Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, June 25, 201906/25/2019

Brazil’s Partridge Family but WAAAY Better

In Bill Newman

6/25: The Choro Festival in Northampton –Choro das 3—these musicians are amazing –really amazing! Then, Sex Matters with Jane Fleishman.

Monday, June 24, 201906/24/2019

Homestead is No Home For Refugee Children

In Bill Newman

6/24: Bearing witness in Homestead, Florida to the imprisonment of thousands of immigrant children accused of no crime with Alice Levine and Joan Epstein.

Saturday, June 22, 201906/22/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.22.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The panel this week is Kate Albright-Hanna and Kristen Elechko and we discuss voter suppression in Springfield, Democratic Party perennial presidential candidate Joe Biden increasingly troublesome character issues, Beto and Pete flaming out, and Kate’s reading list.

Saturday, June 22, 201906/22/2019

Western Mass Business Show 6.20.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

George O’Brien from Business West Magazine interviews Carol Leary, President of Bay Path University.

Friday, June 21, 201906/21/2019

Making It On Main Street, Northampton

In Bill Newman

6/21: The history and present of Main Street, Northampton –a preview of a magnificent exhibit– with Historic Northampton Co-Directors Laurie Sanders and Elizabeth Sharpe.

Thursday, June 20, 201906/20/2019

An Ill Wind Blows

In Bill Newman

6/20: The renown Larry Diamond—his newest book is “Ill Winds: Saving Democracy form Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency;” State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on public regional transportation; Rev Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, and Smith College professor Carrie Baker on the right to abortion fight in Massachusetts.

Wednesday, June 19, 201906/19/2019

Hampshire 2.0

In Bill Newman

6/19: Hampshire College Interim President Ken Rosenthal; Silverthorne Theater ‘s upcoming production of the Fantasticks—a preview.

Tuesday, June 18, 201906/18/2019

Ideas On How To Fix The Truck Eating Bridge

In Bill Newman

6/18: A preview of the Serious Play production “The Wall;” The Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has and quizzer Kelsey Flynn.

Monday, June 17, 201906/17/2019

Lego My Eho

In Bill Newman

6/17: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on building a city with Legos! Black in the Valley—a special edition on racial and climate justice with hosts Jaquelyn Smith-Crooks and Carlie Tartakov.

Saturday, June 8, 201906/08/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.8.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Recent Headlines

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US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns

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The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.

9 hours ago in National

Luxury retailer Saks seeks bankruptcy protection overwhelmed by debt

The owner of Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking bankruptcy protection, buffeted by rising competition and the massive debt it took on to buy its rival in the luxury sector, Neiman Marcus, just over a year ago.

9 hours ago in National

Minnesota protesters, agents repeatedly square off while prosecutors quit after Renee Good’s death

Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists Tuesday during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis, while students miles away walked out of a suburban school to protest the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps.

1 day ago in National

Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

2 days ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.