Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, December 8, 201812/08/2018

Western Mass Business Show 12.8.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Dec 8th @ 11am, and Sun, Dec 9th @ 8pm hear Ira speak with JIMMY BURGOFF of Jimmy Burgoff Moving & Hauling and how
his business grew accidentally from a job he took schlepping stuff for a friend; how
he’s moved 10,000 pianos, and developed special equipment for that; his music career
as a stand up bass player, and the many substantial musicians he’s played with;
and his initiative, as a Mason in Amherst, to turn their Masonic Hall into a music venue that will add to Amherst’s cultural district.

Friday, December 7, 201812/07/2018

Alien Asteroid?

In Bill Newman

12/7: Astronomer and Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed with breaking news from outer space; MTA Veep and UMass prof. Max Page on breaking news from the University; and Inside/Out.

Thursday, December 6, 201812/06/2018

Who Knows How to Call Owls? Who!?!?

In Bill Newman

12/6: Author Heidi Stemple on owls; Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on Hanukah; and author and professor Felicia Kornbluh on “Ensuring Poverty: Welfare Reform in Feminist Perspective.”

Wednesday, December 5, 201812/05/2018

Circle of Care

In Bill Newman

12/5: Keegan Pyle, from Catholic Charities, coordinator of refugee resettlement in Northampton and Amherst; John Ward, ACLU of Massachusetts Communications Director and author of “The Sovereign.”

Tuesday, December 4, 201812/04/2018

Red Lines

In Bill Newman

12/4: Linda Gartz, author of “Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in the 1960s Chicago;” then, Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-author of the just-published “Billionaire Bonanza 2018: Inherited Wealth Dynasties of the United States.”

Monday, December 3, 201812/03/2018

Why America Needs An Enemy In Iran

In Bill Newman

12/3: Award-winning journalist and author Reese Erlich on America’s policy towards Iran; the Sci-tech Café with special guest Ken Colodner, MHC professor of neuroscience; and a special Black in the Valley segment with Anika Nailah, author of “Every Day in the USA: 30 Black Moments.”

Saturday, December 1, 201812/01/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.1.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Documentary filmmaker Kate Albright-Hanna on politics and pop culture.
Nathaniel Waring, a Democratic Socialist, on the spectrum of progressive ideals.

Saturday, December 1, 201812/01/2018

Western Mass Business Show 12.1.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Dec 1st @ 11am, and Sun, Dec 2nd @ 8pm
hear Ira speak with ADAM LUSSIER & AMY BENSON of ZANNA the iconic women’s clothing and shoe store in Amherst. Adam has been 2nd generation owner/manager for years, and is in search of his next adventure. Amy worked their for a long while and stepped right up as the next owner. Hear how they discovered this solution, how they will pass the torch, how a bricks and mortar store has continued to thrive in the era of online shopping.

Friday, November 30, 201811/30/2018

Why Was The Northampton Chief of Police Going To Go To Israel For Training?

In Bill Newman

11/30: Rachel Weber and Vijay Prashad on the decision of Northampton mayor and police chief for the chief to not attend the upcoming law enforcement training session in Israel; attorney Jeffrey Pyle on the ACLU of Massachusetts case challenging Holyoke’s new ordinance that prohibits lawn signs and bumper stickers; THANK YOU BETSY STONE, our arts correspondent and host of our Inside/Out segment.

Thursday, November 29, 201811/29/2018

La Poeta y The Poet

In Bill Newman

11/29: A fabulous edition of NPR- Northampton Poetry Radio; then Northampton Neighbors—
the ongoing story of neighbors helping neighbors.

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