Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, February 15, 202002/15/2020

Western Mass Business Show 2.15.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, February 15 @ 11 am, and Sunday, February 16 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with ROCHELLE CLARK, Founder and CEO of Succession Strength, a company that keeps good businesses in business. She works with entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses to protect their operations with business continuity planning and prepare to pass the operations from one generation of leadership to the next. They discuss how 80% of succession failures are due to poor communication and inadequate preparation, how she provides the education, practical tools, and in-person guidance to overcome those obstacles.

Friday, February 14, 202002/14/2020

A Higher Ed Quiz

In Bill Newman

2/14: Brian Stanton, writer and actor, on “Blank,” his amazing one-person autobiographical show on his search for identity as an adopted person.

Friday, February 14, 202002/14/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–How the “Hug Your Debt” Program Works

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim, the Money Doctor, explains how her patent-pending program “Hug Your Debt” works to help people eliminate their debt

Thursday, February 13, 202002/13/2020

What Happens If Northampton Doesn’t Raise Taxes?

In Bill Newman

2/13: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the proposed tax override; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David.

Wednesday, February 12, 202002/12/2020

Who Stole Your Vote?

In Bill Newman

2/12 Thom Hartmann is our guest and we talk Election 2020

Tuesday, February 11, 202002/11/2020

In Defence of Public Service

In Bill Newman

2/11: Cedric Alexander, author of “In Defense of Public Service;” then, Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke — Duke Goldman (sports-writer Matt Vautour joins us).

Monday, February 10, 202002/10/2020

Black In The Valley For Generations

In Bill Newman

2/10: Mara Hvistendahl, author of “ The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage;” Black in the Valley with
Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Carlie Tartakov; Edyth Harris; Deborah Bridges and Anika Lopes

Saturday, February 8, 202002/08/2020

Western Mass Business Show 2.8.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, February 8th @ 11 am, and Sunday, February 9th @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with NINA ROSSI, of Nina’s Nook, a whimsical, 5-foot-wide gallery in Turners Falls, that displays her art, and of her fellow craftspeople. Their exhibits include an annual erotic art show, her paintings of street life, collections of the stories of visitors to the store, and her art on the theme of the abandoned shopping carts of Turners Falls (it’s a thing there). She is also a member of 2 bands (including bassist for the wonderful She Said); and the Shelburne Falls Art Collective; and a hyper-local coloring book of Turners Fall. Listen in!

Friday, February 7, 202002/07/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.8.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, February 7, 202002/07/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Options for Managing Your Debt

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim, the Money Doctor, discusses the good, the bad and the ugly choices of managing your debt and offers a solution

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