Podcasts
Podcasts
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
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.
Wednesday, September 16, 202009/16/2020
Remembering Justice Gants
In Bill Newman
9 /16: Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Rup (ret.), attorneys David Hoose and Bonnie Allen on the passing of Chief Justice Ralph Gants; Janet Jakobsen, author of “The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics.”
Tuesday, September 15, 202009/15/2020
Pandemic Downtown Hamp-Take 2
In Bill Newman
9/15: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the new downtown experiment; plus — our monthly Comedy Quiz!
