Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, April 28, 202104/28/2021

Against Asian Hate in The Valley

In Bill Newman

4/28: Co-Chair of the Northampton Human Rights Commission Megan Paik, UMass. Prof, Richard Chu and Coordinator of the Francis Crowe Film Series, Carolyn Oppenheim; Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman and Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, April 27, 202104/27/2021

Ellsberg & Snowden & Goodman & UMass

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4/27: UMass. Professor of History and Vietnam War expert, Chris Appy,
on the 50th anniversary of the release of the Pentagon Papers and the upcoming Daniel Ellsberg conference at UMass; poet Eileen Kennedy, whose new book is “Touch My Head Softly;” Sci-Tech Cafe with MHC prof. Kirsten Nordstrom and John Hopkins prof. Alison Hill.

Monday, April 26, 202104/26/2021

Rural Communities are SOL when it comes to SOL

In Bill Newman

4/26: State Representative Natalie Blais; Black in the Valley with Rev. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlies Tartakov, and Rev. Renee Wormack Keels on children in prison.

Saturday, April 24, 202104/24/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.24.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week, as we approach the Oscars, our regular panelists – Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring – are joined once again by Larry Hott, renowned documentary filmmaker and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to discuss the Documentaries that have been nominated for this year’s Oscars. We discuss My Octopus Teacher, a film about a South African filmaker’s time with an octopus, and the effect it had on his life and wellbeing; A concerto is a conversation, a film about a black composer, and his relationship with his father; Crip Camp, a film about a summer camp run by hippies for special needs folks, and how it led them to have the confidence to challenge how people with disabilities are treated in the United States, and to fight for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and a slew of other films that didn’t make the cut, but were important and fantastic in their own rights. The panel then discusses the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, and what it means for the soul of our nation; how his defence chose to trample of George Floyd’s memory; whether the three other officers involved will be found guilty of a crime in their own trials, and what their defence might be; and how all this fits into the bigger picture of policing in America, and how it plays into the Defund the Police movement, and rethinking what policing looks like.

Saturday, April 24, 202104/24/2021

Panorama – Episode 15 – Dan Ellsberg’s Legacy and UMass Hockey’s Triumph

In Panorama

UMass Amherst professor Christian Appy talks with Dan and Stefan about the Daniel Ellsberg papers at UMass (and the conference…

Friday, April 23, 202104/23/2021

Why is the Rep. from Amherst driving to Worcester for her vaccine?

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4/23: State Representative Mindy Domb; Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President, Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Jen Carr, and Michael Karmody.

Thursday, April 22, 202104/22/2021

Panorama – Episode 14 – Beer, Cheese, New Orleans Cuisine, and News You Might Have Missed

In Panorama

Originally aired April 17th, 2021. Corey Lynch joins us on Panorama to talk about Drawing Board Brewery, a new small…

Thursday, April 22, 202104/22/2021

Immigrant Voices

In Bill Newman

4/22: More “Cool Films with Larry Hott;” The Center for New Americans–
we speak with the Executive Director and students; the Reverend, Peter Ives, and the Rabbi, Justin David.

Wednesday, April 21, 202104/21/2021

Guilty

In Bill Newman

4/21: John Pucci wraps the Chauvin trial; Chuck Collins, whose new book is “The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions;” Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

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