Podcasts

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Saturday, April 16, 202204/16/2022

The Mothers’ Day Half-Marathon

In The Western Mass. Business Show

4.16.22 Tara Brewster talks with Jennifer Ewers from the Cancer Connection board and with Sue Monahan the creator of the half-marathon

Friday, April 15, 202204/15/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.15.22 – Mireille Bejjani and Monte Pearson & Lawyer and author Amy Gajda

In The Afternoon Buzz

Mireille Bejjani and Monte Pearson discuss the FERC process unfolding. Amy Gajda speaks about their book Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy.

Friday, April 15, 202204/15/2022

The House Budget Looks Good for Education

In Bill Newman

4/15: Max Page, MTA Vice-President and Colin Jones, Mass. Budget Policy Analyst, on the proposed budget, money for education, and the Fair Share Amendment; State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on politics and policy; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jen Jabaily Blackburn, Program Director at the Smith College Poetry Center, on the upcoming performance at John M. Greene Hall of Dwayne Betts’ “Felon: an American Washi Tale.”

Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates

Thursday, April 14, 202204/14/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.14.22 – Green Builders Jonathan Wright & Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates discuss The Drake on Take Five

In The Afternoon Buzz

Brian Adams, Sustainability Correspondent with Green Builders Jonathan Wright and Seth Slabas. Take Five with Ruth Griggs and her guests Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates talking about The Drake opening on April 26th.

Thursday, April 14, 202204/14/2022

The Compost Co-op

In Bill Newman

4/14: Trenda Loftin, worker-owner of Compost Cooperative and founder of the Willow Permanent Real Estate Co-op, on affordable housing for formerly incarcerated and other marginalized persons; then Pastor Carole Bull, United Church of Ware, Rev. Matilda Rose Cantwell, Smith College Chaplain, and Rabbi Justin David, Congregation B’Nai Israel, on their spiritual paths and the pluralist spirit.

Wednesday, April 13, 202204/13/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.13.22 – UMass’s Elizabeth “Betsy” Cracco discusses Fresh Check Day & An Interesting Thing Nan Parati and Chef Michelle Nugent

In The Afternoon Buzz

UMass Amherst to Host Fresh Check Day Program April 19 in Campus Center Auditorium. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati and Chef Michelle Nugent, in charge of food at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival!

Wednesday, April 13, 202204/13/2022

The Silver Chord Bowl is Back!

In Bill Newman

4/13: Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus and Nation Magazine Defense Correspondent, on the Ukraine; Steve Sanderson and Peter McQuillan, from the Northampton Arts Council, on the upcoming Silver Chord Bowl and other fab events in April; Larry Hott and Mark Roessler on Mark’s new book, “The Agent and the Aeronaut.”

Tuesday, April 12, 202204/12/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.12.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

Craig Della Penna discusses the housing market, the impact of rising interest rates, and what we should expect in housing inventory and sales in the coming months. Playbill with Jackie Walsh chatting with Director Mark Dean and Actor Stephen Eldredge from Silverthorne’s play, Admissions.

Tuesday, April 12, 202204/12/2022

Baseball is back!

In Bill Newman

4/12: Talkin’ baseball with the Duke—Duke Goldman. Talkin’ politics and policy – policing, zoning, and schools – with Karen Foster, Vice-President of Northampton City Council.

Monday, April 11, 202204/11/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 4.11.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

Max Richtman discusses recent austerity measures imposed on the SSA. Former president of Northampton city Council Bill Dwight talks about “NIMBY”ism.

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