Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, August 22, 201908/22/2019

Trump, antisemitism, sex and Sox

In Bill Newman

8/22: Rabbi Justin David on Trump’s recent pronouncements and the rise in anti-Semitism; Dr. Allan H Ropper and UMass Amherst…

Thursday, August 22, 201908/22/2019

A look back at LookStock 2019

In Bill Newman

A look back at last night’s LookStock with The River’s (and WHMP’s) Joan Holliday; teachers and their local and nationwide struggles with former MTA President (and former Northampton teacher) and now Labor Notes Educational Coordinator, Barbara Madeloni; Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman.

Wednesday, August 21, 201908/21/2019

America was founded in 1619?

In Bill Newman

8/20: The founding of America: Not July 4, 1776 but August 20, 1619. A commemoration on the 400th anniversary on “Black in the Valley” with segment hosts, Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov, and special guest Kent Alexander. Then, a complete change of pace: our month Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has’ Laura Patrick and Pam Victor and Quizmaster, Steven Ellis—Animal Kingdom comes to Hampton Ave in Northampton. Contestant Joan Holliday does ok. Pam is a star.

Monday, August 19, 201908/19/2019

Vietnam, Venezuela, and Black In The Valley

In Bill Newman

8/19: The crisis in Venezuela: previewing Tuesday evening’s presentation by Paki Wieland, who has just returned from Venezuela and meeting…

Saturday, August 17, 201908/17/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 8.17.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The panel, Nathaniel Waring and Kate Albright-Hanna, on Jeffrey Epstein and his connections to powerful men; Congressman Steve King, R-Iowa, and his defense of rape and incest as a population strategy; the media’s double-standard of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden; and a homage to the beloved lifetime activist Michaelann Bewsee.

Saturday, August 17, 201908/17/2019

Western Mass Business Show 8.17.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Saturday, August 17, 11am, and Sunday, August 18, 8pm
hear Ira speak with JAKE MAZAR, co-owner of Wheelhouse,
a farm-based caterer and food truck; and Artifact Cider Project,
a cidery, now with a taproom in Florence, Mass. Hear Jake’s evolution from management consultant to development consulting in sub Saharan Africa to farm apprentice to caterer to business owner, about the philosophy of making a business that is about the people, the values,
and of course about unearthing the potential of our region’s apples,
and farm fresh food, prepared from scratch.

Friday, August 16, 201908/16/2019

What’s A Decile?

In Bill Newman

Thursday, August 15, 201908/15/2019

Blabbing with Blais

In Bill Newman

Wednesday, August 14, 201908/14/2019

Hard Decisions and Bad Vibrations on New York’s MTA

In Bill Newman

8/14: Sex on the subways? We speak with Dame Products attorney Emma Freeman; then, Natalia Munoz on political upheaval in Puerto Rico; and from the People’s Music Network, singer-songwriter Ben Grosscup, previewing his upcoming concert.

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