Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, October 11, 201910/11/2019
The Big O
In Bill Newman
10/11: The show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, on orgasms; MTA Veep, Max Page, on the legislature’s education committee coming to UMass and GCC today; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and guests Dean Brown and Mary Moore-Cathcart of PULP; plus a Fishwrap on Trump.
Thursday, October 10, 201910/10/2019
Social (Distortion) Media
In Bill Newman
10/10: Andrew Marantz, author of “Anti-Social: On-line Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation;” Lewis Cohen, M.D. and UMass. Professor of Psychiatry, author of “A Dignified Ending;”
Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi Justin David on attacks on Jews, anti-Semitism, and celebration of the high holy days.
Wednesday, October 9, 201910/09/2019
Will Greenfield Be The Next Safe City?
In Bill Newman
10/9: Will Greenfield remain a safe city? Jeff Napolitano speaks with supporters of the ordinance; also, Linda Post, founder of the Paradise City Arts Festivals.
Monday, October 7, 201910/07/2019
Jo Hill
In Bill Newman
10/7: State Senator Jo Comerford on education and criminal justice; New York Times reporter Robin Pogrebin, co-author of “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.”
Saturday, October 5, 201910/05/2019
Western Mass Business Show 10.5.19
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in on Saturday, October 5 @ 11 am, and Sunday, October 6 @ 8 pm
to hear Ira speak with entrepreneurship coach and UMass Professor STEPHEN BRAND. We talk about the ingredients and opportunities that help a potential entrepreneur to flourish; the common frustrations of someone trying to make their vision real; what kind of support and questioning is most helpful; how his particular forte has led him to create characters and settings for Fraggle Rock, move an air force museum 30 miles and expand it 20 fold, run the annual conference for the organization that invented brainstorming, and help someone just like you go from inspiration to business owner. Listen in!
Friday, October 4, 201910/04/2019
A Unanimous Vote For Our Schools
In Bill Newman
10/4: MTA Vice President Max Page on the major education legislation the state Senate just passed; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on breaking news form the college; then breaking news from outer space.
Thursday, October 3, 201910/03/2019
Praying With Their Feet
In Bill Newman
10/3: Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David; then, Maria Goodavage, author of “Doctor Dogs: How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine.”
Wednesday, October 2, 201910/02/2019
Masthead v Nameplate
In Bill Newman
10/2: Daily Hampshire Gazette editor-in-chief, Brook Hauser, on the paper and its positions; also, a preview of the Northampton Jazz Fest.
Tuesday, October 1, 201910/01/2019
How The Hampshire County Sheriff Is Handling The Opioid Crisis
In Bill Newman
10/1: Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane on drug dependent persons in jail; Living Books — Pastor Steph, Stephen Stover, and Stan Shapiro.




