Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, November 17, 202111/17/2021

The Myth of Private Equity

In Bill Newman

11/16: Author and financial analyst Jeffrey Hooke on “The Myth of Private Equity;” Doris Madsen on her movie “Wear Orange” and the fight for sensible gun control and then on the Northampton Arts Council’s recent decision to precipitously cancel the biennial art show.

Tuesday, November 16, 202111/16/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.12.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Bill Newman, substitute for Dan Torres, as he and Buz chat with Greenfield mayor Mayor Roxann D. Wedegartner.

Tuesday, November 16, 202111/16/2021

Poeta Boricua

In Bill Newman

11.16.21 Rich Michelson guest hosts and talks with the beloved and well-decorated Puerto Rican poet from Amherst, Martin Espada-with a breaking story about his most recent award and in anticipation of the announcement of the National Book Award. Plus the Happier Valley Comedy Quiz on the Tony Awards.

Monday, November 15, 202111/15/2021

Four Years For The First Time

In Bill Newman

11.15.21 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with the newly re-elected Mayor of Easthampton, Nicole LaChapelle, about priorities going into her first four-year term. Plus Heather Hurwitz author of Are We The 99%, looking back on a decade since Occupy Wall Street.

Saturday, November 13, 202111/13/2021

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 10

In The Cambridge Connection

Margaret Tantillo

It’s Ladies week part two! Arianne and Tinamarie are hosting again and this week they’re discussing big topics like the gender wage gap, and when it’s okay to talk money at work. Their guest is Margaret Tantillo, the Executive Director of Dress for Success Western Massachusetts, as she sheds light on the various programs and resources that Dress for Success offers economically challenged women in the Pioneer Valley area.

Saturday, November 13, 202111/13/2021

Leading in Leadership in The Valley

In The Western Mass. Business Show

11.13.21 Tara Brewster talks with Lora Wondolowski from Leadership Pionner Valley

Saturday, November 13, 202111/13/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.13.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week Nathaniel returns as host and is joined by Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, and Matt Szafranski to discuss two trials currently happening, and how race plays into how they’re unfolding; the phenomenon of white tears, and how they play into consequences; possible problems with mail in ballots in Springfield, and what it means for elections in the city; potential recalls in the elections in Holyoke and Amherst, and how close these races were; who does the labor to make elections happen, and how much of that labor is unpaid – and whether it should be or not; Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s statement on Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling, and what we do when one of our idols lets us down; the state of the environment, and what we can expect to happen in Glasgow; how environmentally sound policies can also be good for the commonwealth, and what’s happening in Massachusetts with east-west rail.

Friday, November 12, 202111/12/2021

What to do with the Federal Funds?

In Bill Newman

Thursday, November 11, 202111/11/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.11.21- Michael Kowalchuk and Celina della Croce talk Venezuela and Take Five with Ruth Griggs

In The Afternoon Buzz

Michael Kowalchuk, PhD student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and…

Thursday, November 11, 202111/11/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.10.21- Talking and Thinking with Nan Parati

In The Afternoon Buzz

Nan Parati, Dan, and Buz discuss Cancel Culture. 

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