Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, July 18, 202007/18/2020
Western Mass Business Show 7.18.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in Saturday, July 18th @ 11 AM to hear Ira speak with Ken Danford of North Star, an alternative way to learn, when students feel trapped in traditional public school. The school teaches families how to home school, encouraging students to be active people and independent learners. How home schooling is different than schooling at home, during the pandemic. How North Star is a community center where students can try something more open, with the proper support. How students can explore what’s on their minds, and what a decent life, with education, would look like; and how that can turn into a learning plan. And so much more, so please listen in!!
Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020
The MA House on the cusp of some real change
In Bill Newman
7/17: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa; MTA Vice-President Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Northampton Art Council Event Producer Steve Sanderson and musical artist Mtali Shaka Banka.
Thursday, July 16, 202007/16/2020
The Return of The Federal Death Penalty
In Bill Newman
7/16: Ken Danford, Executive Director of the Sunderland-based North Star Self-Directed Learning for Teens, on learning during Covid-19; Northampton criminal defense and anti-death penalty attorney, David Hoose, on the resurgence of federal executions and his case last week that has received national coverage where the death was the possible penalty; Rabbi Justin David on the death penalty and school reopenings.
Wednesday, July 15, 202007/15/2020
Could This Be The End of Obamacare?
In Bill Newman
7/15: Robert Weintraub, author of “The Divine Ms. Marble: A Life of Tennis, Fame, and Mystery,” the story of Alice Marble; Max Richtman, President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare on the
Trump administration’s battle at the Supreme Court to kill the Affordable Care Act; Natalia Munoz on confronting the media’s racial bias and privilege and what allies can do.
Tuesday, July 14, 202007/14/2020
Those Still Seeking Asylum
In Bill Newman
6/14: Jonathan Jenner, Co-founder and Co-Coordinator of the Western Massachusetts Asylum Support Network on asylum seekers relying on our community; then “Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke”— Northampton-based baseball historian and author– Duke Goldman.
Monday, July 13, 202007/13/2020
Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–How to Fund a vacation now, and save for one next year!
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” tells you how to fund a vacation now, and how to save for a vacation in the future.
Monday, July 13, 202007/13/2020
Trump’s Inspiration
In Bill Newman
6/13: Best-selling NYT author Larry Tye, whose new books is “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy;” then “Black in the Valley” with Rev. Dr Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov, and B.U. Professor of Education Emeritus Dr. Vivian Johnson.
Saturday, July 11, 202007/11/2020
Western Mass Business Show 7.11.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in Saturday, July 11th @ 11 AM to hear Ira speak with Dr. Michael Klein about what makes a job a good fit, how to become more insightful of your tendencies, how one can become happier, more productive, and more cooperative; how 95% of managing is “casting” the right people, and 5% is maximizing their performance; how a company is shaped around who the founder is; how the trait of flexibility helps in dealing with global plagues, and a healthy dose of neuroticism doesn’t hurt (!); how it helps to have good relationships, being human beings that need that; psych tools that helped him predict who would succeed in sales; how your personality is affected by the experiences and lessons of your life; and the effect of Covid19 on choosing to join the family business.
Saturday, July 11, 202007/11/2020
Vaya Con Muñoz 7.11.20
Kate Albright-Hanna, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, Nathaniel Waring and Matt Szafranski (www.westernmapi.com) join Natalia Muñoz on topics ranging from the Catholic Church getting $1.4 Billion taxpayer dollars; the US Dept. of Justice finding that the Springfield Police Department’s Narcotics Unit has a sordid history of violence; the pandemic is not anywhere near over and so the schools should not open; Nathaniel’s personal story on feeling danger; and Goya Foods betraying Latinos in favoring Trump.
Friday, July 10, 202007/10/2020
A Comet Cometh
In Bill Newman
7/10: Newman on SCOTUS’s decisions yesterday; Salman Hameed on comets, asteroids and merging black holes; MTA VP Max Page on Massachusetts raising needed funds; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Northmapton Arts Council’ Steve Sanderson on upcoming events and supporting local artists.
