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Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021

Varsity Blues

In Bill Newman

10/7: While the jury goes to deliberate, attorney John Pucci hums a few bars of the Varsity Blues; Rev. Donald Morgan, pastor of the Haydenville Congregational Church, shares some of his quite extraordinary life story and his plans for this week’s sermon.

Wednesday, October 6, 202110/06/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 10.5.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Community Legal Aid promotes it’s 70th Anniversary event on October 7th. 

Wednesday, October 6, 202110/06/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 10.4.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buzz Eisenberg discusses the legal and historical significance of Roe v. Wade.

Wednesday, October 6, 202110/06/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 10.1.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buzz talks to Deb Markowitz, State Director for the Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts, and Chris McGuire, Marine Program Director for…

Wednesday, October 6, 202110/06/2021

The Farworkers Bill or How The Aspargus Gets Made

In Bill Newman

10/6: Wally Czajkowski, co-owner of Plainville Farm in Hadley, and Megan Hastings, Business Manager and Field Supervisor of Dave’s Natural Garden in Granby, on the proposed Massachusetts Fairness for Farmworkers Act.

Tuesday, October 5, 202110/05/2021

Go Team Sabadosa!

In Bill Newman

10/5: Laurie Millman, Executive Director of Center for New Americans, State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa and Monte Belmonte on citizenship questions; Mark Cushing on “Pet Nation: The Inside Story of How Companion Animals Are Transforming Our Homes, Culture and Economy.”

Monday, October 4, 202110/04/2021

Chuck Collins helps to pry open Pandora’s Box

In Bill Newman

10/4: State Senator Jo Comerford on pending voting rights legislation, including Northampton and Amherst home rule petitions; Chuck Collins Director, Program on Inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, on the Pandora Papers.

Saturday, October 2, 202110/02/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.2.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week on the show we are joined by Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring to discuss shipping delays being caused by vacination requirements differnt between countries, and how that will effect all sorts of products we depend on; workers of the world uniting, and how that might happen; whether the soul of the nation can be restored, and if it ever had one to begin with; whether we should all start stocking up on good again for another lockdown, and how this preparation differs from 2020; how all profit is a theft from labor, and how workers in the world need to have solidarity; the mayoral election in Northampton, and how the turnout compares to Holyoke and Springfield; the erosion of interest in who and how people are represented at the state level, and how the dying local news plays into it; Elizabeth Warren’s recent visit to Northampton, and how it differed from previous town halls she has thrown; moderates in the senate holding up the infrastructure bill, and the panel’s frustration with the Democrats not living up to our expectations; why turkey legs are sold at renesaunce faires, when they are from different continents; an annonamous letter spewing racism that was sent to all of the black student organizations, and how it’s a part of an overall increase in racist incidents on campus; recent protest at a fraternaty at Umass based on an alleged sexual assault, and how alumni of colleges can use their voices to influene their alma maters; and how America treats the value of life differntly accross class.

Saturday, October 2, 202110/02/2021

THE Cambridge Connection Ep 5

In The Cambridge Connection

Amy Belina

Join Gordon, Arianne, Tinamarie, and special guest Amy Belina, the Associate Director of Financial Aid at Springfield Technical Community College. Gordon and Amy discuss the importance of the FAFSA form and how important it is to get it filled out ASAP. Did you know that the colleges you’re applying to might be able help you navigate your application for financial aid?

Saturday, October 2, 202110/02/2021

Happy trails to you

In The Western Mass. Business Show

10.2.21 Tara Brewster talks with Craig Della Penna from Murphy Realtors, specializing in trailside reality and from Sugar Maple Trailside Inn

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