Podcasts
Podcasts
Wednesday, February 4, 202602/04/2026
Life & Death
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
Tuesday, February 3, 202602/03/2026
Western Mass Business Show on 1.31.26 — Lindsay Labonte Manager of Applied Mortgage
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in as we speak with a true community leader. Lindsay Labonte Manager of Applied Mortgage has taken the helm from her father Todd Barron and given the company a new look and location. Keeping with the leading with a purpose mindset, Lindsay has launched new programs like: Applied Mortgage Academy and Local Love Days to cement the business firmly in community. Listen as we discuss the regional landscape, the state of homeownership, tips, and tricks to getting in the pipeline, what it’s like to do this with children, and more.
Tuesday, February 3, 202602/03/2026
Conversations
2.3.26 State Senator Paul Mark—Money, Healthcare, 250th celebration, & the Pats
Super. Dr Xiomara Herman—Pelham Schools, Difficult Days Ahead
Hampshire College President Jennifer Chrisler–Financial Sustainability & the Future
Carole Bull-Do something! The journey of healing
Monday, February 2, 202602/02/2026
WHMP Radio Panorama — Episode 141 — On The Western Tradition with Harvard Professor James Hankins
In Panorama
Originally recorded on January 20, 2026. Dan Torres interviews Harvard Professor James Hankins co-author of The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition. His book strives to educate Americans on the importance of the Western Tradition. Did Christianity really cause the decline of the Roman Empire? What role did Pope Sylvester II have in teaching logic? How did bureaucracy, taxation, and the rule of law contribute to the rise of the West? Professor Hankins answers these questions, and more, and explains why he is moving to Florida.
His article, “Why I’m Leaving Harvard” in The Compact magazine can be found here:
https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-im-leaving-harvard/
Monday, February 2, 202602/02/2026
Quite Literally
2/2/26: John Bollard: “Two Hundred Years of Protesting with Rosa Parks.” Megan Zinn w/ Bremond Berry MacDougall & Lisa Endo Cooper: publishing “lost” women authors. Sen. Jo Comerford: combatting ICE’s harms in Mass & nationwide & state finances. Nmpton Mayor GL Sciarra: If ICE comes to Hamp, snow removal, art & artists — David Rothstein, ice sculptures & the Silver Chord Bowl,
Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026
The Hustler Files Ep 147
IT’S OK TO SAY THE F WORD
From a felony to the CEO of a Global foundation, Michelle Cirocco knows firsthand that second chances work, because she lived it.
After serving time in prison, Michelle rebuilt her life by taking a job at a call center, inside a local correctional facility. Today, she leads the Televerde Foundation, helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women gain workforce credentials, employment, and long-term success. With over 5,000 women served and a
recidivism rate that is under 2%, Televerde’s model is transforming reentry outcomes and economic impact across states like Arizona and Indiana. In a powerful and heartfelt conver-sation, Michelle talks about leadership, the stigma of having a felony, workforce develop-ment, her ‘Cinderellas’, her pet peeves, why failure is not the end, and that it’s okay to say the F word.
Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026
Bills Come Due
1/30/26: MTA Pres. Max Page: taxing billionaires from Massachusetts to Washington State.
Josh Silver w/ Atty Steve Jonas — Democracy Defenders Fund: can the courts save us? Josh Silver: Nmpton Open Media, YouTube, polarization & diss-course. Donnabelle Casis w/ — Tuman & Newman: “Every Day Is Play: The Art of Dave Rothstein.”
Thursday, January 29, 202601/29/2026
Music to Our Ears
1/29/26: The Northamptones LIVE! And fabulous! Court Dorsey, actor & poet and Grammy Award-winning cellist Eugene Friesen: “Poems with Wings.” UMass Poli Sci Prof Ray La Raja: too much democracy in Amherst? Ehmpton Mayor Salem Derby: what if ICE comes? & other pressing issues. Jon Anz w/ Orice Jenkins: his jazz gems –Tuesday @ City Sports Grill w/ the Green St. Trio.
Wednesday, January 28, 202601/28/2026
Manna from Heaven
1/28/26: Manna Comm Kitchen Ex Dir Niki Landowski & Dev Dir, Kaitlyn Ferrari: combatting hunger here. Cooley Dick Hosp Pres & COO, Kevin Whitney: paying for health care. Citizens Awareness Network Ex Dir Deb Katz: Gov Healey is wrong—No Nukes! “Cool Films” w/ Academy Award voter Larry Hott: his movie recommendations.
Tuesday, January 27, 202601/27/2026
Not Rocket Science, Astro-Physics
1.27 Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: CRESS (unarmed civilian response to 911) & Snowmageddon. Mt Holyoke Prof Kerstin Nordstrom w/ Amherst’s Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi: GIANT planets and brown dwarfs. Gfld Council Pres Lora Wondoloski: banning surveillance cameras & affordable housing.
UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Amherst DEI’s Philip Avila: honoring Black History Month.
