Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Friday, September 18, 202009/18/2020

‘Let food be thy medicine’

In Bill Newman

9/18: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on food insecurity in the Valley; MTA VP Max Page on layoffs at UMass; ArtBeat with Donnabell Casis and Ashley Pereira on Roots/Raices–Latinx artists at the Art for the Soul Gallery during Latin American History Month.

Thursday, September 17, 202009/17/2020

A New Year Like No Other

In Bill Newman

9/17: District Attorney Dave Sullivan on Justice Gnats and recent front-page news prosecutions; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Rosh Hashanah.

Wednesday, September 16, 202009/16/2020

Remembering Justice Gants

In Bill Newman

9 /16: Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Rup (ret.), attorneys David Hoose and Bonnie Allen on the passing of Chief Justice Ralph Gants; Janet Jakobsen, author of “The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics.”

Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020

Pandemic Downtown Hamp-Take 2

In Bill Newman

9/15: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the new downtown experiment; plus — our monthly Comedy Quiz!

Monday, September 14, 202009/14/2020

Kids These Days & Their New-Fangled Technology!

In Bill Newman

9/14: The Young@Heart Chorus!; Ronald Johnson, President & CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services.

Saturday, September 12, 202009/12/2020

Western Mass Business Show

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, September 12th at 11 AM to hear Ira speak with
Max Hartshorne, of Go Nomad, whose teenage trip to Europe was so exhilarating he made it his life work. They discuss how Max helps tourism boards and brands to get their message across, about the exotic and the unlikely. How travel is about the future, and planning, which psychologist say is as much fun as the actual trip. How Max has developed his unique way of travel, including not focusing on the itinerary so much, until he arrives (just as his favorite movie is
one he had no idea about, beforehand). How and why his favorite thing is traveling by himself, ie: hired by France to promote 29 cities there. How he monetizes his repository of articles by working with other travel sites, with a lot of cross promotion. How even during the pandemic, they produce a steady stream of articles. How they differentiate from mainstream travel gurus, covering islands
you never heard of, and unlikely places, like Arkansas or Missouri! So tune in!

Friday, September 11, 202009/11/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 9.12.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week we are joined by our regular panelists – Kata Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring – to talk about the plight of journalism, local and national, in the modern era; Bob Woodword and both the contents of his upcoming book, and the moral implications of his decision to wait to release them; the near brilliance of Trump’s narcissism; and an upcoming article in Matt’s blog, Western Mass Politics and Insight, on the Baker backed Super PAC’s activity in western mass and the commonwealth as whole.

Friday, September 11, 202009/11/2020

Home Rule for Hamp Housing

In Bill Newman

9/11: Max Page, MTA V-P on UMass; Former Northampton City Council President Ryan O’Donnell on Home Rule and the Northampton Housing Authority; Bob Cilman, founder & Director of Young@Heart Chorus; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and sculptor Chris Nelson.

Thursday, September 10, 202009/10/2020

The DA’s Take on The Scathing Report on Racial Injustice in The Judicial System in Massachusetts

In Bill Newman

9/10: District Attorney Dave Sullivan on the just-released report on racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal justice system; Rev. Peter Ives on the nature of Christ’s ministry.

Wednesday, September 9, 202009/09/2020

The Formal Session Continues

In Bill Newman

9/9: State Senator Jo Comerford; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

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