Saturday, January 30, 202101/30/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.30.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week our panelists – Nathaniel Waring, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, and Matt Szafranski – talk about the ongoing legal battle between Mayor Sarno and the Springfield City council around the council’s decision to switch from a police commissioner to a 5 person civilian police commission; the Massachusetts Republican party’s attempts to censure governor baker over his support of the second impeachment of former president Trump, and how it’s a symptom of a greater movement within the republican party towards extremism; how the political spectrum is more complicated than simply left and right, and how the real nature of our political and economic systems relate to the words we use for them, and how important words can be to a common understanding; and discuss what’s happening with reddit and the stock market, and how everyday investors banded together to take down a hedge fund, and shine a light on the problems that have always existed within our stock market.

Friday, January 29, 202101/29/2021

Are The Rich Getting A Little Closer To Being Eaten?

In Bill Newman

U.S. Billionaires Gain $1.2 TRILLION since March !! with Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies; Governor Baker’s vaccine rollout and his budget
with MTA Vice-President Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Cassis and artist Larry Slezak– his show is the Anchor House Gallery in Northampton.

Thursday, January 28, 202101/28/2021

The Shadow History of Adoption

In Bill Newman

1/28: Gabrielle Glaser, author of “American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption;” Sue Reynolds, new Chair of Amherst Writers and Artists; Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on new beginnings.

Wednesday, January 27, 202101/27/2021

Is Trump An Asset?

In Bill Newman

1/27: Craig Unger, author of “American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery.” Then, Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, and panelists Natalia Munoz, Monte and Bill.

Tuesday, January 26, 202101/26/2021

Is There Another Universe?

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1/26: Michael Lawrence Riddell, Executive Director of Florence-based Self Evident Media; then, the Return of the Sci-Tech Cafe starring Professors Gary Felder (Smith) and Kerstin Nordstrom (Mount Holyoke) – on multiverses.

Monday, January 25, 202101/25/2021

Blais vs Beacon Hill Bias against W.MA

In Bill Newman

1/25: State Representative Natalie Blais on the Governor’s veto of a major economic development bill for western Massachusetts; Northampton-based baseball historian Duke Goldman on the passing of Henry Aaron; Black in the Valley with special guest, professor of religion, Dr. William Greene.

Saturday, January 23, 202101/23/2021

Western Mass Business Show 1.23.21

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Saturday, January 23, 202101/23/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.23.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

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This week Natalia and our panelists – Nathaniel Waring, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, and Kate Albright-Hanna – reflect on the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the united states, and how the return to civility is a breath of fresh air after four years of Trump; where the Biden inauguration leaves the q-anon supporters, right wing media, and donald trump; how the power a handful of media moguls have is a threat to democracy, and what needs to be done to return truth to journalism; the Bernie Sanders inauguration meme and how the senator’s simple wardrobe contrast with other attendees; and how Hillary Clinton’s historic run influenced Kamala Harris’s becoming the first woman to be vice president.

Friday, January 22, 202101/22/2021

The Less-Than Neato Veto

In Bill Newman

1/22: State Representative Mindy Domb on the Climate Bill and the Holyoke Soldiers Home; MTA Vice- President Max Page on Biden’s education policies and vaccines for school employees; ArtBeat with host, Donnabelle Casis, and artist Sean Greene on Sean’s new show at PULP in Holyoke.

Thursday, January 21, 202101/21/2021

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor-How Businesses are Pivoting in the Pandemic

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of Hug Your Student Debt, talk about how businesses are pivoting to stay alive during the pandemic