Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, February 22, 202502/22/2025
Panorama — Episode 100 — “Obstruct”
In Panorama
Originally aired on February 22nd, 2025. “Obstruct.” That’s the message from David Fenton, author of The Activist Media Handbook. Fenton’s recommendations to progressives and the Democrats — simplify the message and REPEAT.
Friday, February 21, 202502/21/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 100
THIS CALL IS BEING RECORDED, SAN QUENTIN PART 1
In March of 2023, Governor Newsom of California announced that the infamous San Quentin State Prison would have its name changed to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Since the mid-1800s San Quentin has housed some of the most notorious criminals, but times are changing and that includes the use of tablet technology for the incarcerated population. California, like Massachusetts and other states offers free calling on the tablets but texting is still a feature that the incarcerated population must pay for. Because of tablet telecommunications, we can speak with Chan Park directly from his cell inside San Quentin in this milestone episode. Chan has served a total of 32 years in the California corrections system, with this last decade at San Quentin. Chan’s transparency and honesty about his past, his incarceration at the age of 26, his evolution to take responsibility for his actions, and under the new rehabilitation moniker be more involved in helping create change for his San Quentin community, is inspiring. Tune-in for Episode #101 when we continue our conversation with Chan and learn about his bid for parole.
Friday, February 21, 202502/21/2025
It Takes Chutzpah
2/21/25: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: a threatening morass in DC. MTA Pres Max Page: inappropriate links, $10M NIH cut at UMass, & DEI. Donnabelle Casis w/ Xuan Pham: “Wherefrom” at Hampshire Coll Art Gallery. Ellsberg Initiative Dir Chris Appy & Sunrise Co-founder Varshini Prakash: environmental justice. Oregon Sen Ron Wyden: “It Takes Chutzpah: Fearlessly Fighting for Progressive Change.”
Thursday, February 20, 202502/20/2025
All We Are Saying
2/20/25: DHG & Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: honest coverage in the era of Trump -plus local eggs. Activist Paki Wieland: Sunday’s anti-militarism rally at Barnes USAF base. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the city as a green manuf’g center, alternative police responses & his re-election campaign. Ruth Griggs w/ world class trumpeter Joe Magnarelli.
Wednesday, February 19, 202502/19/2025
Admitting Our Mistakes…
2/19/25: Oumane Power-Green on Reparations in Northampton & Bill talk about the historic racist covenants in Northampton deeds and mortgages. Appellate Atty Joe Schneiderman reflects on the MA Appeals Court rules against Greenfield in police racial discrimination case. Brian Adams w/ Mass Audubon’s owl expert Doug Lowry. Prof Michael Klare: Trump turns our back on allies & imperils world order.
Tuesday, February 18, 202502/18/2025
Gimme Shelter & Sunshine
2/18/25: Alice Rothchild, author of “Inspired and Outraged: the Making of a Feminist Physician.” Happier Valley Comedy Quiz on sunshine(!) w/ Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & friends. Smith prof Carrie Baker w/Carmen Nieves, E.D. of Alianza, Holyoke’s DV org. Gov’s Councilor Tara Jacobs: here comes the judges(s).
Monday, February 17, 202502/17/2025
Speaking Up & Out
2/17/25: E’hmpton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: EHS “We the People” — state champs again! Larry Hott: “Sept 5,” terror at the Munich Olympics,” & “The Incident,” a fatal Chicago Police shooting & coverup. UMass’ Jim Hicks & Celia Sainz Delgado on “Documenting Dissent.” Jazzman Paul Arslanian remembers local bassist George Kaye. Megan Zinn w/ Elinor Lipman: “Every Tom, Dick & Harry.”
Saturday, February 15, 202502/15/2025
Western Mass Business Show on 2.15.25 — Denise Barstow, Barstow’s Longview Farm
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we look at a 219-year-old business. Since 1806 Barstow’s Longview Farm has been in Denise Barstow Manz’s family. That’s a long time to keep a farm going in Hadley, MA. Denise is the most public facing member of the team and glad to be a contributing member of the dairy farm. With 600 cows (300 milking currently) there is always a lot to do between the cows, the farm tours, the anaerobic digester, the technology (robotic milkers), compost, construction projects, and more the farm is a very busy place. We had a great time discussing climate and land conservation, family business, how the work has changed over the years, belonging to a Co-Op with Cabot (and 500 farm families), and why we need to drink more milk. Check out www.barstowslongviewfarm.com for more information.
Friday, February 14, 202502/14/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 99
A BRIDGE TO RACIAL JUSTICE
Some prison reform advocacy organizations call their mission, pillars. Some, key initiatives, and in the case of the advocacy organization, The Sentencing Project, are strategic priorities. But at The Sentencing Project, they take their mission one step further and bring a unique value to their prison reform work, as a bridge organization. For Kara Gotsch, Executive Director, uniting their work on the ground, (state-level organizations) with the overarching policy changes at the National Level (legislatively), The Sentencing Project creates a holistic approach to advancing change within their three strategic priorities; extreme sentencing, voting rights, and youth justice reforms. In 2023 as part of their mission to roll back extreme sentencing, they launched their Second Look Network to provide direct legal representation to incarcerated individuals seeking relief from lengthy or unfair sentences. Bridges connecting people to move the prison reform needle.
Friday, February 14, 202502/14/2025
Live and Life from D.C
2/14/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: sorting crises and confusion from D.C. & Gov’s budget. MTA Max Page, from DC: the Linda McMahon hearings & her promise to abolish the Dept of Ed. Donnabelle Casis w/ Nima Nikakhlagh: Zamharir (“Torture for the Naked Eyes)”at GCC. Recorder’s Anthony Cammalleri: Mass App Ct. affirms $1 million + verdict against Gfld Police. Amherst Town Council Pres Lynn Griesemeron BIG construction projects & Amherst Coll’s payment in lieu of taxes.
