Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, March 15, 202203/15/2022

Big Brother is Watching You

In Bill Newman

3/15: Thom Hartmann – his new book is “The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy;” then, our monthly Comedy Quiz – on geography– with Quizmaster Patrick Tenero and contestants Monte Belmonte, Pam Victor and Maddy Benjamin (Newman keeps score).

Monday, March 14, 202203/14/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.14.22 – Northampton Arts & Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn

In The Afternoon Buzz

Northampton Community Arts Trust, housing Northampton Center for the Arts, received a federal Grant for $2.5 million. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and guest Jenny Kass discussing parenting during covid and how to prepare for return to “normalcy.

Monday, March 14, 202203/14/2022

Holyoke’s Biggest Event is Back

In Bill Newman

3/14: Mayors Monday with Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia; then, Black in the Valley with Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov and Dr. Sonji Johnson-Anderson.

Saturday, March 12, 202203/12/2022

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 25

In The Cambridge Connection

Confused About Crypto Currency, Bitcoin and Blockchain – We Were Too!

The world is changing and so is how we purchase items, invest and move our money around. We roped in a true Crypto expert out of Austin, Texas, Entrepreneur Ben Noble. Ben’s been in the Crypto universe since 2017 and he’s one of those ‘know it all’s’ who really KNOWS IT ALL! What’s even better, he dumbs it down for those of us who find Crypto, Bitcoin and Blockchain a complete foreign language. Listen in – you’ll learn a lot in 28 minutes

Friday, March 11, 202203/11/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.11.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

First Franklin Representative Natalie Blais. At the UMass Fine Arts Center tonight Danú performs – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

Friday, March 11, 202203/11/2022

Picture Book Philosophy

In Bill Newman

3/11: The Northamptones! Then, Tom Wartenberg, MHC Professor Emeritus, whose new book is “Thinking Through Stories: Children, Philosophy, and Picture Books;” and ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Elizabeth MacDufie, founder and publisher of Meat for Tea.

Friday, March 11, 202203/11/2022

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.12.22

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week we are joined by our regulars Matt Szafranski, Dan Torres, and Nathaniel Waring – and are joined by a new guest, Chloe Soto, in discussing “the end” of covid, and what things will look like going forward; what working from home has meant for the pandemic, and how much of a role it will have in the future; the length of the campaigns in America, and how that length is part of a larger scheme to keep things in deadlock; the difference in response to the situation in Ukraine versus the response to humanitarian crisis like Yemen and Syria; The ongoing saga at the Holyoke Soldiers home, and how it shined a light on public entities that were failing to keep the public safe; and the price of gas, and who is to blame for it

Thursday, March 10, 202203/10/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 3.10.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

Thursday, March 10, 202203/10/2022

Panorama – Episode 46 – We The People Competition

In Panorama

Originally aired on February 25, 2022. Dan Torres and Sarah Robertson talk to Easthampton High School History Teacher Kelley Brown…

Thursday, March 10, 202203/10/2022

Panorama – Episode 45 – In Memory of Chris Collins

In Panorama

Originally aired on February 19th, 2022. On this tribute episode for long-time local journalist Chris Collins, Dan Torres replays a previous Panorama interview with Chris, chats with Monte Belmonte and Bill Newman, and ends the episode with two interviews that Monte did with Chris Collins about Greenfield politics.

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