Tuesday, December 7, 202112/07/2021

Bigda’s Brutality

In Bill Newman

12/7: Attorney John Pucci on the western Mass. criminal prosecution against police officer Gregg Bigda. Then, Daily Hampshire Gazette reporter Dusty Christensen on the state of contract negotiations with the paper and the community columnists’ strike.

Tuesday, December 7, 202112/07/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 12.6.21- Megan Rubiner Zinn, Lisa Papdemetriou, Ezekiel Baskin

In The Afternoon Buzz

 Buzz discusses how the pandemic changed consumption behavior.  For today’s “Cabin Fever Roundtable”  Megan Rubiner Zinn is joined by Lisa…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 12.3.21- David Lanoie and Jamilla Deria

In The Afternoon Buzz

GCC Criminal Justice Professor David Lanoie discusses the impact of the 2021 Police Reform Act on Western Massachusetts communities. And…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 12.2.21 Andra Rose and Nan Parati

In The Afternoon Buzz

Brian Adams, Science and Sustainability Correspondent with Andra Rose from Mothers Out Front, a climate change activist group Take 5…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 12.01.21 Professor Carrie Baker & Chris Smithers

In The Afternoon Buzz

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker discusses today’s SCOTUS arguments in Dobbs, the Mississippi case threatening to overturn Roe v Wade.…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

Columnist Strike!

In Bill Newman

12/6: State Senator Jo Comerford on the Daily Hampshire Gazette columnists’ strike, and then ARPA money and successes for western Mass. Then, Dr. Lynette Watkins, the new President and CEO of Cooley Dickinson.

Saturday, December 4, 202112/04/2021

Are you out there? Can you hear this?

In The Western Mass. Business Show

12.4.21 Tara Brewster talks with Jim Olsen from Signature Sounds, The Parlor Room and The Green River Festival

Saturday, December 4, 202112/04/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.4.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week on the show Natalia is joined by Dan Torres, Tanisha Arena, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring in discussing the appointment of a General from the UAE with human rights issues to the top position in interpol; how capitalism pushes the worst among us to the top, and how modern events are starting to sound like bad writing; Charlie Baker announcing that he won’t be seeking relection, and his Lt. Govenor Polito also anouncing she will not be running for Govenor; the state of the Repubical party in Massachusetts, and how Trump’s influence has shaped it’s modern incarnation; World’s Aids Day, and what Springfield is doing to address HIV/AIDS; the ongoing pandemic, and how the covid centric reporting by the news is ignoring the whole range of other pathegins and epedemics, including opiod addiction; how the news and politicians’ relationships have changed over time, and what is driving that change; how the press should handle covering extremists in politics, and how to do it without feeding into Trump’s “fake news” claims; and Chris Cuomo’s indefinet suspension from CNN following relivations around his involvement with his brother’s responce to sexual assault allegations.

Friday, December 3, 202112/03/2021

Appreciating Arpa

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12/3: Max Page, MTA VP, on the ARPA money, K-12 and higher ed;
Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the James Webb Space Telescope Mission; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Maggie North.

Thursday, December 2, 202112/02/2021

Is the U.S. suffering from electile disfunction?

In Bill Newman

12/2: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on the 2022 elections, Biden’s unpopularity and the effect of SCOTUS and abortion on the elections.
Then, “The Revered and the Rabbi ” with Rabbi Justin Davd and Rev. Peter Ives.