Thursday, November 11, 202111/11/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.09.21-Deb Markowitz, the MA State Director of The Nature Conservancy and Playbill with Jackie Walsh

In The Afternoon Buzz

Deb Markowitz, the MA State Director of The Nature Conservancy and former Vermont Secretary of State, on how Massachusetts fits…

Thursday, November 11, 202111/11/2021

The Doctor To The Houseless

In Bill Newman

Wednesday, November 10, 202111/10/2021

The State of Radio in The Valley

In Bill Newman

11/10: Radio in the Valley with Stephan Ward-Wheaton and Betsy Cortiss; Andrew Roberts, author of “The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III;” Holyoke Media News Director, Natalia Munoz on wokeness and the Northampton Arts Council’s decision to censor/cancel the Biennial Art Show.

Tuesday, November 9, 202111/09/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.8.21- Social justice activist Hector Figarella and Community Legal Aid Rachel Shannon Brown

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buz chats with social justice activist, Hector Figarella, to discuss the US blockade and its effects on the Venezuelan people,…

Tuesday, November 9, 202111/09/2021

Students -v- Standardized

In Bill Newman

11/9 J.M. Beach, author of ” Can We Measure What Matters Most? Why Educational Accountability Metrics Lower Student Learning and Demoralize Teachers.”

Monday, November 8, 202111/08/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.05.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Hampshire College President Edward B Wingenbach.  

Monday, November 8, 202111/08/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.04.21- Phoebe Walker

In The Afternoon Buzz

FRCOG Community Services Director Phoebe Walker discusses Public Health.  

Monday, November 8, 202111/08/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 11.03.21- Caroline Gear and Markus Jones from ILI and Aditi Subramaniam on Social Media

In The Afternoon Buzz

Caroline Gear, Executive Director of the International Language Institute of Massachusetts (ILIM), and ILI Board President, Markus Jones Aditi Subramaniam…

Monday, November 8, 202111/08/2021

No More Guantanamos

In Bill Newman

11/8: Nancy Talanian and Buz Eisenberg on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Northampton Bill of Rights Defense Committee and No More Guantanamos. Then, Black in the Valley on freeing Iman Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown.

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.