Podcasts

Podcasts
Friday, July 2, 202107/02/2021
Is Biden about to end student debt?
In Bill Newman
7/2: Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on black holes eating dead stars. Max Page, V.P of the Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n on the state budget. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jo Hesse.
Thursday, July 1, 202107/01/2021
The Last Hope for The American Experiment
In Bill Newman
7/1: Political Gold with CEO of Represent.US. Josh Silver. Rev. Peter Ives.
Wednesday, June 30, 202106/30/2021
Do Not Forget About Darfur
In Bill Newman
6/30: Eric Reeves, Fellow at the River Valley Institute and Trustee of the Darfur Bar Ass’n, on the genocide in Darfur, rape as an instrument of war in that region, and the project (he is the co-chair) Responding to Sexual Violence in Darfur.
Tuesday, June 29, 202106/29/2021
What will the Commonwealth keep after the pandemic?
In Bill Newman
6/29: State Representative Mindy Domb on the budget (or not) and permanent changes brought about by the pandemic.
Then, Westfield State University criminal justice professor and department chair, Daniel Price, on local police, police reform, training–we cover a host of issues.
Tuesday, June 29, 202106/29/2021
Panorama — Episode 23 — John Bonifaz, Free Speech for People
In Panorama
Originally aired on June 26, 2021. Stefan and Dan talk to John Bonifaz, president and co-founder of Free Speech for…
Monday, June 28, 202106/28/2021
What to the slave is the 4th of July?
In Bill Newman
6/28: State Representative Natalie Blais–she reconnects on our show with her former colleague, UMass, Afro-Am professor Amilcar Shabazz, and we talk, among other topics, about the effort to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Then on Black in the Valley, Bruce Penniman joins us to preview the July 4 event featuring a reading of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Saturday, June 26, 202106/26/2021
Creating Living Culture
In The Western Mass. Business Show
6.26.21 Tara Brewster talks with Milena Dabova, Cariel Klein, and Carlos Uriona from Double Edge Theatre about their remarkable way of making art, commerce and community at the same time.
Saturday, June 26, 202106/26/2021
Vaya Con Muñoz 6/26/21
This week on the show we are joined by our regular guests, Nathaniel Waring, Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, and Matt Szafranski to discuss Sonia Chang Diaz’s announcement that she will be seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor, and why Martha Healey’s name keeps coming up when we talk about the Governor’s race; about how the Massachusetts democratic party differs from its counterparts in other states, and how that plays into the action (or inaction) that our legislature takes; Juneteenth becoming a national holiday, and how it’s just window dressing if the bill doesn’t have some teeth; India Walton’s victory in Buffalo NY and what it means for Socialists countrywide; Bipartisanship and the filibuster, and how the left wing and the right wing are both from the same bird; Joe Manchin’s obstruction, and how the demographics of West Virginia play into his actions; and Patriarchy versus Matriarchy, and how things have changed in the last 20,000 years.
Friday, June 25, 202106/25/2021
The Afternoon Buzz 6.25.21
Ruth Zakarin Executive of Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and Western New England University Law School Dean Sudha Setty…
Friday, June 25, 202106/25/2021
The Day of Reckoning for Derek Chauvin
In Bill Newman
6/25: Crime and Punishment with Attorney John Pucci–on Derek Chauvin’s sentencing. Then, on what would have been Eric Carle’s 92nd birthday, we remember and celebrate him with Alix Kennedy, Executive Director of the Carle Museum, and Nick Clark, the museum’s Founding Director and long-time Chief Curator. Also, ArtBeat with Donnabelle Cassis and Emma Chubb, Curator of Contemporary Art at Smith College Museum of Art on Beyond the Museum– the campus Art Map Project,
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https://scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/beyond-museum-art-smiths-campus)