Podcasts

Podcasts
Monday, October 14, 201910/14/2019
Cooperation
In Bill Newman
10/14: The Annual Co-op Show with Warren Facey (co-owner Bree-Z Knoll Dairy Farm and member of Our Family Farms Cooperative); Rochelle Prunty (River Valley Co-op); Adam Trott (Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives) Sarah Kanabay (Franklin Community Co-op); Chris Krezmien (Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics); Lauren Duffy (UMass Five College Credit Union).
Saturday, October 12, 201910/12/2019
Western Mass Business Show 10.12.19
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in on Saturday, October 12 @ 11 am, and Sunday, October 13 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with FRANCES RAHAIM, PhD of Hug Your Student Debt and Power Down Debt. Learn why most Americans get trapped in layers of debt and how simply correcting some common mistakes can turn things around. Learn about the (patent pending) software program and coaching Frances provides, that strategizes paying off all debt — even student loans and mortgages in the most cost efficient (and credit-savvy) method. How not doing this correctly delays college grads from getting on with life, not to mention threatening retirement security for parents. Also, how so many of the quick fixes available actually dig the hole deeper.
Saturday, October 12, 201910/12/2019
Vaya Con Muñoz 10.12.19
We are joined this week on Vaya Con Muñoz by the illustrious Bob Flaherty to talk about the upcoming pong-a-thon he and Bill Newman are hosting this coming Friday 10/18 at Zing in Easthampton. We were also joined by our regular panelists Kristen Elechko and Nathaniel Waring to discuss the mainstream media’s continuing coverage of Trump, the splintering Democratic Party, and political nepotism. “
Friday, October 11, 201910/11/2019
The Big O
In Bill Newman
10/11: The show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, on orgasms; MTA Veep, Max Page, on the legislature’s education committee coming to UMass and GCC today; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and guests Dean Brown and Mary Moore-Cathcart of PULP; plus a Fishwrap on Trump.
Thursday, October 10, 201910/10/2019
Social (Distortion) Media
In Bill Newman
10/10: Andrew Marantz, author of “Anti-Social: On-line Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation;” Lewis Cohen, M.D. and UMass. Professor of Psychiatry, author of “A Dignified Ending;”
Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi Justin David on attacks on Jews, anti-Semitism, and celebration of the high holy days.
Wednesday, October 9, 201910/09/2019
Will Greenfield Be The Next Safe City?
In Bill Newman
10/9: Will Greenfield remain a safe city? Jeff Napolitano speaks with supporters of the ordinance; also, Linda Post, founder of the Paradise City Arts Festivals.
Monday, October 7, 201910/07/2019
Jo Hill
In Bill Newman
10/7: State Senator Jo Comerford on education and criminal justice; New York Times reporter Robin Pogrebin, co-author of “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.”
Saturday, October 5, 201910/05/2019
Western Mass Business Show 10.5.19
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in on Saturday, October 5 @ 11 am, and Sunday, October 6 @ 8 pm
to hear Ira speak with entrepreneurship coach and UMass Professor STEPHEN BRAND. We talk about the ingredients and opportunities that help a potential entrepreneur to flourish; the common frustrations of someone trying to make their vision real; what kind of support and questioning is most helpful; how his particular forte has led him to create characters and settings for Fraggle Rock, move an air force museum 30 miles and expand it 20 fold, run the annual conference for the organization that invented brainstorming, and help someone just like you go from inspiration to business owner. Listen in!
Friday, October 4, 201910/04/2019
A Unanimous Vote For Our Schools
In Bill Newman
10/4: MTA Vice President Max Page on the major education legislation the state Senate just passed; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on breaking news form the college; then breaking news from outer space.