Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, June 9, 202506/09/2025
Western Mass Business Show on 6.7.25 — Queer Joy Collaborative
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we welcome back Mara Levi, Mikki McGinnis, and Nova Weyman Brown to the show. Mara is the Executive and Artistic Director, Mikki is the Chorus Member and Marketing Committee Member, and Nova is the President of the Board of Directors and Chorus Member. It has been almost a year since they became a 501C3 and the road has been rocky but paved with beautiful stones. The chorus is stronger than ever at 115 members with 50-70 attending weekly to rehearsals. The chorus provides a home for so many people to find respite and comfort amongst themselves and their community through song. Listen in to learn about why Queer Joy is political, powerful, and deeply needed right now. How art and connection can lead to collective wellbeing. How creating a children’s chorus was the next logical step in this journey and finally where you need to be on June 8th from 3-6PM-hint it’s the Queer Joy Fun Fair at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. Check out www.queerjoycollaborative.org/funfair to learn more.
Monday, June 9, 202506/09/2025
Protest: it’s not rebellion, it’s patriotism!
6/9/25: Bill and Buz on Trump’s authoritarianism and the need to resist it. Megan Zinn w/ Carolyn Zaikowski, new poet laureate of Easthampton. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat on Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in spite of Gov Newsom’s condemnation as the Guard’s Commander-in-Chief. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz outlines local Juneteenth commemorations.
Friday, June 6, 202506/06/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 115
TRUST THE TIMING OF YOUR LIFE
In Franklin County, Massachusetts, Sheriff Lori Streeter may be the newest female Sheriff in Massachusetts. She joins Sheriff Donna Buckley of Barnstable County as one of two female Sheriffs across the Commonwealth, but Sheriff Streeter is also the first female Sheriff to be appointed, in her County by the Governor. (She takes over for Sheriff Donelan, who retired early.) With over 35 years of experience in the Franklin County Sheriff’s office, Sheriff Streeter shares her climb up the proverbial ladder, from correctional officer to Sheriff, her passion for the job, the challenges she faced during her appointment to Sheriff, and her vision for the future of the office. Listen in to hear her talk about the importance of community relationships, the innovative programs for incarcerated individuals that she will continue to support and grow, and the significance of having women in leadership roles within law enforcement.
Friday, June 6, 202506/06/2025
Visions
6/6/25: Fritz: Saturday’s Franklin County Pride in Greenfield. Timmon Wallis: “Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario.” Jody Rosenbloom and JoEllen Mackenzie: Forbes Library Garden Tour on 6/14. Hamp Coll Prof Michael Klare: Putin’s retaliation, drone warfare, & atrocities in Gaza. Donnabelle Casis w/ Andrae Green: “Peripheral Visions” at OOO Gallery in Easthampton.
Thursday, June 5, 202506/05/2025
Human Rights
6/5/25: Ashfield human rights atty Laura Pitter & Freedom Now Ex Dir Andrea Prasow: jailed journalists. Susanne Personette & Lois Barber: Amherst Plein Air Society’s show at Forbes. Rep Jim McGovern: democracy in peril. ABA Human Rights Hero Maria Foscarinis: “And Housing for All: The Fight to End Homelessness in America.”
Wednesday, June 4, 202506/04/2025
The Breath and Breadth of Life
6/4/25: DA David Sullivan: ICE arrests here & Deerfield Academy’s sex abuse victims. Serious Play Director Sheryl Stoodley, John Feffer (ISP) & actor David Keohane: “Lungs.” Brian Adams w/ Smith Coll astronomer Kimberly Ward-Duong: life on other planets. Documentary filmmakers Larry Hott & Lous Alvarez: “American Tongues” & politics.
Tuesday, June 3, 202506/03/2025
ReMarkable
6/3/25: Sen Paul Mark: his invitation from Pres Trump. James Kitchen: his HUGE sculpture, from recycled 19th century metal girders & tools, here. Jade Jump & Nate Clifford, owners of Cornucopia: moving on. Harley Erdman, Eric Sawyer & Barry Werth: “The Garden of Martyrs” & “The Scarlet Professor” at Historic Northampton.
Tuesday, June 3, 202506/03/2025
Western Mass Business Show on 5.31.25 — Cancer Connection’s Grateful Bed Tour
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we chat with Cancer Connection Executive Director Chelsea Kline and Board of Directors Co-President Jean Einstein (we missed you, Sue Lowry) about the programs and opportunities to support Cancer Connection coming up soon. In their 25th year of “Befriending” and providing FREE services to cancer patients and their loved ones-it’s a major milestone and reason to celebrate. After just wrapping a very successful Mother’s Day Half Marathon (thanks Sue Monahan) and looking forward to the Grateful Bed Tour (thanks to Greenfield Savings Bank for the 15,000 Community Challenge Grant) and Bikes Fight Cancer Charity Ride, there is no moss on this nonprofit. Join us as we discuss the thrift store, nutrition programs, wigs, raffles, and why you should join as a part of the Cancer Connection family. Follow along at www.cancer-connection.org. Thanks for listening.
Monday, June 2, 202506/02/2025
Resistance and Resilience
6/2/2025: Nick Mottern & Ruth Moushabeck: Saturday’s Concert for the Children of Gaza. Megan Zinn w/ Richard Russo: “Life and Art.” Sen Jo Comerford: fighting back against SNAP & Medicaid cuts. Nhmptn Mayor GL Sciarra: school funding & federal cuts & uplifting graduations.
Friday, May 30, 202505/30/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 114
WORKING TO KEEP HIS COUNTY, THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE
Upon driving into the State of Maine there is a sign that reads, ‘WELCOME TO MAINE, THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE’. For thirty-eight years, Kevin Joyce, the current Sheriff of Cumberland County, Maine, has made it his mission to ensure that his county, which includes the city of Portland, Maine, lives up to its state motto. While the State of Maine, in general, is considered rural, Cumberland County is a blend of cities, towns, and the second-largest and deepest lake in the state. This combination offers its own unique challenges and responsibilities for Sheriff Joyce and his law enforcement team. From the intricacies of managing a large jail population, to the impact of mental health and substance use on the Maine justice system, and the importance of community engagement, Sheriff Joyce is still as passionate about his mission and the people under his watch, both outside and behind the wall, as he was thirty-eight years ago.
