Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, December 11, 201912/11/2019

Dissecting The Gazette

In Bill Newman

12/11: Hear all about it!! Our first guest is Daily Hampshire Gazette editor-in-chief, Brooke Hauser; then, Joshua Rubin on bearing witness to children in immigration prisons.

Tuesday, December 10, 201912/10/2019

A Crisis of Conscience & Constitution?

In Bill Newman

12/10: UMass professor and Director the Labor Center, Cedric DeLeon, author of “Crisis! When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule.” Then, M-W’s word of the year: “they” (Monte does a fabulous interview.)

Monday, December 9, 201912/09/2019

From Hate to Love

In Bill Newman

12/9: Bernice Hausman, author of “Anti-Vax: Reframing the Vaccination Controversy;” Tony McAleer, author of “The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion;” a very special Black in the Valley.

Saturday, December 7, 201912/07/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.7.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Saturday, December 7, 201912/07/2019

Western Mass Business Show 12.7.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, December 7 @ 11 am, and Sunday, December 8 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with MITCH ANTHONY of Clarity first. They discuss how your brand is a promise to customers, and how customers can be more accurate than the business owner about what that promise is and should be. Hear Mitch describe how your vision is tied to your brand. Hear how his branding boot camp creates an affordable way to develop your message, and get your people singing from the same songbook. Tune in and learn much about this deep subject.

Friday, December 6, 201912/06/2019

Sunrise Over Springfield

In Bill Newman

12/6: Western Mass. Sunrise Movement students highlight their protest today as part of a national movement on climate change; MTA Veep Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis.

Wednesday, December 4, 201912/04/2019

Why Don’t Americans Take To The Streets?

In Bill Newman

12.4.19 Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed guest hosts and talks with Vijay Prashad from the Tri-Continental Institute about organizing and protesting globally and why it is lacking in the US (except Puerto Rico!). Also Smith College’s James Lowenthal on the disastrous potential of Elon Musk’s Skylink.

Monday, December 2, 201912/02/2019

Snow Day/Jo Day

In Bill Newman

12.2.19 State Senator Jo Comerford joins Buz Eisenberg and gives us an update on her work on the Hill. Plus Mary Witt of The O-Tones on her upcoming shows.

Saturday, November 30, 201911/30/2019

Western Mass Business Show 11.30.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in Saturday, November 30 @ 11 am, and Sunday, December 1 @ 8 pm to hear Ira speak with TARA BREWSTER, VP of Business Development at Greenfield Savings Bank. They discuss Tara’s style of relationship building, as a connector who believes that what is good for the community is good for the bank; how she is a “social entrepreneur” who serves on boards of several non-profits, and her perspective on what makes a board great. And the balance of family and work; and how this native daughter of Pioneer Valley feels about staying here long term; and what it costs to be the friend of someone who is always fund raising for good causes.

Friday, November 29, 201911/29/2019

The stress of not having enough money

Every business owner knows the stress of not having enough money and how crippling that can be for the business.…

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