Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Monday, May 4, 202005/04/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Taking on Debt During the Pandemic

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” talks about whether to take on new debt during the Corona Virus pandemic, and how to distinguish good debt from bad debt

Monday, May 4, 202005/04/2020

How Healthy is Hadley?

In Bill Newman

5/4: Dr. Susan Mosler, Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine at Cooley Dickinson and candidate for the Board of Health, on health in Hadley (and how it affects the rest of the Valley); State Senator Jo Comerford on recent responses to covid-19.

Saturday, May 2, 202005/02/2020

Western Mass Business Show 5.2.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, May 2 @ 11 am to hear Ira speak with DR. YVES SALOMON-FERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT of GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. She discusses how GCC is supporting students and the community during this global crisis; and providing employees what they need; and some helpful perspective for high school students; and how they have adjusted to online learning; and thinking through the future of higher ed, in whatever the new normal actually turns out to be. And even and especially in this new time, how to keep it interesting, challenging, and fun, that are key to effective teaching and learning.

Saturday, May 2, 202005/02/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.2.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020

Is there going to be a Fall semester on campus?

In Bill Newman

5/1: MTA Vice-President Max Page on furloughs and lay-offs at UMass Amherst; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the Navy’s authentication this week of the UFO videos; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Amherst Cinema GM George Myers on the virtual cinema available to the community.

Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020

Eye of The Tiger King

In Bill Newman

4/30: Kristin Hoganson, author of “The Heartland: An American History;” Florence-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “The Tiger King;” Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Zoom religious services and funerals in this time of social distancing.

Wednesday, April 29, 202004/29/2020

Hypereducation?

In Bill Newman

4/29: Amherst College professor, Pawan Dhingra, author of “Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough;” Natalia Munoz on the fifth anniversary of the Holyoke Public Schools in receivership.

Tuesday, April 28, 202004/28/2020

Digital Stimulation

In Bill Newman

4.28.20 Al Norman, Greenfield- based elder advocate, on covid-19, nursing homes, and the elderly. Then, Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, on cyber sex during the this time of stay-at-home orders.

Monday, April 27, 202004/27/2020

When A Stay-At-Home Order Becomes Dangerous

In Bill Newman

4/27: Safe Passage Executive Director Marianne Winters on domestic violence during this time of stay-at-home orders and quarantines; Center for New Americans Executive DIrector Laurie Millman on the census and and how often undercounted groups in the Valley can be counted this time; Black on the Valley with special guest Sister Anna Muhammed from NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association.

Saturday, April 25, 202004/25/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.25.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Recent Headlines

15 hours ago in National

US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns

The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.

21 hours ago in National

Luxury retailer Saks seeks bankruptcy protection overwhelmed by debt

The owner of Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking bankruptcy protection, buffeted by rising competition and the massive debt it took on to buy its rival in the luxury sector, Neiman Marcus, just over a year ago.

22 hours ago in National

Minnesota protesters, agents repeatedly square off while prosecutors quit after Renee Good’s death

Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists Tuesday during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis, while students miles away walked out of a suburban school to protest the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps.

2 days ago in National

Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

3 days ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.