Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, December 22, 202012/22/2020
How Bad Is The COVID Situation in W.MA Nursing Homes?
In Bill Newman
12/22: Beverly Herbert, Executive Director of the Cancer Connection; AL Norman, elder advocate, on the pandemic, vaccines and nursing homes.
Monday, December 21, 202012/21/2020
The Honorable Honorable Mayor Nicole LaChapelle Esq.
In Bill Newman
12/21: Happy solstice! District Attorney Dave Sullivan, Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane and Micahel Roper, ROCA staffer and graduate of the Nurturing Fathers Program; Nicole LaChapelle, Mayor of Easthampton and an elector at the Electoral College.
Friday, December 18, 202012/18/2020
What do teachers want from the next Sec. of Education?
In Bill Newman
12/18: Rebecca Kolins Givan, co-editor of “Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education” — with MTA Vice President Max Page; State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on police reform, the Roe Act, and Governor Baker’s budget vetoes; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Cassis and Carla Racine — on the Cold Moon Project, a collaboration presented by Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, Ronin Audio Productions, The Buzz –a Honey Pot Production in association with Phantom World Productions, Bishop’s Lounge and the Majestic Saloon.
Tuesday, December 15, 202012/15/2020
Venezuela & The US: Whose Election Was More Free and More Fair?
In Bill Newman
12/15: Hector Figarella, Venezuelan-American activist and organizer, shares his perspective on the American boycott, the recent election, the economic and political situation and the upcoming — this Thursday — western Massachusetts symposium on Venezuela. He then-we are delighted to say– remained with us as a contestant in the Comedy Quiz competing against Kelsey Flynn, Pam Victor and Monte Belmonte, with Quizmaster Mount Holyoke professor David Hernandez. The surprise winner is….
Monday, December 14, 202012/14/2020
Is the Election REALLY Over Now?
In Bill Newman
12/14: Understanding the Electoral College with WNEU School of Law professor emeritus and constitutional law expert, Bruce Miller. Then, Black in the Valley with hosts Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Carlie Tartakov and special guests Vivian Johnson and Ingrid Askew.
Saturday, December 12, 202012/12/2020
Vaya Con Muñoz 12.12.20
This week our panel of political pundits includes our regulars, Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright Hanna, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring. We discuss the newly elected members of the MA legislature from Springfield, State Senator Adam Gomez and State Representative Orlando Ramos and their respective decisions not to step down from their Springfield City Council seats; Joe Biden’s administration’s picks for agriculture and housing and urban development and who might replace them; How administrators decide who to nominate for different cabinet positions, and what role their experience – inside the political sphere and out – plays in their qualifications; And the police reform bill that’s on the Governor’s desk and what it does and doesn’t do to address the epidemic of police violence in America
Saturday, December 12, 202012/12/2020
Western Mass Business Show 12.12.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Listen on Saturday, December 12 and 19th (2 parter!) at 11 AM to hear Ira speak with BARRY GRAFF + JEFF SAVLOV, two superb (says Ira) thinkers and advisors in the family business world. Tune in to hear how evolves into a family business consultant, what makes a healthy family business, how to be yourself in a relationship, why you don’t automatically get into your family business, what understandings and policies help people do better, what’s love and process have to do with it? And much more!
