Podcasts

Podcasts

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Wednesday, February 17, 202102/17/2021

Dancin’ with myself

In Bill Newman

2/17: Cool Films with Larry Hott who reviews “All In” about Stacy Abrams and “The Reason I Jump;” a preview of the third of Four Sundays in February with Cynthia McLaughlin and Jen Paulins, founding Artistic Director of the School of Contemporary Dance and Thought and Steve Sanderson, Events Producer at Northampton Arts Council. Vaya con Munoz
with Natalia Munoz on the Northampton Policing Commission’s Interim Report.

Tuesday, February 16, 202102/16/2021

Tangled Up In Blue

In Bill Newman

2/16: Rosa Brooks, author of “Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City.” Then, UMass. professor Amilcar Shabazz on “The Black Church: This is Our Story. This is Our Song.” And our monthly Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Scott Braidman.

Monday, February 15, 202102/15/2021

Easthampton Schools Poised to Reopen

In Bill Newman

2/15: Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on the impeachment trial, covid vaccine availability, schools reopening and budget cutting. Then, award-winning author and poet Leslea Newman on “I Wish My Father.”

Friday, February 12, 202102/12/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.13.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

On this week’s show our panelists – Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring – join Natalia in discussing the Baker administration’s vaccination rollout, and the problems it has had in doing so; the vaccination site in Springfield, and how it’s the only site that serves a large swath of western mass; the new covid variants and how they might affect the vaccination and the future of covid in the long run; why children under 12 are not currently able to be vaccinated, when that might change, and why teachers are notably absent from the vaccine schedule; former Pittsfield State Senator Ben Downing’s recent announcement that he will be running for Governor of Massachusetts in 2022 and what challenges he will have given the pandemic; the importance of internet during quarantine, and how Comcast’s recent announcement that they will be capping data and charging customers more is going to affect access to essential services during a pandemic; and the ongoing senate trial of former president Trump, and if the republicans in the senate will have the moral fortitude to vote to convict.

Friday, February 12, 202102/12/2021

How To Fix A Drug Scandal-The Sequel

In Bill Newman

2/12: News on the western Massachusetts drug lab scandal with Nina Morrison, Senior Litigation Counsel at the Innocence Project; MTA Vice-President Max Page on vaccinations for teachers; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Linda McInerney, Artistic Director of Eggtooth Productions, and Monte Belmonte, a/k/a President of the Shea Theater.

Thursday, February 11, 202102/11/2021

Power Concedes Nothing Without Demand

In Bill Newman

2/11: We fishwrap Trump’s impeachment trial; speak with Michelle D. Commander, editor of and contributor to “Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery and Abolition;” preview the wonderful Valentine’s Day show, the second in the Northampton Council’s Four Sundays in February series; and feature a discussion of the Black church with Rev. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Rev. Peter Ives, and Rabbi Justin David.

Wednesday, February 10, 202102/10/2021

Poochie on Impoochment

In Bill Newman

2/10: John Pucci on Trump’s impeachment; Sally Bellrose-her new novel is “Fishwives;” Natalia Munoz on the Northampton Police Commission’s interim report.

Tuesday, February 9, 202102/09/2021

Bill Newman’s Little Library

In Bill Newman

2/9: “Broke in America” with Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox;
“The City of the Uncommon Thief” with Lynn Bertrand; and “From Rube to Robinson: SABR’s Best Articles on Black Baseball” with editor and contributor Duke Goldman.

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

God’s Waiting Room

In Bill Newman

2/8: Cool Films with Larry Hott; Black in the Valley.

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

Missions To Mars

In Bill Newman

2/5: Max Page, Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President, on the vaccine for teachers and debt relief for students. Hampshire College Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the three space missions now approaching Mars. Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat with special guests Sarah Marcus, Director of the Youth Performance Festival (YPF), YPF mentor artist Asieh Mahyar and students Arden Lloyd and Ja’siah Bufford.

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