Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, March 31, 202203/31/2022

Vibes for The Tribe

In Bill Newman

3/31: Damany Gordon, President of Genuine Culture, previews this weekend’s “Vibez for the Tribe II, A Celebration of Jazz, Hip-Hope and a Tribe Called Quest;” Alice Robbins, baroque cellist, viola da gambist and founding member of Arcadia Players, on this weekend’s performance; the Reverend and the Rabbi with Florence Congregational Church Reverend, Averill Elizabeth Blackburn and Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi Justin David on Passover and Easter.

Wednesday, March 30, 202203/30/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.30.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

John Bonifaz on Free Speech For People’s suit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for failure to investigate Russia’s support of Trump’s 2016 campaign. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati is Joanne Schmidt, an early associate producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Wednesday, March 30, 202203/30/2022

The Voice of Michelle Brooks Thompson

In Bill Newman

3/30: Live in the studio –Michelle Brooks Thompson! Larry Hott and Natalia Munoz on the Oscars.

Tuesday, March 29, 202203/29/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.29.22 – Art Angels Jennifer Ladd and Leila Zainab promoting art & Brooke Hauser discusses her Meaning of Work presentation.

In The Afternoon Buzz

Art Angels Jennifer Ladd and Leila Zainab promoting art and diversity in the region. Brooke Hauser discusses her Meaning of Work presentation. Register for the lecture here: https://www.umass.edu/history/event/brooke-hauser-what%E2%80%99s-meaning-work

Tuesday, March 29, 202203/29/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.28.22 – UMass Political Scientist Paul Collins & Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn with Shoshana Marchand

In The Afternoon Buzz

UMass Political Scientist Paul Collins discusses Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and Psychiatric Nurse Shoshana Marchand talk about mental health vis-a-vis the pandemic.

Tuesday, March 29, 202203/29/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.25.22- The Good Work with Jeff Napolitano & Economist Richard Wolff

In The Afternoon Buzz

The Good Work with Jeff Napolitano who, with Tara Parrish of the Pioneer Valley Project, discusses surveillance by the Springfield Police. Richard Wolff shares his insights on Ukraine and the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the sanctions.

Tuesday, March 29, 202203/29/2022

The War in Ukraine and Its Global Implications

In Bill Newman

3/29: The World Asunder with Nation Magazine Defense Correspondent and Hampshire College Professor Emeritus Michael Klare and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation, Sut Jhally. Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman.

Monday, March 28, 202203/28/2022

The Cost of Gas To Greenfield

In Bill Newman

3/28: Mayors Monday with Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner. Black in the Valley with PVPA School’s Dean of Students Kendrick Roundtree and students on their upcoming trip to HBCUs.

Saturday, March 26, 202203/26/2022

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.26.22

In Vaya Con Muñoz

3.26.22
This week Natalia and Dan Torres are joined by Larry Hott – documentary film maker and oscar judge – in discussing the upcoming oscars, and Larry’s picks for best picture; the way in which modern cinema is being changed by the internet, and what movies will look like going forward; the influence of authoritarian regimes in censoring film, and how modern films have more than language dubbed in them for international audiences, why the editing category is an important category, and why everyone should watch the film that’s nominated for that category every year; and modern animated features, and how they seem to all be apocalyptic.

Saturday, March 26, 202203/26/2022

Big Changes at Big Brothers/Big Sisters

In The Western Mass. Business Show

3.26.22 Tara Brewster talks with Susan Nicastro and Anne Walsh from Big Brothers Big Sisters and Jennifer Ewers from Finck and Perras Insurance and the board of BBBS

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