Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Monday, March 1, 202103/01/2021

Holding The Governor accountable for the vaccine rollout

In Bill Newman

3/1: State Senator Jo Comerford on covid-19, vaccines, and the Governor;
Monte Belmonte on his going to bed for the Cancer Connection.

Saturday, February 27, 202102/27/2021

Western Mass Business Show 2.27.21

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Saturday, February 27, 202102/27/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.27.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week on our show we are joined by Nathaniel Waring, Kate Albright-Hanna, Dan Torres, and Matt Szafranski, and we discuss the recent inquiry by Justin Hurst into why there are not more minority and woman owned businesses getting contracts with the city, and whether racism – overt of systemic – is playing a part in this lack of representation; Senator Markey’s recent visit to the site of the proposed biomass site in Springfield, and how his visit is a sign of support to Jesse Letterman and others in Springfield who supported his 2020 run; whether so called green energy sources will be able to keep up with a growing energy demand globaly, and where we might find our next source of power; why we are going to Mars now and in the future, and what that means for our species (and our resident martian, Nathaniel); the Northampton middle school pricipal’s recent comments on the confederate flag, and the community support that the hateful reaction from a new facebook page has spurred; the happenings at Smith College involving a former employee who is claiming that being forced to sit through racial sensitivity trainings is racist against her as a white woman; A California city’s entire school comintee retiring over a hot mic incident, and how parents and teachers have found themselves at odds in the pandemic; the horrible job Gov Baker has done with the vaccine rollout, and what it will take for Massachusetts to wake up to his incompetency.

Friday, February 26, 202102/26/2021

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor-No Need to Overspend at the Holidays

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” says there’s no need to overspend at the holidays, and suggests instead, focusing on simple holiday pleasures.

Friday, February 26, 202102/26/2021

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor-Should Student Debt be Forgiven?

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” talks about whether the government should forgive student loans and how that might work

Friday, February 26, 202102/26/2021

Holding the Governor accountable for the vaccine rollout

In Bill Newman

2/27: State Representative Mindy Domb on vaccine availability and Governor Baker’s plans; Your State U. with MTA Vice-President Max Page on (lack of)vaccinations for educators and forging ahead with MCAS; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Priya Nadkarni Greene.

Thursday, February 25, 202102/25/2021

Let’s Talk About Sex, Newmie

In Bill Newman

2/26: Monte and Bill and Jane Fleishman talking about talking about sex.
Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David talking about Purim.

Wednesday, February 24, 202102/24/2021

Saving journalism, one columnist at a time

In Bill Newman

2/24: A eulogy for Lawrence Ferlinghetti; a conversation with state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on covid and the governor; an inquiry into the future of the Daily Hampshire Gazette with reporter and Pioneer Valley News Guild activist Dusty Christensen; and opinion on institutional racism in vaccine distribution and consideration of the Smith College employee claiming race discrimination because she is white from Natalia Muñoz.

Tuesday, February 23, 202102/23/2021

Poet Quartet

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2/23: NPR–Northampton Poetry Radio–with Martin Espada, Victoria Chang, Paul Mariani, and Rich Michelson; Sci-Tech Cafe with MHC physics prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and American University chemistry prof Raychelle Burks on why and how “All My Favorite Science Teachers are Undead.”!!

Monday, February 22, 202102/22/2021

COVID in our prisons

In Bill Newman

2/22: Lois Ahrens, Founding Director of the Real Cost of Prisons Project, on covid in Massachusetts prisons; Liam Goud and Braxton Brewington, members of the Debt Collective, on the student debt crisis and the upcoming film at Forbes Library, “You Are Not a Loan;” Drs. Jacqueline Smith-Crooks, Carlie Tartakov, and Demetria Shabazz- a special edition of Black in the Valley.

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Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs

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Trump says US is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the Caribbean

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is set to be sentenced and faces the possibility of years in prison

Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sentencing Friday in a sordid criminal case that could keep him locked up for years.

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Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programs important to Democrats.