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Wednesday, January 12, 202201/12/2022

Mayor’s Monday with Nicole & Natalia Munoz on Puerto Rico

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1/12: Mayor Nicole LaChapelle discusses the collaborative COVID-19 testing site in Easthampton and public records transparency. Natalia Munoz discusses the current  struggles of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, corruption, economic  collapse, and “la junta.”

Wednesday, January 12, 202201/12/2022

Remembering Ed McColgan

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1/11: Bill O’Riordan on the passing of Ed McColgan; Kerri Maher on “The Paris Bookseller” (Sylvia Beach and Shakespeare and Company);Duke Goldman on the first woman manager in MiLB.

Tuesday, January 11, 202201/11/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 1.10.22 – Attorney for GTMO detainees Marc Falkoff & Cabin Fever Roundtable w Megan and Joanna Ryan

In The Afternoon Buzz

 Law Professor and attorney for GTMO detainees Marc Falkoff discusses his representation and the 20th Anniversary of that prison camp.…

Tuesday, January 11, 202201/11/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 1.7.22 – Covid Talk with Dr. Bayuk and Attorney Joe Bernard on drugged driving laws

In The Afternoon Buzz

Immunologist and Covid expert Dr. Jonathan Bayuk brings us up to date on the virus in this region. Attorney Joe…

Tuesday, January 11, 202201/11/2022

The Afternoon Buzz 1.6.22 – Science and Sustainability with Brian Adams and Bruce Miller on Biden’s Vaccine mandates

In The Afternoon Buzz

Science and Sustainability Correspondent Brian Adams and The Nature Conservancy’s Deb Markowitz discuss climate change.   Law Professor Bruce Miller discusses…

Monday, January 10, 202201/10/2022

Democracy? and Community!

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1/10: Political Gold with Josh Silver, Executive Chairman of Represent Us, on our sleepwalking through what could be the end of the democracy. Then, Black in the Valley with special guest. Dr. Barbara Headley, Senior Pastor at Zion Community Baptist Church and Executive Director of ACTS, Action Centered Tutoring Services, on the beloved community,  and education during the pandemic.

Saturday, January 8, 202201/08/2022

The Local Hero Folks

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1.8.22 Tara Brewster talks with Phil Korman, Executive Director, of CISA-Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture

Saturday, January 8, 202201/08/2022

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.8.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week on the show we are joined by Nathaniel Waring, Kate Albright-Hanna, and Matt Szafranski in discussing Coid, and how both Kate and Nathaniel’s families have gotten Covid in the last few weeks; The new Covid variant(s) and how our elected officials are responding to them; what Covid means for our children, and public school; Eric Lesser’s announcement that he’s running for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and what it will mean both for western mass, as well as the whole of the commonwealth; President Biden’s January 6th memorial speech, and what we feel it’s strengths and weaknesses were; Kate’s plan to move to Costa Rica to escape America’s problems; and how the Democrats are looking at politics in 2022 and beyond, and how it indicates a lack of understanding of the world we are moving into.

Saturday, January 8, 202201/08/2022

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 17

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Understanding Public Student Loan Forgiveness

Public Student Loan Forgiveness, also known as, PSLF, isn’t about how much you owe, it’s about WHO you work for. Join Gordon and he chats with Betsy Mayotte, President of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors about the current waivers that are available until October 2022 and who to contact, including her organization, to get all the updated information to help with your current student loan status.

Friday, January 7, 202201/07/2022

Your Fair Share

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