Saturday, August 8, 202008/08/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 8.8.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week the pane;, Nathaniel Waring, Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski and Danny Torres on school reopenings (Smith College and Springfield Public Schools are full remote) and what that means to their children; how much influence, if any, do endorsements by organizations and national and local figures have on political races (speaking here about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supporting Sen. Markey and support from others for Holyoke Mayor Morse and Congressman Neal; and finally,who do we want presidential candidate Biden to select as VP.

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

UMass to become UMuchFewer

In Bill Newman

8/7: “Your State U” with MTA Vice-President Max Page and Co-President of the UMass Amherst Professional Staff Union, Brad Turner, on the just-announced plan to open the campus only minimally this fall; Hampshire College Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the just-launched rockets, a three country race, to explore Mars; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Michael Tillyer, Executive Director of Anchor House of Artists in Northampton.

Thursday, August 6, 202008/06/2020

How Much Stock Should We Put In The Polls?

In Bill Newman

8/6: Political Gold with CEO of Represent.US, Josh Silver, on the election, polls, fundraising, battleground states, political ads, and today’s news — another Inspector General at the State Dept. bites the dust; the Reverend and the Rabbi with Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on the importance of statues–those we love and those that should be taken down.

Wednesday, August 5, 202008/05/2020

“Stop The Press!” And The Press Stops.

In Bill Newman

8/5: The Daily Hampshire Gazette’s editor-in-chief Brooke Hauser and reporter Greta Jochem on the demise of the press and the loss of jobs at the paper, the intense controversy over use of Chartpak property and swimming in Leeds, and reporting on school reopenings; also Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, August 4, 202008/04/2020

The Hope For An End To Nuclear Weapons

In Bill Newman

8/4: On this week, 75 years after the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we speak with Timmon Wallis and Vicki Elson, co-founders of Northampton-based NuclearBan.US and local physician Ira Helfand, former President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, now Co-Chair of PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee. Also, criminal defense and civil rights attorney Luke Ryan explains what the legislative fight over qualified immunity is –and isn’t– all about.

Monday, August 3, 202008/03/2020

No End In Sight To The Session

In Bill Newman

8/3: State Senator Jo Comerford on the police reform bill, the budget, and the legislative session; Institute for Policy Studies’ Chuck Collins on billionaires with billions in private foundations and what that concentration of wealth means for democracy.

Saturday, August 1, 202008/01/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 8.1.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week’s panel of political commentators, Nathaniel Waring, Matt Szafranski and Kate Albright-Hanna, on the school reopening and how another plan is needed; the who fired who? legal battle at the Holyoke Soldiers Home; federal agents in soldier uniforms arresting and whisking away BLM protesters in unmarked vehicles; the nation’s economy continues to spiral down.

Friday, July 31, 202007/31/2020

Six Feet Apart, All Together

In Bill Newman

7/31: Mass. Teachers Ass’n VP Max Page on schools reopening or not; Pook’s Pedlars, Judith Souweine, Margaret Mastrangelo and Ted Diamond, on their 100 miles bike ride in the valley tomorrow to raise money for Dana Farber to combat cancer—the Reimagined Pan-Mass Challenge; Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Double Edge Theatre’s Carlos Uriona and Cariel Klein

Thursday, July 30, 202007/30/2020

Remembering an American Hero

In Bill Newman

7/30: We remember John Lewis; also, Jennifer Levitz, Massachusetts-based Wall Street Journal investigative reporter and co-author of “Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit, and the Making of the College Admissions Scandal.”

Wednesday, July 29, 202007/29/2020

Baseball is back…but for how long?

In Bill Newman

7/29: Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke— Northampton-based baseball historian Duke Goldman– on the season, the pandemic, and the rule changes; then Natalia Munoz, News Director of Holyoke Media, on the new Receiver/Superintendent of the Holyoke Public Schools and five years of receivership.