Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, January 28, 202101/28/2021

The Shadow History of Adoption

In Bill Newman

1/28: Gabrielle Glaser, author of “American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption;” Sue Reynolds, new Chair of Amherst Writers and Artists; Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on new beginnings.

Wednesday, January 27, 202101/27/2021

Is Trump An Asset?

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1/27: Craig Unger, author of “American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery.” Then, Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, and panelists Natalia Munoz, Monte and Bill.

Tuesday, January 26, 202101/26/2021

Is There Another Universe?

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1/26: Michael Lawrence Riddell, Executive Director of Florence-based Self Evident Media; then, the Return of the Sci-Tech Cafe starring Professors Gary Felder (Smith) and Kerstin Nordstrom (Mount Holyoke) – on multiverses.

Monday, January 25, 202101/25/2021

Blais vs Beacon Hill Bias against W.MA

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1/25: State Representative Natalie Blais on the Governor’s veto of a major economic development bill for western Massachusetts; Northampton-based baseball historian Duke Goldman on the passing of Henry Aaron; Black in the Valley with special guest, professor of religion, Dr. William Greene.

Saturday, January 23, 202101/23/2021

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.23.21

In Vaya Con Muñoz

1-23-21 Vaya.mp3

This week Natalia and our panelists – Nathaniel Waring, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, and Kate Albright-Hanna – reflect on the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the united states, and how the return to civility is a breath of fresh air after four years of Trump; where the Biden inauguration leaves the q-anon supporters, right wing media, and donald trump; how the power a handful of media moguls have is a threat to democracy, and what needs to be done to return truth to journalism; the Bernie Sanders inauguration meme and how the senator’s simple wardrobe contrast with other attendees; and how Hillary Clinton’s historic run influenced Kamala Harris’s becoming the first woman to be vice president.

Friday, January 22, 202101/22/2021

The Less-Than Neato Veto

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1/22: State Representative Mindy Domb on the Climate Bill and the Holyoke Soldiers Home; MTA Vice- President Max Page on Biden’s education policies and vaccines for school employees; ArtBeat with host, Donnabelle Casis, and artist Sean Greene on Sean’s new show at PULP in Holyoke.

Thursday, January 21, 202101/21/2021

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor-How Businesses are Pivoting in the Pandemic

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of Hug Your Student Debt, talk about how businesses are pivoting to stay alive during the pandemic

Thursday, January 21, 202101/21/2021

The Beginning of Biden

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1/21: We Fishwrap the Inauguration; then: Yasmin Eisenhauer, the new Executive Director of Amherst Cinema and Salman Hameed, Chair of the Board; “A Feminist Romance Novel, Live! with CatStache members Leah Berkenwald, Sam Aguirre, and Ben Sandler; The Reverend and the Rabbi with Elsie Fetterman of Amherst and Jim Lescault, Exec. Director of Amherst Media, on
” A House Built by Hope: A Story of Compassion, Resilience and Religious Freedom.” https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?

Wednesday, January 20, 202101/20/2021

The End Is Here

In Bill Newman

1/20: Goodbye, Donald Trump! Our guests: Heather Hurwitz, author of “Are We the 99%? The Occupy Movement, Feminism, and Intersectionality;” Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz; and NPR –Northampton Poetry Radio with Poets Laureate Rich Michelson and Martin Espada. Here’s the link to Sr. Espada’s upcoming reading from his new book: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/floaters/register

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