Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, September 7, 202109/07/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 9.2.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Executive Director Brian  Boyles of Mass Humanities Dr. Jon Zibbell, Senior Public Health Scientist  of RTI International

Tuesday, September 7, 202109/07/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 9.1.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Law Professor Emeritus Bruce Miller discusses the Supreme Court allowing evictions of millions to resume, blocking the administration from enforcing…

Tuesday, September 7, 202109/07/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 8.31.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Buz shares his thoughts on Afghanistan. Playbill with Jackie Walsh

Tuesday, September 7, 202109/07/2021

The Afternoon Buzz 8.30.21

In The Afternoon Buzz

Mehlaqa Samdani is the executive director and founder of Critical Connections. Nan Parati returns.  

Tuesday, September 7, 202109/07/2021

Varsity Blues

In Bill Newman

9/7: “Crime and Punishment” with attorney John Pucci on the Varsity Blues; Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project, on “State of Insecurity: the Cost of Militarization since 9/11”–
$21 Trillion,

Saturday, September 4, 202109/04/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 9.4.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week on Vaya we are joined by our regulars, Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring to discuss the anounced closing of the Coca Cola plant in Northampton, and what it will mean for municipal budgets and the local economy; the rising cost of rent in western Massachusetts, and what can be done to stem the gentrification of our part of the state; The withdraw from Afghanistan, and the roll of the press in both the war and the withdrawl; the recent anti-abortion law that was signed into law in Texas, and what it means for the state of women’s rights in America; and what shows all of us on the panel have been binge watching;

Saturday, September 4, 202109/04/2021

A Trust for all children?

In The Western Mass. Business Show

9.4.21 Tara Brewster talks with Terry Mollner from Stakeholders Capital and Calvert Impact Capital

Friday, September 3, 202109/03/2021

UMass goes Global, the Moons of Mars and a Giant Mantis

In Bill Newman

9/3: MTA Vice-President Max Page on UMass’ newest multi-million- dollar acquisition; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the news from Mars; ArtBeat with host, Donnabelle Casis, sculptor Kamil Peters and — from the Florence Civic and Business Association –Andrew Munson.

Thursday, September 2, 202109/02/2021

Will the House save Democracy by the end of September?

In Bill Newman

9/2: Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on the Congressional response (or not) to voter suppression; Rabbis Justin David Riqi Kosovske on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

Wednesday, September 1, 202109/01/2021

Decolonizing Wealth

In Bill Newman

9/1: Edgar Villanueva on “Decolonizing Wealth” and giving away millions; Chris Dempsey on his campaign for state auditor.

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