Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, February 23, 201902/23/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.23.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Matt Szafranski on why being an outsider is not as appealing for a presidential candidate as it used to be.
Kristen Elechko on the women running for president.
Trump talks to me and I hang up.
Kate Albright-Hanna and Nathaniel Waring on the bern who is now a blister.

Friday, February 22, 201902/22/2019

Is Northampton Ready To Support A New Movie Theater?

In Bill Newman

2/22: Sut Jhally, founder and Director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF) and professor and Chair of the Dept. of Communications at UMass. Amherst, and City Councilor and MEF Board member, Bill Dwight, on a movie theater returning to Northampton (or not); the Sci-Tech Café with MHC prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and Hampshire professor Kac’a Bradonjic’ on time and space and now (or not); ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Sunday with Monte (or not).

Thursday, February 21, 201902/21/2019

How Did Massachusetts Help Enshrine Jim Crow?

In Bill Newman

2/21: Pulitzer Prize-winning WAPO Sr. editor Steve Luxenberg, author of “Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation;” Reverend Peter Ives with Cleo Gorman & Ron Ackerman; and then a preview of the upcoming Tea Dance (complete with dance lessons!) starring Mary Witt and the O Tones—a benefit for the Cancer Connection.

Wednesday, February 20, 201902/20/2019

It’s February. That means BASEBALL!

In Bill Newman

2/20: Duke Goldman, Northampton-based baseball historian, remembers Don Newcombe who died yesterday at age 92, and Monte Irvin and Jackie Robinson, icons of the civil rights movement and barrier-breaking stars of major league baseball; Natalia Munoz on Bernie Sanders and the NYT’s recent coverage last Sunday of Puerto Rico; and constitutional law expert and acclaimed author Joel Richard Paul on “Without Precedent: Chief Justice Marshall and His Times

Tuesday, February 19, 201902/19/2019

Has Your Conviction Been Thrown Out?

In Bill Newman

2/19: Is your drug conviction or guilty plea one of the 48,000—really you read that right– 48,000 (!) Massachusetts drug convictions or guilty pleas thrown out because of the Farak and Dookhan drug lab scandals? ACLU of Mass. Legal Director Matt Segal and Northampton civil rights and criminal defense attorney Luke Ryan explain; then, “All Our Children Are All Our Children” with educator and author Doug Selwyn; and our monthly “Comedy Quiz” with The Ha Has’ Laura Patrick and Pam Victor, Quizmaster Martha Nelson, contestant Joan Holliday and scorekeeper(of sorts) Bill Newman.

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Monday, February 18, 201902/18/2019

Building Bridges

In Bill Newman

2/18: Max Page, Mass.Teachers Ass’n Vice President, on Cherish and Promise; Paula Green, founder of Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, and Professors Amilcar Shabazz and Carlie Tartakov on Bridge for Unity and Hands Across the Hills.

Saturday, February 16, 201902/16/2019

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.16.19

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Saturday, February 16, 201902/16/2019

The Western Mass Business Show 2.16.19

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Feb 16 at 11am, and Sun, Feb 17 at 8pm hear Ira
speak with ED GARIBIAN of LLUMIN, that creates and sells software that tracks the location, condition, and value of any type of physical asset, machine, or component, plus messages and documents, used in a company; reducing downtime and improving operations. Hear why he is a big fan of processes, collaboration and education. Tune in!!

Friday, February 15, 201902/15/2019

Beacon Hill Gets A Dose a Sabadosa

In Bill Newman

2/15: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on Beacon Hill; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Dr. Imoh Nse Imeh on his new exhibit.

Thursday, February 14, 201902/14/2019

Luke Ryan Changes The Game When It Comes To Law Enforcement In The Commonwealth

In Bill Newman

2/14: Northampton attorney Luke Ryan on the dramatic law reform, police misconduct jury verdict that he and his partners just won; “The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning and Life” with Julie Bogart; Rev Peter Ives, Pastor Stephanie Smith; Lay Minister Robin Wronski.

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Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

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