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Friday, May 22, 202005/22/2020

Rep. Domb on Phase I of The Reopening of The Commonwealth

In Bill Newman

5/22: State Representative Mindy Domb on the reopening (or not) of Massachusetts; MTA VP Max Mage on the state’s need to tax the very rich now; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Jean-Pierre Pasch of Big Red Frame and Pasqualina Azzarello, Easthampton Arts Coordinator, on “The Flower Arrangement.”

Thursday, May 21, 202005/21/2020

Snowden & The Surveillance State

In Bill Newman

5/21: Barton Gellman, author of “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State;” Reverends Peter Ives and Andrea Ayvazian on spirituals and songs for hard times.

Wednesday, May 20, 202005/20/2020

When We Can’t Sing Together…

In Bill Newman

5/20: Eveline MacDougall, founder of Amandla and Fiery Hope Choruses, on her new project, “Serenade for Heath,” bringing joy through music to people in the Valley during this time of Covid-19; Adrienne Lawrence, attorney, former ESPN anchor, and author of “Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment.”

Tuesday, May 19, 202005/19/2020

A COVID-Free Comedy Quiz about Cooking

In Bill Newman

5/19: Author Scott Hunter — his western Mass. ’60s memoir is “and the monkey lets go: memoirs through illusion and doubt.” Then, the Comedy Quiz with Quizmasters Angie and Sandy D’Amato of Good Stock Farm in Hatfield and contestants Kelsey Flynn, Pam Victor and Monte Belmonte.

Tuesday, May 19, 202005/19/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–New Rules For Funding Retirement

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim, discusses the new guidelines for funding retirement

Monday, May 18, 202005/18/2020

Mayor LaChapelle on Phase I of The Reopening

In Bill Newman

5/18: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, who is the only western Massachusetts municipal official on the Governor’s committee to reopen the Commonwealth; then, brewmaster Gary Bogoff, founder of Berkshire Brewing Company, on the company’s gift to our first responders.

Saturday, May 16, 202005/16/2020

Western Mass Business Show 5.16.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, May 16 @ 11 am to hear Ira speak with Brian Haley, of BCH ACCOUNT PROS, an accounting and payroll business in Hadley. Hear how he has been working with his clients on all the pandemic stimulus programs (Payroll Protection Plan, Economic Injury Disaster Loans) that help retain employees and survive the age of quarantine; how that’s all working; how companies are adapting; all the extensions and deductions that aim to ease the pain (charitable donations are now 100% deductible, when itemized); how we can afford all the bailout money; and how he is happy to answer your questions, in this unclear time.

Saturday, May 16, 202005/16/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.16.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, May 15, 202005/15/2020

Is It Time To Forgive Student Debt?

In Bill Newman

5/15: Bestselling author Jennifer Ackerman – her new book is “The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think;” Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on Governor Baker’s plan, revenue shortfalls and the new budget; Max Page and Anastasia Wilson on her new report “Covid 19 Pandemic, Economic Recovery and the Need for Student Debt Cancellation in Massachusetts;” Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Jenny Powers from the Springfield Museums on their fabulous on-line offerings.

Thursday, May 14, 202005/14/2020

Saving The World Through Rose Colored Glasses

In Bill Newman

5/14: Former State Representative Solomon Goldstein-Rose, author of “The 100% Solution: A Plan for Solving Climate Change.” Then, Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on what we say at the end of a person’s life.

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