Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, July 31, 202107/31/2021

Take The Blue Door

In The Western Mass. Business Show

7.31.21 Tara Brewster talks with Laura Bowman from Blue Door Gatherings in Holyoke

Saturday, July 31, 202107/31/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 7.31.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week we are joined by our regulars Kate Albright-Hanna, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, and Nathaniel Waring, and we discuss Biden’s recent announcement about federal workers and vaccines; whether we are wearing masks, and why; the Olympics, and how the pandemic has affected the athletes; Simone Biles, and what her choice to sit out of the team event means for gymnastics and humanity alike; a spy program out of Israel, and whether we should be more afraid of spying, or identify theft online; how algorithms predict our online behavior, and what we can do to try and avoid them; the January 6th hearings, and what they have to do with white supremacy;and the life expectancy dropping, and what factors lead us here.

Friday, July 30, 202107/30/2021

Orders From The D.A.

In Bill Newman

7/30: We cover a lot of ground with Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington; then cover masks with Mass. Teachers Ass’n V.P. Max Page; and then, ArtBeat with
Amanda Herman, Cassandra Holden, and Michi Wiancko.

Thursday, July 29, 202107/29/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 7.28.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Retired Recorder Managing Editor George Forcier and Retired Recorder Managing Editor and journalist Wesley Blixt discusses the role of local…

Thursday, July 29, 202107/29/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 7.27.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Playwright Daniel Goldstein discussing his musical ROW, presented by the Williamstown Theater Festival on the campus of The Clark Museum.…

Thursday, July 29, 202107/29/2021

A multicultural educator before it was cool

In Bill Newman

7/29: Vaya con Munoz: Natalia leads our interview of Sonia Nieto, just-announced winner of the Massachusetts Humanities Governor’s Award; Tinky Weisblat, aka “The Diva of Delight,” on her upcoming performance, the final of this year’s Mohawk Trail Concerts, with Clifton Jerry Noble on piano –Saturday at 5:00 at the Charlemont Federated Church. Then, from the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, organizer Andrea Schmid and new Board Chair Diana Becera on immigration and imperialism.

Wednesday, July 28, 202107/28/2021

The Addiction To Trump

In Bill Newman

7/28: “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year.” We speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and investigative reporter Carol Lennig about her new best-selling book, co-authored with her fellow Washington Post reporter– the White House Bureau Chief–Philip Rucker; then, Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Jan Fleishman –a quiz for Bill, Monte, and Natalia.

Tuesday, July 27, 202107/27/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 7.26.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Representative Natalie Blais of the 1st Franklin District. Take Five with Music Correspondent Bruce Niemczyk and pianist Stephen Page. https://soundcloud.com/whmp/the-afternoon-buzz-72621

Tuesday, July 27, 202107/27/2021

Panorama — Episode 27 — WRSI’s Kaliis Smith

In Panorama

Originally aired on July 24, 2021. Kaliis Smith talks about being a musician and lead vocalist and guitarist of Soul…

Tuesday, July 27, 202107/27/2021

The Valley This Morning-Author Joshua Stanley Talks CT River Flood of 1936 Pt. 2

In The Valley This Morning with Denise Vozella

In this 2 part series, WHMP’s Denise Vozella speaks with Joshua Shanley, Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator for the city of Northampton, about his new book “Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936”. Here’s Part 2…

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