Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, January 2, 202001/02/2020

Science & Religion & A Science Fiction Based Religion

In Bill Newman

1/2: Sands Hall, author of “Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology;” then, the Reverend and the Astronomer—Rev. Peter Ives and Smith College astronomy prof., James Lowenthal,
on the origins of this universe-there could well be others- and the place of faith.

Thursday, January 2, 202001/02/2020

Financial Fitness With the Money Doctor-New Year’s Resolutions

In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor

A show about the human condition and the impact it has on our finances–Are New Year’s money resolutions attainable?

Tuesday, December 31, 201912/31/2019

The Last Show (of The Decade)

In Bill Newman

12/31: Quizzing Mr. Belmonte and Dan; this year’s final Fishwrap; we preview First Night with Steve Sanderson, and Grammy Award-winning amazing musician, Jon Carroll, is live with us in the studio.

Monday, December 30, 201912/30/2019

Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa and what Did ‘The Irishman’ Get Wrong?

In Bill Newman

12/30: Jack Goldsmith, author of “In Hoffa’s Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth;” then Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the proposed Prop 2 1/2 override.

Saturday, December 28, 201912/28/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.28.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, December 27, 201912/27/2019

Arch (Guitar) Nemesis

In Bill Newman

12/27: Archguitarist Peter Blanchette; MTA Veep Max Page; and Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Tom Mahnken, cast member in A.P.E. No Theatre’s Production of a dark comedy, “A Skull in Connemara.”

Thursday, December 26, 201912/26/2019

The Restorative Power of Music

In Bill Newman

12/26: Local singer songwriters with amazing stories and amazing music: Stephan Alexander; then, Nerissa Nields.

Tuesday, December 24, 201912/24/2019

Treatment Just Outside The Box

In Bill Newman

12/24: Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane on his proposal for a new drug treatment facility; Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke. All Monte wants for Christmas is another World Series ring.

Monday, December 23, 201912/23/2019

Happy Kwanzaa!

In Bill Newman

12/23: Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts’ Technology for Liberty Program, Kade Crockford, on Northampton’s passage of a face surveillance ban and the movement of which it is a part; a memorable “Black in the Valley” on Kwanzaa.

Saturday, December 21, 201912/21/2019

Western Mass Business Show 12.21.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, December 21 @ 11 am, and Sunday, December 22 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with JESS KERN, Neuromuscular Massage Therapist. They discuss her being the “muscle detective” who can find the source of pain, even when you’re feeling it elsewhere; how her combination of several bodywork tools and personal support, in a caring, judgement-free environment, has helped clientele, ranging from MIT medical staff to athletic training departments to beekeepers (she is one), has eased the pain of many.

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Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

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George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.