Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, March 25, 202003/25/2020

What Will We Do To Keep Our Incarcerated Population Safe During COVID-19?

In Bill Newman

3/25: Local criminal defense and civil rights attorneys Rachel Weber and Dana Goldblatt on the threat of coronavirus to our local jails and the inmates, the staff and the community; Dr. Jane Fleishman, our show’s resident sexologist, on sex in a time of social distancing –ideas to keep you happy; Natalia Munoz on the effect of the pandemic in Puerto Rico.

Tuesday, March 24, 202003/24/2020

Franklin County’s Sheriff on how to keep COVID-19 out of the jail

In Bill Newman

3/24: Franklin County Sheriff Donelan on how the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction is responding to the coronavirus; More time at home? How about binge-watching “The Office?” We speak with Andy Greene, whose new book is The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s; filmmaker (and author) Jonathan Hennessey–his new feature length documentary, available for free is: “You don’t Understand the Second Amendment.” We begin with question: why in this time of coronavirus are ammo sales spiking.

Monday, March 23, 202003/23/2020

How Are Civil Liberties Surviving Coronavirus?

In Bill Newman

3/23: Lecia Brooks from the Southern Poverty Law Center on SPLC’s recent report on hate groups in the United States and how rhetoric around coronavirus is exacerbating fear; Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on how the city is responding to coronavirus, its economic impact, and whether schools will reopen this year.

Saturday, March 21, 202003/21/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.21.20

Friday, March 20, 202003/20/2020

The Take Out Menu for Northampton

In Bill Newman

This is the best info we have from the Downtown Northampton Association about who’s doing what as of March 20th

Friday, March 20, 202003/20/2020

Rep. Sabadosa on Beacon Hill’s Response to COVID-19

In Bill Newman

3/20: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on the legislative response to the coronavirus; Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page on the consequences on public education of the coronavirus; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis–coronavirus’ effect on the arts and artists here in the Valley.

Thursday, March 19, 202003/19/2020

Easthampton (and Everywhere) In Exile

In Bill Newman

3/19: Live from Easthampton: the Mayor explains how her municipality is dealing with the coronavirus; then Reverend Peter Ives on the coronavirus in Scotland and plagues in the Christian scriptures; Rabbi Justin David on plagues in the Hebrew bible.

Wednesday, March 18, 202003/18/2020

Advice from Florence, Italy from Florence, MA

In Bill Newman

3/18: Live from Lucca (near FLorence), Italy: a conversation about how the coronavirus has dramatically changed life in central Italy in just a few short days and the price a country pays for not taking the virus deadly seriously– with former Northampton resident Caroline Georget.

Tuesday, March 17, 202003/17/2020

A Q&A with Cooley Docs and a Comedy Quiz

In Bill Newman

3/17: Live from Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Dr. Joanne Levin, Director of Infection Prevention and Estevan Garcia, Chief Medical Officer, on the coronavirus here in the Valley. A respite from the coronavirus–the Comedy Quiz with Kelsey Flynn ad Rhymes with Orange’s Hilary Price.

Monday, March 16, 202003/16/2020

A Northampton Native In Quarantine In Italy

In Bill Newman

3/16: Live from Milan, Italy: a conversation about life in the region of that locked-down country where coronavirus is most prevalent with Northampton native, Morgan Walsh and her husband Umberto Baldi.

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