Podcasts
Podcasts
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.
Tuesday, July 28, 202007/28/2020
Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Teaching Kids About Money
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of Hug Your Student Debt, talks about teaching kids about money
Tuesday, July 28, 202007/28/2020
The Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act
In Bill Newman
7/28: Nicholson Baker, author of “Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act;” then, Peter Sterling, Amherst-based Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, whose new book is “What is Health?,” on , among other things, compassion and Trump.
Saturday, July 25, 202007/25/2020
Western Mass Business Show 7.25.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in Saturday, July 25th @ 11 AM to hear Ira speak with Frank Nataloni of Curio Kitchen and Bath, about forming trusting relationships with customers, that even resulted in them renovating a kitchen they’d put in 35 years before; how the market for kitchens and baths change with the economy; how people are feeling about interior construction during a pandemic; why people decide to renovate after the holidays; about whether people know how to plan a kitchen; how to help a customer figure out planning, budget, and progress on a job; what to know about the “magic triangle” if you don’t have a “magic room,” figuring out traffic flow that fits the space, and so much more! So tune in!
Saturday, July 25, 202007/25/2020
Vaya Con Muñoz 7.25.20
The panel discusses Congressman Richard Neal’s characterization of Mayor Alex Morse ad about his brother’s death due to addiction as “political;” Springfield Police Commissioner Cheryl Claprood appears to believe that, witnesses and video evidence to the contrary, her officers always show exemplary conduct in controversial incidents; the Minneapolis police officer who suffocated George Floyd t death under-reported almost $500,000 in taxes; camouflaged police officers to control marches is a warning sign of how the Trump administration continues to weaponize differences of opinion, free speech and human rights.
On the program: Yolanda Cancel, a former police officer; Kate-Albright Hanna, documentary filmmaker; Matt Szafranski, founder and editor of WesternMassPI.com; Danny Torres, political commentator; and Nathaniel Waring, political commentator.
Friday, July 24, 202007/24/2020
Qualified Immunity & The Implications for Massachusetts Police
In Bill Newman
Thursday, July 23, 202007/23/2020
SHARK!
In Bill Newman
7/23: Lu Stone, author of “North to Market: Two Streets: Two Centuries: A Sheaf of Northampton Stories;” Sci-tech Café With MHC physics prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and marine biologist Dr. David Shiffman and Rabbi Justin David (who joins the sci-tech café) –we’re talking about sharks.
Wednesday, July 22, 202007/22/2020
Code Pink Resisting The Feds
In Bill Newman
7/22: Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of Truthout and co-author of “Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms;” Paki Wieland and Priscilla Lynch, activists and members of Western Mass. Code Pink, on tomorrow’s demonstration and speak-out at Springfield’s federal building to protest armed federal agents deployed to American cities; Natalia Munoz on the court order for language access for families where English is not the primary language.
Tuesday, July 21, 202007/21/2020
Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–How Insurance Companies Make Money
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” looks at clever ways insurance companies make money from clients
Tuesday, July 21, 202007/21/2020
How Well Do You Know The Valley?
In Bill Newman
7/21: Colin Dickey, author of “The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters and Our Obsession with the Unexplained;” our Comedy Quiz with contestants Pam Victor, Kelsey Flynn, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Lora Wondolowski–all about the Pioneer Valley– see how much you know!
