Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Friday, June 7, 201906/07/2019

New Bedford Now Un-Chartered Territory

In Bill Newman

6/7: Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page on Cherish and Promise

Thursday, June 6, 201906/06/2019

Transforming America’s Prisons

In Bill Newman

6/6: Emily Bazelon: her new book is “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”

Thursday, June 6, 201906/06/2019

Western Mass Business Show 6.8.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Saturday, June 8, 11am, & Sunday, June 9, 8pm hear Ira speak with ADAM ZUCKER of Eclipse Energy. They discuss the state of solar technologies, the changing marketplace; and how government has viewed supporting this for home and business owners. Also, the life of selling door to door, and training others at that timeless talent.

Wednesday, June 5, 201906/05/2019

The Fish Wrap with The Chief Fisherwoman

In Bill Newman

6/5: Brooke Hauser, editor of the Daily Hampshire Gazette —it’s a wrap—a fishwrap; Robbie Leppzer, award-winning filmmaker, on “Power Struggle,” starring Frances Crowe and allies and fellow activists in the community fight against Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant: www.powerstrugglemovie.com; then Peter Whalen and Jeff Bliss on this weekend’s 33 Hawley Street -the Arts Trust — extravaganza.

Tuesday, June 4, 201906/04/2019

Grocery Story

In Bill Newman

6/4: Talking food co-ops here in the Valley with expert and author with Jon Steinman; talkin’ baseball with SABR expert and author Duke Goldman.

Monday, June 3, 201906/03/2019

Juneteenth

In Bill Newman

6/3: Celebrate Juneteenth, celebrate freedom –we do on Black in the Valley. Also, State Senator Jo Comerford.

Saturday, June 1, 201906/01/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.1.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Saturday, June 1, 201906/01/2019

Western Mass Business Show 6.1.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in to the next installment of the Western Mass. Business Show June 8, when the guest will be Kristin Leutz, director of Valley Venture Mentors. BusinessWest Editor George O’Brien will lead a broad-ranging discussion that will touch on everything from efforts to build the region’s entrepreneurship ecosystem to the upcoming and much-anticipated Innovation Fest. You won’t want to miss this insightful look into the region’s startup community and VVM’s many initiatives to promote and inspire entrepreneurship and innovation.

Friday, May 31, 201905/31/2019

$chool’$ Out

In Bill Newman

5/31: Semi-special guest Bill Newman fishwraps on the Buz Eisenberg Show; MTA Veep Max Page on the ongoing education budget battle on Beacon Hill; Sci-Tech Café host, MHC physics professor Kerstin Nordstrom, speaks with and UMass professor of polymer science, Todd Emerick, on polymers and plastics and the environment; this weekend—it’s Florence Arts Night Out—a preview with ArtBeat segment host Donnabelle Casis and filmmaker Luke Jaeger.

Thursday, May 30, 201905/30/2019

Not Charged with A Crime. Still Sent To Jail.

In Bill Newman

5/30: Lois Ahrens, Founding Director of the Northampton-based Real Cost of Prison Project; Reverends Peter Ives and Liza Knapp on welcoming and affirming churches and the split with fundamentalists and evangelicals.

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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.

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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.

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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.