Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, November 18, 202511/18/2025
Good Fights
11/18/25: Rep. Aaron Saunders: today’s vote on more money ($2.5 Billion) for education. Hadley School Super Annie McKenzie: constructing a school budget. Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin & Lynn Curry: a quiz on board games. Feminist Future — Smith profs, activists & authors Carrie Baker w/ Loretta Ross: the fight for abortion access.
Monday, November 17, 202511/17/2025
Panorama — Episode 133 — Diana DiZoglio on the “Authoritarian Regime” in Massachusetts
In Panorama
Originally recorded on November 17, 2025. Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio called the Legislature an “authoritarian regime.” Diana explains that comment, her saga to audit the legislature, and her latest ballot initiative to revamp the public record law in Massachusetts.
Diana DiZoglio for MA webpage:
www.dianaforma.com/
Monday, November 17, 202511/17/2025
Stopping By
11/17/25: Alex (Sasha) Werth: “On Loop—Black Sonic Politics in Oakland” and his multi-media book performance! Megan Zinn w/ Sacha Lamb, N.E. Book Award winner, on “The Forbidden Book.” Salem Derby stops by the studio on his way to being sworn in as Easthampton’s Mayor. Adam Hinds, CEO, Edward Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the gov’t shutdown, the filibuster & the future.
Saturday, November 15, 202511/15/2025
Panorama — Episode 132 — Noah Modie on the Housing Crisis
In Panorama
Originally aired on November 15th, 2025. Noah Modie of the Oxbow Design Build Cooperative on the housing crisis. What is the state of housing in western Massachusetts? Why is it so expensive to build? What is actually driving up the material costs of building? Why can’t we produce more skilled labor? What role does the financial sector play? And are higher building costs necessarily a bad thing? Noah answers all of those questions and more on this episode.
Friday, November 14, 202511/14/2025
Panorama — Episode 131– Jillian Duclos on the Future of Northampton
In Panorama
Originally recorded on November 13th, 2025. 76 votes. That’s all that separated Jillian Duclos from winning the Northampton (MA) mayoral race on November 4th. She shares her campaign story, the major challenges ahead, and offers an optimistic vision for the future of Northampton.
Friday, November 14, 202511/14/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 136
THREE WOMEN, THREE JOURNEY’S, THREE LEGACIES OF LOVE
When three women, a Warden, an Attorney turned Social Justice advocate, and a Filmmaker all cross paths at a maximum security prison for women in Bedford Hills, NY, anything is possible. The synergy they embody drives ground-breaking change for the innovative work taking place at the Bedford Hills Correctional Center. From filmmaker Jenifer McShane, whose documentary Mothers of Bedford explored the transformative power of empathy and family structure at the Bedford Hills Children’s Center, to advocate Barbara “Bobby” Blanchard, who dedicated her career to helping incarcerated mothers maintain their bonds with their children, and lest we forget, there’s former Warden Elaine Lord, who championed the
innovative programs for women at Bedford Hills and set a new bar for success. This episode highlights the importance of compassion, connection, and second chances, so join us for a montage of these incredible women, their legacies, and the impact they’ve made in the lives of many. Full episodes of each are available wherever you get your podcasts.
Friday, November 14, 202511/14/2025
What We Want You to Know
11/14/25: UMass Profs Steve Sireci (Dir, Ctr for Educ Assessment) & Max Page (MTA Pres): what tests make sense. Lt-Col John Paradis(ret), Catie Foertsch (Dir), Tommy Furlong (Ex Prod) : the film “What I Want You to Know”- about our veterans and our wars. Nell Bernstein, author of “In Our Future We are Free—the Dismantling of the Youth Prison—an Astonishing Story of Resistance and Change.” Melanie Slabaugh: the upcoming story slam at Bombyx. ArtBeat w/Donnabelle Casis and William Baczek: “The Road Not Taken” –an extraordinary exhibit of Chie Yosii’s work.
Thursday, November 13, 202511/13/2025
Author Authors!!
11/13/25: Northampton Author Rich Michelson on “Fannie’s Big Idea” (today is the 100th anniversary!). Author Thomas Suárez on “Palestine Mapped: From the River to the Sea in Early Geographic Thought” & his Nov 19 UMass talk. Amherst author Corinne Demas on her newest novel, “Daughters” Ruth Griggs: tomorrow’s Western Mass Arts Economic Impact Summit.
Thursday, November 13, 202511/13/2025
Western Mass Business Show on 11.8.25 — Shoshana Wirth, Allergy Relief Care
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we hear from Shoshana Wirth about her business Allergy Relief Care. She has a deeply personal experience about the work that she does and the relief that she is providing to so many. She has been able to treat people with allergies and sensitivities successfully since opening her practice earlier this year in Easthampton. She holds an MBA, BSN, and RN degrees as a foundation for her alternative health care practice. By using high tech allergy mapping/acupressure she can find what patients are allergic to and tell the body to calm down. She works directly with the relationship between major organs, symptoms, and overreactions to substances. Check out her website: www.allergyreliefcare.com for more information.
Wednesday, November 12, 202511/12/2025
Keeping Council & Counsel
11/12/25: Amherst Counsel Pres Lynn Griesemer: local politics, rewilding & money. Patricia Lee Lewis: “Thorns of the Mesquite: …defiance, refuge and unyielding hope.” Arcadia’s new Sanctuary Mgr Maya Rappaport: birds, kids & sanctuaries. Larry Hott w/ Dr. Jon Hallberg: racism; ageing – beauty & relevance; war — prosthetics & Ukraine.
