Friday, February 13, 202602/13/2026

The Endgame  

In Talk The Talk

2.13.26—The Endgame
Max Page and Peter Enrich-Raise Up Mass Coalition on Ballot Initiatives $7 or 8 billion in cuts
John Feffer and John Berkowitz—Ukraine War End game?
Al Williams of Northampton Open Media (NOM) & Jeff Mastroianni – Executive Director (E-Media)-YouTube Censorship & Local Media Survival.
Donnabelle Casis—JooYoung Choi, AstroFuturist artist, “Quantum Soup Surfer,” at Amherst College Mead Museum.

Thursday, February 12, 202602/12/2026

Democracy in Peril?  

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Democracy in Peril?  

2/12/26: Dr Adam Barsouk — Outsmarting Cancer, Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention, 
Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy for a book talk with David Daley, interviewed by EIPAD Director, Chris Appy—Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections
UMass Professor Epstein—Fed Reserve Investigation, Jobs Report, and Independence 
Buz and Dan—Incivility in Congress, our AI Future  

Wednesday, February 11, 202602/11/2026

“Music Alone Shall Live”

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2/11/26
“Music Alone Shall Live”

Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer —HOUSING, UMass Students & ICE
Chris Freeman – Iron Horse—”Music Alone Shall Live”
George Kahout — Friends of Northampton Trail & Riding Down Main street
Larry Hott—Larry’s got the Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond, & animation not just for Kids

Tuesday, February 10, 202602/10/2026

Fighting for Change 

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Fighting for Change  2.10.26
Pat Duffy—5th Hampden Rep—Breaking News: AI regulation, Housing, & Spr. Museum 
Sheryl L. Stanton, Superintendent, Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts—Fighting for Rural Aid Funding!
Charles Walker-Hoover & Alannah Brunt, UMass, The Beautiful Struggle, on 2/13 (NAACP Week 2026)
Duke Goldman—Will not miss the Super Bowl end, Spring Training,  

Monday, February 9, 202602/09/2026

Beginning Warmth, Followed by ICE and Icy

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2/9/26: Megan Zinn w/ Broadside’s Roz Kreshak-Hayden: books to read & indies to support. Writers Block w/John Sayles’s on “Crucible,” Henry Ford, industrial policy & his antisemitism. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Bad Bunny, schools, MTA negotiations, icy roads, state aid, & financial modernization. John Bonifaz, Pres & Founder of Free Speech for People: prosecuting ICE agents, the AG, DAs, & the police.

Saturday, February 7, 202602/07/2026

Panorama — Episode 142 — Business Owners Will Brideau & Steve Sanderson

In Panorama

Originally aired on February 7, 2026. Will Brideau of Jackson and Connor & Steve Sanderson, co-worker of several tattoo parlors, on the trials and tribulations of owning a business in western Massachusetts.

Friday, February 6, 202602/06/2026

The Hustler Files Ep 148

In The Hustler Files

FOSTERING CHANGE, ONE CHILD AT A TIME

From surviving abuse, instability, and homelessness to building a national nonprofit to helpfoster children, this is the powerful journey of Rob Scheer, founder of the organization Comfort Cases. After experiencing firsthand the harsh realities of the foster care system where children often carry their belongings in trash bags, Rob turned his story into a movement focused on restoring dignity, comfort, and a sense of worth to kids in crisis. In this conversation, Rob shares the deeper challenges within foster care, including trauma, invisibility, and the long-term impact on children who age out of the system. Rob also reflects on resilience, personal responsibility, and the moment he chose a different path, one that now impacts hundreds of thousands of lives across the country. With 700 children in the United States entering foster care EVERYDAY, Rob is truly compassion in action, seeing what others overlook, and proving how one person’s lived experience can spark meaningful, systemic change.

Friday, February 6, 202602/06/2026

Letting in The LIGHT

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2/6/26: Your State U Max/Page-Carolyn Chou, head of Homes for All, rent control & Jamie Hartmann-Boyce on exploding health care cost
Lev BenEzra-Community Action—Peter Wingate, Director of Energy & Weatherization Programs: It’s Freezing
Salman Hameed—Mr. Universe— Science, Kids, Learning & A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis—Elizabeth Stone, ZRzosalyn Driscoll, Tori Lawrence, Light Being—darkness & LIGHT.

Thursday, February 5, 202602/05/2026

Listening & Leading

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2.5.26 Corrine Coryat – candidate for 1st Franklin District—Listening & Leading.
Sheryl Stoodley (artistic dir), John Sheldon (Red Guitarist), Robin Doty (managing dir) Serious Play Theatre Ensemble: Red Guitar—Feb 11th at 8pm.
Our House w/ Representative Jim McGovern—Ice, Affordability, Elections,
Ruth Griggs previews Fat Tuesday w/ Samirah Evans & Chris Lenois

Wednesday, February 4, 202602/04/2026

Life & Death

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2/4/26 Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan: Gov Healey responds to ICE & new plan to combat sex trafficking Lora Wondoloski, Jessa McCormack, Henry Morgan—Peace Dev Fund funding the movement & Phenom’s fight to democratize higher ed. Brian Adams with UMass Professor of Public Policy Juniper Katz on renewable energy challenges and successes. Cool Films with Larry Hott on Oscar nominees for best short documentary