Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, January 25, 202001/25/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.25.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Saturday, January 25, 202001/25/2020

Western Mass Business Show 1.25.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, January 25 @ 11 am, and Sunday, January 26 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with ANDREA BORDENCA of DESCO, Lead Yourself Youth, and Institute for Generative Leadership. The building being built on Venture Way in Hadley will be the new home to all this and more. They discuss Andrea’s journey, including running her 2nd generation family business (repairs on technical medical equipment, getting the O.R. operating again); plus how her personal struggles and healing led her to help young people in crisis, and lead the organization (IGL) that gave her so much support, when a client seeking help. If anyone is interested in spinning several high-quality plates, listen to how Andrea keeps it all going.

Governor Baker

Friday, January 24, 202001/24/2020

The Governor’s New Budget. Also, Duck Penises

In Bill Newman

MTA Veep Max Page on what the Governor’s proposed budget would do to education; Sci-Tech Café with MHC science profs Kirsten Nordstrom and Patty Brennan on duck penises (really!!); Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Lucinda Kidder.

Thursday, January 23, 202001/23/2020

After The First Day of The Impeachment Trial…

In Bill Newman

1/23: First, Newman on the impeachment trial; then, Ariela Gross & Alejandro de la Fuente, co-authors of “Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom and Law in Cuba, Virginia and Louisiana;” and Rabbi Justin David on the recent rise
in anti-Semitism in America.

Thursday, January 23, 202001/23/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Having the “paying for college” talk with your kids

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim, the Money Doctor, and Amy Proietti, Financial Aid Counselor at Greenfield Community College, discuss how to have the “paying for college” talk with your child

Wednesday, January 22, 202001/22/2020

Disagreeing Agreeably

In Bill Newman

1/22: Stanley Fish, author of “The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump;” Natalia Munoz on Puerto Rico, and then the kerfuffle between Bernie and Hillary.

Tuesday, January 21, 202001/21/2020

An In Your Face Comedy Quiz

In Bill Newman

1/21: Matt Parker, author of “Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World;” then, the first monthly Comedy Quiz of 2020 – a face-off between Monte Belmonte and Kelsey Flynn –and it’s a family affair.

Saturday, January 18, 202001/18/2020

Western Mass Business Show 1.18.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, January 18 @ 11 am, and Sunday, January 19 @ 8 pm
to hear Ira speak with TOM CROSSMAN of Crossman Properties. They discuss how Tom caught the bug for real estate and property management, when young, and now now owns and manages a growing portfolio of his own and other’s properties. Hear about how he couch surfed and ate ramen as he focused on growing his company; what it takes to be a smaller player in a town with multigenerational legacies; the trends affecting real estate near and far; and what success looks like to him, emulating the best practices of those companies.

Saturday, January 18, 202001/18/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.18.20

Friday, January 17, 202001/17/2020

Just Mercy

In Bill Newman

1/17: Buz Eisenberg and Bill Newman discuss the movie Just Mercy and the death penalty case they litigated with Bryan Stevenson; Mass. Teachers Assn. Veep Max Page; ArtBeat with Pasqualina Azzarello and Jason Montgomery.

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