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Thursday, July 22, 202107/22/2021

The Valley This Morning-Mayor Narkewicz’ Last Budget

In The Valley This Morning with Denise Vozella

WHMP’s Denise Vozella speaks with Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz about his last city budget before he leaves office, and how it funds a new Department of Community Care

Thursday, July 22, 202107/22/2021

How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Bleepholes

In Bill Newman

7/22: Buz Eisenberg, Guantanamo detainee lawyer, on the release of a detainee and the future of that prison; Melinda Wenner Moyer on “How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t ***holes: Science-based Strategies for Better Parenting…;” Rev. Peter Ives and Martha Fleming-Ives on There’s No Place Like Home.

Wednesday, July 21, 202107/21/2021

To Tree or Not to Tree?

In Bill Newman

7/21: We Fishwrap the cherry trees on Warfield Place; then, Stan Moulton, former Daily Hampshire Gazette editor, now a candidate for City Council; followed by Natalia Munoz, Hampshire Gazette staffer, now News Director of Holyoke Media.

Tuesday, July 20, 202107/20/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 7.19.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Miriam Ansara tells us what is happening in Cuba. Double Edge Theater’s Associate Director Cariel Klein and Associate Artistic Director…

Tuesday, July 20, 202107/20/2021

The Afternoon Buzz July 16, 2021

In The Afternoon Buzz

Litigation Director Steven Schwartz of the Center for Public Representation and Executive Director Cathy Costanzo. Chef Drew joins Beth Spong…

Tuesday, July 20, 202107/20/2021

Panorama – Episode 26 – Booklink and The Vermonter

In Panorama

Originally aired on July 17, 2021. Stefan and Dan chat with Peg, a manager at Booklink Booksellers located inside Thornes…

Tuesday, July 20, 202107/20/2021

What we do to those behind bars

In Bill Newman

7/20: Elizabeth Matos, Exec. Dir, Mass. Prisoners Legal Services, & Leslie Credle, founder of Justice4Housing, on Sen. Jo Comerford’s proposed bill for a five-year moratorium on prison construction.
https://www.gazettenet.com/Columnist-Jo-Comerford 40184597 ; Emily Widra, Sr. Policy Analyst, Prison Policy Initiative, on covid today in prisons and jails; then–a change of pace–Our monthly Comedy Quiz on “The Office” with Maddy Benjamin, Laura Patrick (she returns!!), Quizmaster Kate Jopson and Monte.

Tuesday, July 20, 202107/20/2021

The Legacy of The Horn Man

In The Valley This Morning with Denise Vozella

There’s a new exhibit at The Springfield Museums called Horn Man: The Life & Legacy of Charles Neville. Monte was…

Friday, July 16, 202107/16/2021

Cherry Trees, Transparency & Budgets

In Bill Newman

7/16: Rep. Linsday Sabadosa on the Houses rules and the budget; Max Page, MTA Vice President, on federal money for education; Rev Peter Ives on taking a leap of faith.

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Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programs important to Democrats.