Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, July 28, 202007/28/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Teaching Kids About Money

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of Hug Your Student Debt, talks about teaching kids about money

Tuesday, July 28, 202007/28/2020

The Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act

In Bill Newman

7/28: Nicholson Baker, author of “Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act;” then, Peter Sterling, Amherst-based Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, whose new book is “What is Health?,” on , among other things, compassion and Trump.

Saturday, July 25, 202007/25/2020

Western Mass Business Show 7.25.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, July 25th @ 11 AM to hear Ira speak with Frank Nataloni of Curio Kitchen and Bath, about forming trusting relationships with customers, that even resulted in them renovating a kitchen they’d put in 35 years before; how the market for kitchens and baths change with the economy; how people are feeling about interior construction during a pandemic; why people decide to renovate after the holidays; about whether people know how to plan a kitchen; how to help a customer figure out planning, budget, and progress on a job; what to know about the “magic triangle” if you don’t have a “magic room,” figuring out traffic flow that fits the space, and so much more! So tune in!

Saturday, July 25, 202007/25/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 7.25.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The panel discusses Congressman Richard Neal’s characterization of Mayor Alex Morse ad about his brother’s death due to addiction as “political;” Springfield Police Commissioner Cheryl Claprood appears to believe that, witnesses and video evidence to the contrary, her officers always show exemplary conduct in controversial incidents; the Minneapolis police officer who suffocated George Floyd t death under-reported almost $500,000 in taxes; camouflaged police officers to control marches is a warning sign of how the Trump administration continues to weaponize differences of opinion, free speech and human rights.
On the program: Yolanda Cancel, a former police officer; Kate-Albright Hanna, documentary filmmaker; Matt Szafranski, founder and editor of WesternMassPI.com; Danny Torres, political commentator; and Nathaniel Waring, political commentator.

Thursday, July 23, 202007/23/2020

SHARK!

In Bill Newman

7/23: Lu Stone, author of “North to Market: Two Streets: Two Centuries: A Sheaf of Northampton Stories;” Sci-tech Café With MHC physics prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and marine biologist Dr. David Shiffman and Rabbi Justin David (who joins the sci-tech café) –we’re talking about sharks.

Wednesday, July 22, 202007/22/2020

Code Pink Resisting The Feds

In Bill Newman

7/22: Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of Truthout and co-author of “Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms;” Paki Wieland and Priscilla Lynch, activists and members of Western Mass. Code Pink, on tomorrow’s demonstration and speak-out at Springfield’s federal building to protest armed federal agents deployed to American cities; Natalia Munoz on the court order for language access for families where English is not the primary language.

Tuesday, July 21, 202007/21/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–How Insurance Companies Make Money

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” looks at clever ways insurance companies make money from clients

Tuesday, July 21, 202007/21/2020

How Well Do You Know The Valley?

In Bill Newman

7/21: Colin Dickey, author of “The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters and Our Obsession with the Unexplained;” our Comedy Quiz with contestants Pam Victor, Kelsey Flynn, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Lora Wondolowski–all about the Pioneer Valley– see how much you know!

Monday, July 20, 202007/20/2020

The Class Action Lawsuit Against The Soldiers’ Home

In Bill Newman

7/20: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on navigating the covid crisis; Northampton attorneys Tom Lesser and Michael Aleo on their case filed Friday against the Holyoke Soldiers Home.

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