Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, June 2, 202006/02/2020

Damaged Heritage

In Bill Newman

6/2: Chester Johnson, author of “Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation;” then, Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies, on the new Cold War with China and the possibility of armed conflict.

Tuesday, June 2, 202006/02/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Get Your Financial House in Order

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

Dr. Frances Rahaim, the Money Doctor, tells you what you need to do to get your financial house in order

Monday, June 1, 202006/01/2020

Do Black Lives Matter on Beacon Hill?

In Bill Newman

6/1: State Senator Jo Comerford on the death of George Floyd and the Commonwealth’s equity and social justice agenda; the Senator also discusses recent legislative responses to the pandemic. Caroline McCaffery, cyber security, privacy and ethics expert and founder and CEO of ClearOPs, on contact tracing as a means to try to control covid-19.

Saturday, May 30, 202005/30/2020

Western Mass Business Show 5.30.20

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, May 30 @ 11 am to hear Ira speak with
MEGHAN LYNCH OF SIX POINT CREATIVE and
KIRSTEN MODESTOW OF BRIGADE who are both in the marketing
and branding game, and though competitors, found a valuable opportunity
in joining forces for valuable opportunities. We discuss: What’s branding like
in the current crises? How are business owners thinking differently, and
how to deliver that message? How their work together is the sync up of
finding your best positioning and how that gets communicated; and how
the benefits of their aligning are a bonus, and makes it look like you’re
working with a much larger firm (the good part of that).

Friday, May 29, 202005/29/2020

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.30.20

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, May 29, 202005/29/2020

How Much Did Billionaires Make During The Pandemic?!?!?

In Bill Newman

5/29: Max Page, MTA Vice-President and Kurt Wise, Senior Policy Analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, on changing laws to tax the rich fairly to raise needed money for the state; Laurie Millman, Director of the Center for New Americans, and Patricia Crosby, Executive Director of MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board, on fighting back against unemployment in the Valley; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis.

Thursday, May 28, 202005/28/2020

The Continuing COVID Saga at The Holyoke Soldiers Home

In Bill Newman

5/28: Natalia Munoz, News Director of Holyoke Media, on the covid-19 deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers Home and the continued receivership of the city’s schools; then “The Reverend and the Rabbi:” Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on paying tribute to the lives lost to covid-19

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor–Schedule a Money Date

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

The Money Doctor–Dr. Frances Rahaim of Hug Your Student Debt, discusses how couples can communicate better about money, and how to schedule a “money date”

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Rescuing Democracy

In Bill Newman

5/26: This weekend is the Take Back Our Democracy Summit. We speak with organizers Elaine Fronhofer and Christina Maxwell; then, Richie Davis, author of “Inner Landscapes: True Tales of Extraordinary Lives–40 Years of Writing in the Recorder.”

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