Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, April 24, 201904/24/2019

Singing For Our Suppers

In Bill Newman

4/24: Live in the studio— NHS’s amazing a capella group, the Northamptones’; Poets Laureate Amy Dryansky and Karen Skofield.

Tuesday, April 23, 201904/23/2019

Israel, Free Speech and the Battle for Palestinian Rights

In Bill Newman

4/23: Sut Jhally, Director of the Media Education Foundation and Professor of Communications at UMass Amherst on the upcoming forum on Palestinian human rights; Poets Rich Michelson and Jane Hirshfield.

Monday, April 22, 201904/22/2019

A Century of Seeger

In Bill Newman

4/22: Love in the studio (also live in the studio – that was a typo but a good one) — Peter Blood and Annie Patterson preview the upcoming celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday.

Saturday, April 20, 201904/20/2019

Western Mass Business Show 4.20.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Saturday, April 20, 11am, and Sunday, April 21, 8pm hear Ira
speak with JULIA MINES about her work as a leadership and performance coach, helping people achieve a happier, more positive outlook, adopting habits that lead to greater happiness, for instance setting goals, living from one’s strengths, and daring to live one’s dreams, so as to feel alive and accomplished. Her start in radio sales (“selling air”) incorporated her innate talents for coaching, and then she just stopped the part about selling air. She also comes in handy, if you’re looking to be more compelling or inspiring when you speak, not to mention more authentic. Tune in!

Friday, April 19, 201904/19/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.20.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, April 19, 201904/19/2019

Radio Ga Ga

In Bill Newman

4/19: Discuss the state budget while holding a baby who wants to eat your microphone—State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa does it all! Then the Sci -tech Café and ArtsBeat.

Thursday, April 18, 201904/18/2019

Tim Apple

In Bill Newman

4.18.19 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Leander Kahney about his new book on Apple’s frontman. A brief history of Barr. Serious Play and their new work featuring the music of Jonny Rodgers as Cindertalk and the Rev and The Rabbi with the leader of the Karuna Center on 25 years post Rwandan genocide.

Wednesday, April 17, 201904/17/2019

The Green New Earth Day

In Bill Newman

4.17.19 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with organizers of the Earth Day/Green New Deal forum in Northampton. Plus Flint Taylor on The Torture Machine in Chicago. And a preview of Silverthorne Theater’s new season.

Tuesday, April 16, 201904/16/2019

Movie Quiz!

In Bill Newman

4.16 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts as Laura Patrick brings back the comedy quiz with Quizmaster Ben May

Monday, April 15, 201904/15/2019

Jazz Hands

In Bill Newman

4.15.19 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Paul Arslanian about jazz in The Valley. And Black In The Valley with special guest Kent Alexander

Recent Headlines

6 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.

6 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.

5 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.