Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Friday, April 17, 202004/17/2020

The Unemployment Crisis

In Bill Newman

4/17: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on unemployment, decarceration, food insecurity, and the functioning of state government; MTA Vice-President Max Page on new federal funding for UMass. Amherst; Donnabelle Casis, Zach Torrin, and Anja Shutz on DIY Masks of Western Mass.–over 10,000 people strong!

Thursday, April 16, 202004/16/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Level the Playing Field

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” says we don’t all start in the same place with money, but there are some things you can do to level the playing field

Thursday, April 16, 202004/16/2020

Forget “Tiger King,” Meet Netflix real-life hero from Northampton

In Bill Newman

4/16: “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” with hero-attorney Luke Ryan of Northampton, former head of the Western Massachuetts U.S. Attorney’s Office, John Pucci, and Florence-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott.

Wednesday, April 15, 202004/15/2020

Democracy & Demagoguery

In Bill Newman

4/15: MHC Professor of Government Chris Pyle on Trump’s coronavirus-related claim that his authority as President is ” total. And that’s the way it’s got to be.” Sarah Urist Greene, author of “You are an Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation,” on cool things to create in this age of quarantines.

Tuesday, April 14, 202004/14/2020

How will Hampshire College survive COVID-19?

In Bill Newman

4/14: Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach on covid 19’s effect on his college and its future; then, Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke, local baseball historian Duke Goldman, on MLB this summer and next (or not) and the East-West All-Star Game.

Monday, April 13, 202004/13/2020

Northampton’s Mayor has a new puppy. And some other news.

In Bill Newman

4/13: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz shares his new warm puppy story and oh well, as long as we have him on the show, how the city is dealing with covid-19; then, Northampton-based political novelist Ellen Meeropol, author of “Her Sister’s Tatoo,” the story of a family torn apart by the Vietnam War and anti-war activism

Saturday, April 11, 202004/11/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.11.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, April 10, 202004/10/2020

The Legions of Unemployed

In Bill Newman

4/10: Representative Mindy Domb on combating the economic hardships in Massachusetts today; MTA Vice-President Max Page on coronavirus’ effect on public education; Donnabelle Casis, ArtBeat host, and her son on his producing hundreds of plastic shields for health care workers at local hospitals on his 3-D printer at home.

Wednesday, April 8, 202004/08/2020

Help Raise Money for The Cooley COVID-19 Emergency Fund

In Bill Newman

4/8: The local hospital’s response to covid-19: from Greenfield Savings Bank — CEO John Howland, and Paul Benjamin; from Cooley Dickinson Health Care — Diane Duquette and CEO Joanne Marquesee; and from its Board of Trustees –Sally Griggs.

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Coming Together (While Apart) To Feed Our Friends

In Bill Newman

4/7: Heidi Nortonsmith, Exec.Dir., Northampton Survival Center, Alisa Klein, Exec. Dir., Grow Food Northampton, Clare Higgins, Exec. Dir., Community Action of Pioneer Valley, Marty Wohl, founder Local Roots Care, on the Emergency Food Project, the community response to covid-19. Then, Hampshire College professor emeritus Michael Klare on pandemics now and in the future.

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

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