Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, January 25, 202201/25/2022

The Movement To Save Democracy

In Bill Newman

1/25: Billy Wimsatt, Executive Director of the Movement Voter Project;
Michael Quinlan, member of the Northampton Policing Review Commission.

Monday, January 24, 202201/24/2022

The U.S. & Russian. How close are we to war?

In Bill Newman

1/24: Mayors Monday: we speak with Greenfield mayor, Rozanne Wedegartner on covid mandates, civilian responses to 911 calls, the local economy and big box stores–the death of the Walmart proposal?
Then, Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus, of Peace and World Security Studies, on the –apparently– impending war in the Ukraine.

Saturday, January 22, 202201/22/2022

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.22.22

In The Valley This Morning with Denise Vozella

This week on the show we are joined by our usual panel, Kate Albright-Hanna, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring in discussing Maura Healey’s announcement that she is running for Governor of Massachusetts, and what that will mean for the future of the attorney’s general office; how visibility plays into oppression, and how the ability to hide is a form of privilege itself; how Senator McConnell’s drawing a distinction between “african americans” and “americans” shows his racism, and highlights the country’s history of systemic racism; and we are joined by Larry Hott once again to discuss three more documentaries that he feels every listener should give a chance.

Saturday, January 22, 202201/22/2022

A Language of Love

In The Western Mass. Business Show

1.22.22 Tara Brewster talks with Caroline Gear and Marcus Jones about the International Language Institute as well as one of their students, Annie Castro.

Saturday, January 22, 202201/22/2022

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 19

In The Cambridge Connection

You May Not Have Heard of The Office of Economic Empowerment, But They’re Worth Knowing

If The Massachusetts Office of Economic Empowerment is not in your top website searches, then it should be. This awesome organization may be a Mass.gov set of programs but what a set of programs they offer. From their College Savings account program to their Money Talk Tuesday YouTube series to their NEW Worth and Wealth Seminars launching January 26th – all these programs are free and focused on financial education and achieving economic stability. Join Gordon and Tinamarie along with OEE Program Director Shaitia Spruell for an in-depth conversation.

Friday, January 21, 202201/21/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 1.20.22

In The Afternoon Buzz

Brian Adams, Science and Sustainability Correspondent, spends the full hour with Climate Activists Ollie Perrault & Naia Tenerowicz

Friday, January 21, 202201/21/2022

The Gubernatorial race heats up…

In Bill Newman

1/21: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on politics and policy; MTA V.P. Max Page on face masks and taxes; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Aprile Gallant, Senior Curator At SCMA, on the Maya Lin exhibit.

Thursday, January 20, 202201/20/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 1.19.22 — Wedegartner Wednesday and Roberta Wilmore

In The Afternoon Buzz

Bill Newman chats with Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner and The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati & Roberta Wilmore of Make-It Springfield

Thursday, January 20, 202201/20/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 1.18.22 — Playbill with Jackie Walsh with Julianne Boyd

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buzz starts off the show with an exceptional rant about politics and then Playbill with Jackie Walsh with Julianne Boyd, the longtime artistic director for Barrington Stage, who is retiring.

Thursday, January 20, 202201/20/2022

How the TX Anti-Semitic Attack Has Ripples Here in The Valley

In Bill Newman

1/20: Hampshire College President Ed WIngenbach on the $5million gift and the future and present of the college; the Reverend and the Rabbi on the hostage taking at the synagogue in Texas with Rabbis Riqi Kosovske and Justin David and Reverends Averill Blackburn and Peter Ives

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The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with all grand jury materials from the case.