Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, February 20, 202102/20/2021
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.20.21
This week Natalia is joined by Nathaniel Waring, Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, and Dan Torres in discussing the so called basket of deplorables comment by Hilary Clinton and how those on the far right are showing themselves to be those deplorables; where the future of the republican party is headed, and whether we are going to see more trump style politics in 2022, 2024, and beyond; where the slide of the republican party towards right extremism leaves moderate republicans like Mitt Romney and the 6 other senators who voted to convict trump; the recent death of radio hate monger Rush Limbaugh and how his rise to prominence both mirrored and also ushered in the rise of extremism within the Republican party; the vaccine rollout, and how problems with the system have plagued Massachusetts’s handling of it; and the recent weather in Texas, and how the deregulation of their electrical grid, combined with some good old fashioned greed, had left thousands of its citizens literally out in the cold;
Friday, February 19, 202102/19/2021
PERSEVERANCE!
In Bill Newman
2/19: Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on Perseverance on Mars and other intelligent life with technology in our galaxy. MTA Vice-President Max Page on Governor Baker and covid; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Pamela Matsuda Dunn.
Thursday, February 18, 202102/18/2021
The standoff with China no one is talking about.
In Bill Newman
2/18: Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus and co-founder of the Commitee for a Sane US-China Policy, on the ongoing dangerous confrontations and potential for war between China and the U.S.; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on the role of religious leaders today in the fight for social justice and against religious intolerance.
Wednesday, February 17, 202102/17/2021
Dancin’ with myself
In Bill Newman
2/17: Cool Films with Larry Hott who reviews “All In” about Stacy Abrams and “The Reason I Jump;” a preview of the third of Four Sundays in February with Cynthia McLaughlin and Jen Paulins, founding Artistic Director of the School of Contemporary Dance and Thought and Steve Sanderson, Events Producer at Northampton Arts Council. Vaya con Munoz
with Natalia Munoz on the Northampton Policing Commission’s Interim Report.
Tuesday, February 16, 202102/16/2021
Tangled Up In Blue
In Bill Newman
2/16: Rosa Brooks, author of “Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City.” Then, UMass. professor Amilcar Shabazz on “The Black Church: This is Our Story. This is Our Song.” And our monthly Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Scott Braidman.
Monday, February 15, 202102/15/2021
Easthampton Schools Poised to Reopen
In Bill Newman
2/15: Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on the impeachment trial, covid vaccine availability, schools reopening and budget cutting. Then, award-winning author and poet Leslea Newman on “I Wish My Father.”
Friday, February 12, 202102/12/2021
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.13.21
On this week’s show our panelists – Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring – join Natalia in discussing the Baker administration’s vaccination rollout, and the problems it has had in doing so; the vaccination site in Springfield, and how it’s the only site that serves a large swath of western mass; the new covid variants and how they might affect the vaccination and the future of covid in the long run; why children under 12 are not currently able to be vaccinated, when that might change, and why teachers are notably absent from the vaccine schedule; former Pittsfield State Senator Ben Downing’s recent announcement that he will be running for Governor of Massachusetts in 2022 and what challenges he will have given the pandemic; the importance of internet during quarantine, and how Comcast’s recent announcement that they will be capping data and charging customers more is going to affect access to essential services during a pandemic; and the ongoing senate trial of former president Trump, and if the republicans in the senate will have the moral fortitude to vote to convict.
Friday, February 12, 202102/12/2021
How To Fix A Drug Scandal-The Sequel
In Bill Newman
2/12: News on the western Massachusetts drug lab scandal with Nina Morrison, Senior Litigation Counsel at the Innocence Project; MTA Vice-President Max Page on vaccinations for teachers; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Linda McInerney, Artistic Director of Eggtooth Productions, and Monte Belmonte, a/k/a President of the Shea Theater.
Thursday, February 11, 202102/11/2021
Power Concedes Nothing Without Demand
In Bill Newman
2/11: We fishwrap Trump’s impeachment trial; speak with Michelle D. Commander, editor of and contributor to “Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery and Abolition;” preview the wonderful Valentine’s Day show, the second in the Northampton Council’s Four Sundays in February series; and feature a discussion of the Black church with Rev. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Rev. Peter Ives, and Rabbi Justin David.
