Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, April 19, 202204/19/2022
The Afternoon Buzz 4.19.22 – We the People competition & Tom Geha and Jimmy Murphy
Easthampton High students discuss the We the People competition in Washington D.C. Playbill with Jackie Walsh with Tom Geha, chairman of the Greenfield Community College theater department and director of “the Elephant Man” and Jimmy Murphy, who plays John Merrick (the “elephant man”), in the play.
Monday, April 18, 202204/18/2022
The Afternoon Buzz 4.18.22 – Dale Melcher & Karen Bayne
Dale Melcher discusses the upcoming climate change protest in front of Bank of America in Amherst (Thursday, 4/21 at 12pm). Buzz rails against the massive inequality of wealth of the richest 20 individuals. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and Karen Bayne talk about navigating celebrations and family/friend gatherings during Covid at this time of Easter, Passover, and Ramadan.
Monday, April 18, 202204/18/2022
Politics!
In Bill Newman
4/18: Northampton City Councilor-at-large, Jamila Gore; MHC grad Linda Melconian, author of “Lay It on the Table…When Tip O’Neill Led the U.S. House of Representatives to End the Vietnam War.”
Saturday, April 16, 202204/16/2022
Vaya Con Muñoz 4.16.22
This week we are joined by Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring in discussing the recent shooting in a new york city subway, and how policing by the NYPD played into it; a shooting in Cedar Rapids Michigan, and how it’s just the most recent in a long history of police killing people; Big Y’s announcement that they’ll be opening a Big Y Express in Springfield’s Tower Square, and how it’s part of the gentrification of the city; How gentrification goes hand in hand with rising housing prices, and how being homeless in 2022 looks different than it did previously; the race to replace Eric Lesser’s senate seat; and how it’s shaping up; who might replace Richie Neil, and what he’s doing to name his successor; how the 2022 midterm elections will turn out, and what it’ll look like for progressives after the november election; the Statewide races, and why the Lt. Gov election is more interesting than the Governor’s race; what’s going to happen in terms of a slowdown or a recession, and how cheap lending by the Fed plays into it.
Saturday, April 16, 202204/16/2022
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 30
Massachusetts Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Doughty Front & Center
Chris Doughty is a true fiscal conservative who will work hard to make Massachusetts more affordable for you and your family. As the only person in the governor’s race who has created jobs, met a payroll, and manufactured affordable products, Chris Doughty has the experience Massachusetts needs in the corner office. Chris will work tirelessly to ensure that the Massachusetts economy fully rebounds, continues to grow, and keeps more money in your household. He will fight to protect Massachusetts businesses and recruit high paying quality jobs to relocate here. So join Gordon and Tinamarie as they share a kitchen table conversation with Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Doughty. Visit chrisforma.com to learn more!
Saturday, April 16, 202204/16/2022
The Mothers’ Day Half-Marathon
In The Western Mass. Business Show
4.16.22 Tara Brewster talks with Jennifer Ewers from the Cancer Connection board and with Sue Monahan the creator of the half-marathon
Friday, April 15, 202204/15/2022
The Afternoon Buzz 4.15.22 – Mireille Bejjani and Monte Pearson & Lawyer and author Amy Gajda
Mireille Bejjani and Monte Pearson discuss the FERC process unfolding. Amy Gajda speaks about their book Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy.
Friday, April 15, 202204/15/2022
The House Budget Looks Good for Education
In Bill Newman
4/15: Max Page, MTA Vice-President and Colin Jones, Mass. Budget Policy Analyst, on the proposed budget, money for education, and the Fair Share Amendment; State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on politics and policy; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jen Jabaily Blackburn, Program Director at the Smith College Poetry Center, on the upcoming performance at John M. Greene Hall of Dwayne Betts’ “Felon: an American Washi Tale.”
Thursday, April 14, 202204/14/2022
The Afternoon Buzz 4.14.22 – Green Builders Jonathan Wright & Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates discuss The Drake on Take Five
Brian Adams, Sustainability Correspondent with Green Builders Jonathan Wright and Seth Slabas. Take Five with Ruth Griggs and her guests Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates talking about The Drake opening on April 26th.
Thursday, April 14, 202204/14/2022
The Compost Co-op
In Bill Newman
4/14: Trenda Loftin, worker-owner of Compost Cooperative and founder of the Willow Permanent Real Estate Co-op, on affordable housing for formerly incarcerated and other marginalized persons; then Pastor Carole Bull, United Church of Ware, Rev. Matilda Rose Cantwell, Smith College Chaplain, and Rabbi Justin David, Congregation B’Nai Israel, on their spiritual paths and the pluralist spirit.
