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Friday, June 28, 201906/28/2019

The Red Sox Organist Makes Newman Kiss The Ring

In Bill Newman

6/28: FAKE NEWS!!! Newman did not kiss the Red Sox rings (Monte wrote/wished/invented that) but Fenway Park organist, Josh Kantor IN FACT was fabulous to talk to and hear play; then, MTA Veep, Max Page, and Eric Blanc, author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics.

Thursday, June 27, 201906/27/2019

The Reverend, The Rabbi, The Representative & The Real Cost of Prisons

In Bill Newman

6/27: Choro Brasil—a preview of Saturday night’s concert—more amazing music and musicians! Then, Rev. Peter Ives,
Rabbi Justin David, State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa and founder and Director of the Northampton-based Real Cost of Prisons Project, Lois Ahrens.

Wednesday, June 26, 201906/26/2019

What’s Poppin’?

In Bill Newman

6/26: Democratic Socialists of America –the upcoming confab in Northampton; also, live in the studio—Mary Poppins (and her friends and family); and then, Strident Theatre presents.

Tuesday, June 25, 201906/25/2019

Brazil’s Partridge Family but WAAAY Better

In Bill Newman

6/25: The Choro Festival in Northampton –Choro das 3—these musicians are amazing –really amazing! Then, Sex Matters with Jane Fleishman.

Monday, June 24, 201906/24/2019

Homestead is No Home For Refugee Children

In Bill Newman

6/24: Bearing witness in Homestead, Florida to the imprisonment of thousands of immigrant children accused of no crime with Alice Levine and Joan Epstein.

Saturday, June 22, 201906/22/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.22.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The panel this week is Kate Albright-Hanna and Kristen Elechko and we discuss voter suppression in Springfield, Democratic Party perennial presidential candidate Joe Biden increasingly troublesome character issues, Beto and Pete flaming out, and Kate’s reading list.

Saturday, June 22, 201906/22/2019

Western Mass Business Show 6.20.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

George O’Brien from Business West Magazine interviews Carol Leary, President of Bay Path University.

Friday, June 21, 201906/21/2019

Making It On Main Street, Northampton

In Bill Newman

6/21: The history and present of Main Street, Northampton –a preview of a magnificent exhibit– with Historic Northampton Co-Directors Laurie Sanders and Elizabeth Sharpe.

Thursday, June 20, 201906/20/2019

An Ill Wind Blows

In Bill Newman

6/20: The renown Larry Diamond—his newest book is “Ill Winds: Saving Democracy form Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency;” State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on public regional transportation; Rev Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, and Smith College professor Carrie Baker on the right to abortion fight in Massachusetts.

Wednesday, June 19, 201906/19/2019

Hampshire 2.0

In Bill Newman

6/19: Hampshire College Interim President Ken Rosenthal; Silverthorne Theater ‘s upcoming production of the Fantasticks—a preview.

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