimer on “Judy Blume, a Life.”
Ellen Meeropol, on “Sometimes an Island.”
Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: his Executive Order on immigration enforcement.

Saturday, March 21, 202603/21/2026

Western Mass Business Show On 3.21.26 – Summerlin Floors & Chik Media

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we learn from 2 powerhouse women who have local businesses and heart to back them up. Meghan has been in marketing and branding for over 20 years and the owner of Chik Media for 14+. One of her long-time clients is Ann Bronner owner of Summerlin Floors in Amherst who tells us a story of perseverance and strength. Join us as we laugh and cry over family, community, struggles in business, and what it means to survive. www.summmerlinfloors.com www.chikmedia.us

Friday, March 20, 202603/20/2026

In Our Interest

In Talk The Talk

In Our Interest

3/20/26: Labor leaders Max Page & Jon Weissman: protesting Bank of America.
Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: Trump’s cognition & media’s giving him a pass.
Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: ICE in Massachusetts & the ballot questions.
Trustees of Reservations’ Wendy Ferris: Beaver Brook’s Rewilding & other Trustees’ lands here for us;
Political Gold w/ Josh Silver: resistance.

Friday, March 20, 202603/20/2026

The Hustler Files Ep 154

In The Hustler Files

WHEN CLASS ACTION WINS OUT OVER RETALIATION

Access to justice stops at the prison gates unless you happen to be incarcerated in one of the few states in the U.S. that has prisoner legal services available. For 9 plaintiffs and another 150 incarcerated men at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts, legal help from Prisoner Legal Services and Hogan Lovells Law Firm was able to offer legal support, and won a $7 million landmark case, against the correctional center. In this episode of The Hustler Files, Lawyers of the Year, in Massachusetts, David Milton and Kayla Ghantous discuss the critical role of organizations dedicated to advocating for prisoners facing legal challenges, while incarcerated. While civil legal services exist for housing, benefits, and family matters, far fewer resources are available to those behind bars, leaving many without the legal support they desperately need. This conversation shines a light on the growing demand for prisoner legal advocacy, the gaps in access to justice, and why these services are more essential than ever, because justice should never depend on where you are.

Thursday, March 19, 202603/19/2026

Speaking Up, Speaking Out

In Talk The Talk

Speaking Up, Speaking Out

3/19/26: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on Covid, flu, allergies, & vaccinations.

DHG & Gfld Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: ICE grabs local men, Citizen of the Year Patricia Thayer, & school funding.

Nanny Vonnegut: censorship of her father Kurt Vonnegut’s books.

Ruth Griggs w/ the extraordinary Giacomo Gates, coming to the Drake.

Wednesday, March 18, 202603/18/2026

Celebrate the Children of Resistance

In Talk The Talk

Celebrate the Children of Resistance
3/18/26: Robert Meeropol, Founder, Rosenberg Fund for Children, on Angela Davis coming to Northampton.
Mary Witt—singing LIVE in studio—“Singing Spring In” this Sunday.
Jenny Powers, Dir, Spld Science Museum: “Dinosaurs Still Live!”
Larry Hott: And the Oscar deservedly goes to…

Tuesday, March 17, 202603/17/2026

Past, Present and Future

In Talk The Talk

Past, Present and Future
3/17/26: Bill & Carrie Baker FishWrap weapons of mass distraction.
Sue Kassirer: the Art for the Earth exhibit in Leverett
Josh Shanley: the Great Flood of March,1936 & are we safe now?
Our monthly Comedy Quiz — come play Hat Tricks.
Feminist Futures — Smith Prof Carrie Baker w/ WAM Theater Artistic Director Genee Coreno: women, art, activism & mobilizing.

Monday, March 16, 202603/16/2026

Neighborism

In Talk The Talk

Neighborism
3/16/26: Olivia Aguilar, MHC Prof & Dir of Miller Worley Ctr for the Environment: “A Latine Outdoor Experience.”
Megan Zinn w/ Anne Fadiman on “Frog and Other Essays” coming to Broadside.
Oscars Recap & Reactions w/ Megan Zinn & Kerstin Nordstrom.
MA LUCE Immigrant Justice Hotline w/ Lena Entin & Michael Kane.

Saturday, March 14, 202603/14/2026

Western Mass Business Show on 3.14.26 – Kate Riley

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Kate Riley grew up in WMA going in and out of houses as a foster child, did she ever think she would end up in real estate, probably not. With a background in property/causality insurance and recruiting she had the listening skills and mindset to survive and thrive, and that’s exactly what she’s done. Her husband Nick, a broker and business owner himself, gave her the push in Covid that she needed to get her license and get into real estate. Making a difference and getting involved is very important to Kate and you can see it in her volunteer work. Join us as we learn more about Kate and why you need to call her to help you find your dream home, she will go the extra marathon for you and not even break a sweat. Check out here website to learn more, www.rileyhomerealty.com

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