Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, May 4, 202005/04/2020
How Healthy is Hadley?
In Bill Newman
5/4: Dr. Susan Mosler, Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine at Cooley Dickinson and candidate for the Board of Health, on health in Hadley (and how it affects the rest of the Valley); State Senator Jo Comerford on recent responses to covid-19.
Saturday, May 2, 202005/02/2020
Western Mass Business Show 5.2.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in Saturday, May 2 @ 11 am to hear Ira speak with DR. YVES SALOMON-FERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT of GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. She discusses how GCC is supporting students and the community during this global crisis; and providing employees what they need; and some helpful perspective for high school students; and how they have adjusted to online learning; and thinking through the future of higher ed, in whatever the new normal actually turns out to be. And even and especially in this new time, how to keep it interesting, challenging, and fun, that are key to effective teaching and learning.
Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020
Is there going to be a Fall semester on campus?
In Bill Newman
5/1: MTA Vice-President Max Page on furloughs and lay-offs at UMass Amherst; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the Navy’s authentication this week of the UFO videos; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Amherst Cinema GM George Myers on the virtual cinema available to the community.
Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020
Eye of The Tiger King
In Bill Newman
4/30: Kristin Hoganson, author of “The Heartland: An American History;” Florence-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “The Tiger King;” Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Zoom religious services and funerals in this time of social distancing.
Wednesday, April 29, 202004/29/2020
Hypereducation?
In Bill Newman
4/29: Amherst College professor, Pawan Dhingra, author of “Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough;” Natalia Munoz on the fifth anniversary of the Holyoke Public Schools in receivership.
Tuesday, April 28, 202004/28/2020
Digital Stimulation
In Bill Newman
4.28.20 Al Norman, Greenfield- based elder advocate, on covid-19, nursing homes, and the elderly. Then, Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, on cyber sex during the this time of stay-at-home orders.
Monday, April 27, 202004/27/2020
When A Stay-At-Home Order Becomes Dangerous
In Bill Newman
4/27: Safe Passage Executive Director Marianne Winters on domestic violence during this time of stay-at-home orders and quarantines; Center for New Americans Executive DIrector Laurie Millman on the census and and how often undercounted groups in the Valley can be counted this time; Black on the Valley with special guest Sister Anna Muhammed from NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association.
Saturday, April 25, 202004/25/2020
Western Mass Business Show 4.25.20
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in Saturday, April 25 @ 11 am & Sunday, April 26 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with ETHEL GRIFFIN & COLLEEN LOVELESS, of REVITALIZE CDC. For 28 years they have rebuilt homes and revitalized communities in Western Mass, leveraging the investments of donors, grantors and volunteers to provide resources to the elderly, veterans, families with children and people with special needs, ranging from roof repairs to mold remediation, to health and safety modifications and energy-efficiency improvements. Hear how they’ve helped neighborhoods build the community strong enough to drive out drug houses; helped children suffering from asthma, worsened by their own house; and even in the time of Covid-19, can do virtual assessments to identify hazards in your home and provide advice and supplies. And how contributions, using the Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC), gives back 50% of your donation, as a tax credit that even includes nonprofits ie: kind of like the government is providing a matching grant!
