Saturday, November 6, 202111/06/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.6.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week Natalia is back in the hosting chair, and she is joined by Kate Albright-Hanna, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring to discuss this past week’s election in Holyoke, and what an all new progressive city council will mean for Mayor Elect Joshua Garcia; the election in Buffallo NY, and how the incumbant Mayor’s write in campaign went; how a slate of candidates for school commitee in greenfield teamed up, worked together, and swept the election; how ranked choice voting would change the way elections are run by candidates, and how it would foster teamwork between like minded candidates; What happened with the mayoral election in westfield, and how Don Hummason’s legacy took a surprising turn; how voter turnout in springfield – and the rest of the valley and the state – looked this election cycle, and how that bodes for 2022; how the degredation of local news played into the low turnout, and what can be done; what to call people from Holyoke, and what Kate thinks they should be called; social media, and how Facebook is changing their parent company to be Meta, and how that is a usual tactic of large corperations; and how the country might be more progressive than Natalia has thought in the past, including how the local elections in the Pioneer valley bode for the future.

Saturday, November 6, 202111/06/2021

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 9

In The Cambridge Connection

It’s Ladies Week! Arianne and Tinamarie dig in on women and the importance of financial literacy, and Donna Haghighat, the CEO of the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts stops by to talk about some of the financial challenges women are facing in the local community, the many programs and grants the Women’s Fund offers to local non-profits, and their new economic security hub.

Friday, November 5, 202111/05/2021

Celebrating Indigenous Art

In Bill Newman

11/5: MTA VP Max Page, Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jason Montgomery.

Thursday, November 4, 202111/04/2021

How to save baseball

In Bill Newman

11/4: Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke–Duke Goldman; then, Tim Mak, author of “Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA;” and then, Rev. Michael McSherry and Rabbi Justin David.

Wednesday, November 3, 202111/03/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.2.21- Majestic Theatre’s Don’t Dress for Dinner and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

In The Afternoon Buzz

We start the show with Playbill with Jackie Walsh and her guests Elizabeth Pietrangelo  New York City-based actor. Plays Suzette;…

Wednesday, November 3, 202111/03/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.1.21- Rachel Cleetus from Climate & Energy Program and Professor Rick Wolff

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buz talks to Rachel Cleetus, policy director and lead economist, Climate & Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, USA and…

Wednesday, November 3, 202111/03/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 10.29.21 Author Karen Vorbeck Williams and The Witch of Northampton

In The Afternoon Buzz

Author Karen Vorbeck Williams celebrates Halloween by sharing the story of The Witch of Northampton, Mary Bliss Parsons.  Buz and…

Wednesday, November 3, 202111/03/2021

Breaking Down The Ballot Box

In Bill Newman

11/3: The election Fishwrap with Natalia Munoz; then NPR-Northampton Poetry Radio — with segment host, Rich Michelson, and poets Annie Woodhall, Bill O’Connell and Trish Crapo. And then, Sex Matters with Jane Fleshman–do we have a quiz for you

Tuesday, November 2, 202111/02/2021

So long, Marianne

In Bill Newman

11/2: John Pucci on the trial, verdict, and potential sentences in the Varsity Blues prosecutions; then Judy Scott, author of “Leonard [Leonard Cohen], Marianne [that Marianne!],and Me: Magical Summers on Hydra.”

Monday, November 1, 202111/01/2021

The Last Day of Campaigning with the Northampton Council Candidates

In Bill Newman

11/1: Northampton Ward 4 City Council candidates, Jesse Hassinger and Garrick Perry on the Northampton Arts Council’s decision to cancel the biennial art exhibit; Ward Three City Council candidate David Kris on his reasons for running and differences with his opponent; NPR–Northampton Poetry Radio–with segment host, erstwhile poet laureate Rich Michelson, and Lanette Sweeney–her new collection is titled “What I Should Have Said: A Poetry Memoir About Losing a Child to Addiction” — her virtual reading will be this Thursday at the Odyssey.