Podcasts

Podcasts

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Saturday, May 29, 202105/29/2021

Panorama – Episode 20 – Jesse Hassinger, Northampton Ward 4 Candidate

In Panorama

Originally aired on May 29, 2021. Jesse Hassinger, co-owner of Belly of the Beast and candidate for Northampton’s Ward 4,…

Friday, May 28, 202105/28/2021

One day until “The New Normal”

In Bill Newman

5/28: We remember Eric Carle with State Representative Mindy Domb and also speak with the Representative about the lifting of covid restictions and revelations about the deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers Home; MTA VP Max Page on the senate budget — promises fulfilled and those that were not; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Scout Cuomo.

Thursday, May 27, 202105/27/2021

On The Passing of Eric Carle

In Bill Newman

5/27: We remember Eric Carle. Then, award-winning political reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere on “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaign to defeat Donald Trump;” and The Reverend and The Rabbi on the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the cease fire.

Wednesday, May 26, 202105/26/2021

Amherst signatures & The SJC

In Bill Newman

5/26: Sarah McKee and Rita Burke on the lawsuit filed at the Supreme Judicial Court against the town of Amherst for disqualifying signatures on the petition to require a town vote on the Jones Library expansion and renovation. Also, Sex Matters with sex educator Dr. Jane Fleishman and Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, May 25, 202105/25/2021

A Northampton look at the situation in Jerusalem

In Bill Newman

5/25: Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on Israel and Hamas; Jamala Gore, candidate for Northampton City Councilor at-large; Carolyn Oppenheim, Coordinator of the Forbes Library Frances Crowe Social Justice Films Series and filmmaker Jim Becket on “Seeds of Vandana Shiva.”

Monday, May 24, 202105/24/2021

How are Hamp’s coffers as we approach post-COVID?

In Bill Newman

5/24: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on his proposed budget, public safety, and plans for downtown; Black in the Valley with Carlie Tartakov, Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, and Reynolds Winslow on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, reparations in Amherst, and the Sojourner Truth scholarships.

Saturday, May 22, 202105/22/2021

Western Mass Business Show 5.22.21

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tara Brewster talks with Dr. Ned Borowski from Venture X Holyoke

Saturday, May 22, 202105/22/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.22.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week our engineer Nathaniel Waring fills in for Natalia and is joined by Kate Albright-Hanna and Matt Szafranski to talk about the January 6th commision vote, and whether the senate will pass the bill passed in the house; if a democrat led investigation in the house would be able to get past calls of non-partisanship, and if that even matters given players in the inserection potentially being Republican members of congress; the recently declassified UFO videos released by the Biden administration, and what it means for believers that aliens are among us; the Hartford Current’s looming takeover by Alden, and how it plays into the ongoing trend of local newspapers being gobbled up by conglomerates; how Billionaires buying up media outfits is part of their power grab, and how money hoarding is as much a problem as any other types of hoarding; what the so called labor shortage says about the working conditions and pay in the service industry; the confusion around an OCPF filing by the acting mayor of Holyoke, and what it means for the field of candidates; and how the youth of america are becoming politically motivated in a way we haven’t seen in generations.

Saturday, May 22, 202105/22/2021

Panorama – Episode 19 – State Senator Eric Lesser on east-west rail

In Panorama

Originally aired on May 22, 2021. State Senator Lesser talks to Dan and Stefan about the east-west rail project that…

Friday, May 21, 202105/21/2021

Getting to the other side of the pandemic

In Bill Newman

5/21: Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on covid and recovery and schools and funding; MTA Vice-President Max Page on just-released polling showing overwhelming state-wide support for teachers in the pandemic; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Zachary Pearson and Owen W-B from Anarchestra.

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