Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, September 26, 202009/26/2020

Western Mass Business Show September 24th 2020

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, September 26th at 11 AM to hear Ira speak with LEN GENDRON of SCORE which is no longer retired executives and are 60-70% still working. How it is a partner of the SBA, provides mentoring, planning, and education to small business owners; how most of their clients are women; how they help develop benchmarks; understand cash flow; explore expansion, marketing, franchising, and more. How they will help you understand what a good idea looks like, how to build a sustainable business, and to consider what your clients are thinking, and more!! So listen!

Friday, September 25, 202009/25/2020

Vote: And Vote as soon as you can!

In Bill Newman

9/25: Representative Mindy Domb on politics and policy; MTA Vice-President Max Page on UMass layoffs and furloughs; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Rosemary Tracy Woods , owner of Art for the Soul Gallery.

Thursday, September 24, 202009/24/2020

Rise Up & Sing & Vote

In Bill Newman

9/24: Western Mass. musicians Peter Blood and Annie Patterson totally rock the vote; then, Smith College Professor Emeritus Elliot Fratkin on his new book ” Maasai: A Novel of Love, War, and Witchcraft in 19th Century East Africa;” CBI Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on Yom Kippur.

Wednesday, September 23, 202009/23/2020

The Last Million

In Bill Newman

9/23: David Nasaw, eminent historian, whose new book is “The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War.” Then–a total change of pace –Sex Matters
with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, and Joey Wasserman from SAGE: Advocacy and Serivces for LGBT Elders. And Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

Fascism Wrapped In The Red, White & Blue?

In Bill Newman

9/22: Thom Hartmann on RBG and the present and impending threat of fascism in the United States; attorney and Florence -based historian Tom Carhart on RBG and his new book “Barricades: The First African-American West Point Cadets and Their Constant Battle for Survival.”

Monday, September 21, 202009/21/2020

Remembering RBG

In Bill Newman

9/21: Easthampton Mayor, attorney Nicole LaChapelle, on RBG and critical municipal matters; Jane Yolen on poems for RBG; Evan Falchuk on RBG and Yes on ballot question 2.

Saturday, September 19, 202009/19/2020

Western Mass Business Show 9.19.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, September 19th at 11 AM to hear Ira speak with DYLAN PILON
of Cloud 9 Marketing Group about his intrigue with excellent commercials and how creativity can drive sales; how a great ad draws you in, and then calls you to action; how we consume print versus digital; how to identify the ideal customer and get your message in front of them; how he gained control over his career by starting his own business; his decision to specialize in social media, one aspect of marketing; the challenge of tying a strategy to return on investment; how business owners can get a fresh perspective; doing business in a pandemic, including the messaging that helps companies struggling through it; and more.

Saturday, September 19, 202009/19/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 9.19.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week our panel of political commentators tackle qualified immunity and why we haven’t seen more states move to end it; discuss Matt’s article in wmasspi.com on how the Springfield City council has become something of a launchpad for political careers in the statehouse and how two of those council members are navigating leaving their positions on the council as they head to Boston; react to the ICE whistleblower from Georgia who alleges that a doctor at an ICE detainment facility was performing unnecessary, and sometimes concentless, hysterectomies on female detainees, and how that plays into the US’s history of eugenics and forced sterilization; discuss Northampton’s recent experience with the Shared Streets and Spaces Project, and the backlash it received from the business community downtown; and are joined by a special “guest” who zoom-bombs the panel.

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.

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