Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, December 29, 202012/29/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Estate Planning Blueprint

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim, the Money Doctor, offers a blueprint for planning your estate

Tuesday, December 29, 202012/29/2020

The Fourth Night & The First Night

In Bill Newman

12/29: Black in the Valley. We continue yesterday’s conversation about Kwanza (December 26- January 1) with Professors Demetria Shabazz, Amilcar Shabazz and Carlie Tartakov. Then we preview First Night Northampton with Steve Sanderson, Event Producer of the Northampton Arts Council, and the fabulous guitarist, First Night performer and founder of the Ray Mason Band, Ray Mason.

Monday, December 28, 202012/28/2020

The Origins of Kwanzaa

In Bill Newman

12/27: Susannah Sheffer, death penalty expert, and capital case defense attorney Walter Long on “The Penalty,” presented by Forbes Library; Kwanza: we celebrate with Professors
Amilcar Shabazz, Demetria Shabazz, and Carlie Tartakov and Rev. Jaqueline Smith-Crooks.

Monday, December 28, 202012/28/2020

Financial Fitness With The Money Doctor–Denise’s Car Buying Story

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of Hug Your Student Debt talks with WHMP News Director Denise Vozella about her recent car buying process and offers her own tips on car buying.

Saturday, December 26, 202012/26/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.26.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week our engineer, Nathaniel Waring, fills in for Natalia and is joined by Matt Szafranski and Danny Torres for a special ‘Bros of Vaya’ episode. We discuss Trump’s flurry of pardons and what they have in common, and how his usage of the presidential power undermines the office; the myriad of crimes the Trump himself is guilty of, and whether he can pardon himself; the future of the republican party and how we as a country get back to some assemblance of a normal democracy; and the recent vote by the Springfield city council to elect their incoming city council president for 2021, and how the proceedings to do so were fraught with controversy and confusion.

Saturday, December 26, 202012/26/2020

Western Mass Business Show 12.26.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Listen on Saturdays, December 26th and Jan 2nd at 11 AM to hear Ira speak with DYLAN PILON of Cloud 9 Marketing Group and MEGHAN ROTHSCHILD of Chikmedia on the role of humor in conveying a message, how creativity and humor captures your attention and maybe gets you to spread the word; what about when it’s funny to some but not all; the market research that shows what is resonating; how your message positions your brand; how you’re buying a lifestyle, not sneakers; who should not try to be funny, and much more!

Thursday, December 24, 202012/24/2020

The Meaning of Xmas To A Reverend and a Rabbi

In Bill Newman

12/24: Revered Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Christmas.

Wednesday, December 23, 202012/23/2020

A Poison Pill In The Environmental Bill

In Bill Newman

12/23: Mary Booth, Executive Director of the Partnership for Policy Integrity, on the resurrected plan for a large biomass plant in western Massachusetts.

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.

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