Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Monday, March 25, 201903/25/2019

Beyond Thunder Domb

In Bill Newman

3/25: CHERISH and PROMISE and Constitutional Amendments with State Representative Mindy Domb; Northampton Education Foundation’s Lisa Papademetriou on THE BEE.

Saturday, March 23, 201903/23/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.22.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Saturday, March 23, 201903/23/2019

Western Mass Business Show 3.23.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Mar 23 at 11am, and Sun, Mar 24 at 8pm hear Ira Bryck,
speak with JON ARONSTEIN of Mill River Music. Jon began guitar at 12,
and was a tinkerer who built custom instruments. Now, in a time where large manufacturers, as well as retails chains, of guitars have struggled, he finds Northampton a city where guitar buffs can buy, trade, consign, fix, learn,
in stores like his, with devoted employees, transparency, effective sales systems, and a global market that allows for bringing money into the community. Hear more this Saturday and Sunday, and always online.

Friday, March 22, 201903/22/2019

Promise To Cherish The “Cherish” and “Promise”

In Bill Newman

3/22: Live from Beacon Hill – Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page tells us about the Promise Act and the Cherish Act, today’s hearing and their future;
The Sci-Tech Café—a show that you could eat up it’s so good—with MHC prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and UMass. prof. Julian McClements; and then we don’t skip a beat
before ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Riverside Industries’ Halley Philips.

Thursday, March 21, 201903/21/2019

Womanism

In Bill Newman

3/21: In honor of International Women’s History Month, a special edition of “Black in the Valley” with Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov, Dr. Gloria Caballero, and Dr. Sonji Johnson-Anderson; then, the President of the Union Theological Seminary, Serene Jones, on “Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World;” and CEO of Tapestry Health, Cheryl Zoll on harm reduction, family planning, syringe access and in memoriam: Tim Purington.

Wednesday, March 20, 201903/20/2019

In The Shadow of Statues

In Bill Newman

3/20: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on “In the shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History;”
Jim Lescault, Director of Amherst Media, answers questions about, and the objections to, its proposed new home.

Tuesday, March 19, 201903/19/2019

Fiery Hope

In Bill Newman

3/19: Jane Sapp and Eveline MacDougall; then this month’s Comedy Quiz—it’s all about happiness—seriously (or not so seriously).

Monday, March 18, 201903/18/2019

Pot and Potholes

In Bill Newman

3/18: Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on pot and potholes and taxes and medical coverage; a father and son preview of the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra’s upcoming gig.

Saturday, March 16, 201903/16/2019

Western Mass Business Show 3.16.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Hear George O’Brien, editor of BusinessWest magazine, speak with Dr. THOMAS MOLITERNO, interim dean of the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. Hear his thoughts on the school’s rise in the ranks of the top business schools in the country and what it will take to climb higher in those polls. Also hear about the school’s new, $62 million Isenberg Innovation Hub, an exciting addition to the landscape on the Amherst campus and key component of the school’s strategy to attract top students, continue its climb up the rankings, and better prepare graduates for careers in business through state-of-the-art facilities.

Saturday, March 16, 201903/16/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.16.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

On Sat, Mar 23 at 11am, and Sun, Mar 24 at 8pm hear Ira Bryck,

speak with JON ARONSTEIN of Mill River Music. Jon began guitar at 12,

and was a tinkerer who built custom instruments. Now, in a time where large manufacturers, as well as retails chains, of guitars have struggled, he finds Northampton a city where guitar buffs can buy, trade, consign, fix, learn,

in stores like his, with devoted employees, transparency, effective sales systems, and a global market that allows for bringing money into the community. Hear more this Saturday and Sunday, and always online.

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