Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, May 12, 202005/12/2020
Is Baseball Really Coming Back?
In Bill Newman
5/12: Baseball in 2020? A definite maybe. We’re “Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke,” baseball historian Duke Goldman; then, Steven Johnson, author of “Enemy of All Mankind: The True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt.”
Monday, May 11, 202005/11/2020
Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor-Paying for College During a Pandemic
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” discusses how to pay for college during a pandemic, and how parents and students are making decisions about higher education in this challenging time.
Monday, May 11, 202005/11/2020
Will UMass Come Back This Fall?
In Bill Newman
5/11: MTA Vice-President Max Page on whether colleges and the universities can open their campuses this fall and the consequences if they can’t; Chief White House economic advisor under Presidents Obama and Clinton, Gene Sperling, whose new book is “Economic Dignity,” on the economic effects of the pandemic; Black in the Valley with special guest Kent Alexander on covid-19 and its effect on the Black community.
Saturday, May 9, 202005/09/2020
Western Mass Business Show 5.9.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in Saturday, May 9 @ 11 am to hear Ira speak with
Lora Ksieniewicz, of Yoga of the Valley & Yoga of the Vine
(on Martha’s Vineyard). Hear how her business moved online,
maintaining most of the intimacy and heart of in person practice
and instruction. Hear about the benefits, physically, mentally,
emotionally, of touching base inside and using your body in this
ancient art. They discuss how yoga is different in a studio, than
at home, but you can make it work anywhere! Learn about Lora’s
retreats, internationally, that we can’t wait to happen again!
Friday, May 8, 202005/08/2020
Legal Aid in A Time of Crisis
In Bill Newman
5/8: Urgent legal services in this time of covid-19: we speak with attorneys Jen Dieringer and Peter Benjamin from Commnity Legal Aid; Alex Friedman, co-author of “The Big Thing,” a new book for kids, on the coronavirus and the silver linings it brings to all our lives; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Kelly Silliman from the Northampton Center for the Arts on our local available variety show — creativity and community during the pandemic.
Thursday, May 7, 202005/07/2020
Is There An Election or Something This Year?
In Bill Newman
5/7: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US on covid-19, voting and the election; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on community in the era of covid-19; Cody Cassidy, author of “Who Ate the First Oyster?”
Wednesday, May 6, 202005/06/2020
The Nursing Home Epidemic Amidst The Global Pandemic
In Bill Newman
5/6: Daily Hampshire Gazette editor-in-chief, Brooke Hauser and reporter Michael Connors on his front page story “Covid-19 afflcits nursing homes: Care One at Northampton amid coronavirus hot spots.”
Tuesday, May 5, 202005/05/2020
Dropping Out of The Electoral College
In Bill Newman
5/5: Jesse Wegman, author of “Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College;” then, Max Richtman, President and CEO of the National Committee to Save Social Security and Medicare on the Trump push to suspend employer contributions to Social Security.
Monday, May 4, 202005/04/2020
Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Taking on Debt During the Pandemic
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
Dr. Frances Rahaim of “Hug Your Student Debt” talks about whether to take on new debt during the Corona Virus pandemic, and how to distinguish good debt from bad debt
