Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, March 24, 202003/24/2020
Franklin County’s Sheriff on how to keep COVID-19 out of the jail
In Bill Newman
3/24: Franklin County Sheriff Donelan on how the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction is responding to the coronavirus; More time at home? How about binge-watching “The Office?” We speak with Andy Greene, whose new book is The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s; filmmaker (and author) Jonathan Hennessey–his new feature length documentary, available for free is: “You don’t Understand the Second Amendment.” We begin with question: why in this time of coronavirus are ammo sales spiking.
Monday, March 23, 202003/23/2020
How Are Civil Liberties Surviving Coronavirus?
In Bill Newman
3/23: Lecia Brooks from the Southern Poverty Law Center on SPLC’s recent report on hate groups in the United States and how rhetoric around coronavirus is exacerbating fear; Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on how the city is responding to coronavirus, its economic impact, and whether schools will reopen this year.
Friday, March 20, 202003/20/2020
The Take Out Menu for Northampton
In Bill Newman
This is the best info we have from the Downtown Northampton Association about who’s doing what as of March 20th
Friday, March 20, 202003/20/2020
Rep. Sabadosa on Beacon Hill’s Response to COVID-19
In Bill Newman
3/20: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on the legislative response to the coronavirus; Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page on the consequences on public education of the coronavirus; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis–coronavirus’ effect on the arts and artists here in the Valley.
Thursday, March 19, 202003/19/2020
Easthampton (and Everywhere) In Exile
In Bill Newman
3/19: Live from Easthampton: the Mayor explains how her municipality is dealing with the coronavirus; then Reverend Peter Ives on the coronavirus in Scotland and plagues in the Christian scriptures; Rabbi Justin David on plagues in the Hebrew bible.
Wednesday, March 18, 202003/18/2020
Advice from Florence, Italy from Florence, MA
In Bill Newman
3/18: Live from Lucca (near FLorence), Italy: a conversation about how the coronavirus has dramatically changed life in central Italy in just a few short days and the price a country pays for not taking the virus deadly seriously– with former Northampton resident Caroline Georget.
Tuesday, March 17, 202003/17/2020
A Q&A with Cooley Docs and a Comedy Quiz
In Bill Newman
3/17: Live from Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Dr. Joanne Levin, Director of Infection Prevention and Estevan Garcia, Chief Medical Officer, on the coronavirus here in the Valley. A respite from the coronavirus–the Comedy Quiz with Kelsey Flynn ad Rhymes with Orange’s Hilary Price.
Monday, March 16, 202003/16/2020
A Northampton Native In Quarantine In Italy
In Bill Newman
3/16: Live from Milan, Italy: a conversation about life in the region of that locked-down country where coronavirus is most prevalent with Northampton native, Morgan Walsh and her husband Umberto Baldi.
