Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, June 19, 201806/19/2018

Congratulations, Millionaires!

In Bill Newman

6/19: Grow Food Northampton—the kids visit; Max Page; and The Comedy Quiz.

Monday, June 18, 201806/18/2018

History Repeating

In Bill Newman

6/18: Irene Butter and John Bidwell on “Shores Beyond Shores: from Holocaust to Hope: My (Irene’s) True Story;” celebrating Juneteenth on Black in the Valley; and a preview of this summer productions of Chester Theatre—”Bar Mitzvah Boy” opens this week

Saturday, June 16, 201806/16/2018

The Western Mass Business Show 6.16.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with BILL COLE of Tiger Web Designs, who was interested in tech since much younger, building top quality sound systems and home theaters; now evolved into creating high functioning websites for medium sized companies who’ve outgrown their tweaked template sites, knowing that their customer judges them by the experience of doing business with them, from their first online exposure. Bill is also knowledgeable and experienced in marketing by being an involved member of the community, where people can discover the content of your character.

Saturday, June 16, 201806/16/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.16.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Christina Royal, president of Holyoke Community College, on addressing the gap between white students and students of color, the ever-shrinking state investment in community colleges, creating a diverse administration and faculty, and more, in this extended conversation.
Puerto Rican photographer Pablo Delano, on his upcoming installation called “The Musuem of The Old Colony,” which will be presented at the Hampshire College Art Gallery this fall. He gave a talk recently at the college about the exhibit of black and white photographs that depict how the US saw Puerto Ricans in the 20th Century when it became an American territory as a result of the 1898 Spanish American War.

Saturday, June 9, 201806/09/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.9.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Los políticos electos en Puerto Rico are killing a law that protects workers in the event they are injustly fired. It removes severance pay. At the same time, the fiscal control board apointed by former President Barack Obama to manage the island’s economy pays its executive director $600,000 a year — and she has a provision in her contact that if she is unjustly fired, she will receive up to 6 months severance. Uh-huh.
The misdeeds of politicians far and wide cause people to turn away from voting, from the democratic process.
We talk with Heshima Moja on activism even when every fiber of our bodies wants to disconnect from the overwhelming daily dose of Trumpism.
Ariadna Goenaga reseña “THe Good Fight” con Chrintine Baranski.

Saturday, June 9, 201806/09/2018

The Western Mass Business Show 6.9.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with JEANNE YOCUM author of the Self-Employment Survival Guide: Proven Strategies to Succeed as Your Own Boss. Jeanne has been a self-employed public relations consultant and ghostwriter since 1989, and so knows much about working from home, managing time, balancing your eggs and baskets, managing difficult clients, fluctuating workloads, and all the rest. Listen and learn!

Thursday, June 7, 201806/07/2018

Keeping The Fast

6/7: Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Peter Ives and Critical Connections Executive Director Mehlaqa Samdani on Ramadan and being Muslim in western Massachusetts; Al Williams, Executive Director of NCTV, and animator Luke Jaeger on tomorrow evening’s CartOOn SchOOl.

Wednesday, June 6, 201806/06/2018

Auditioning The Finger Puppets

In Bill Newman

6/6: Sexologist Dr Jane Fleishman reviews May as National Masturbation Month; Northampton Education Foundation board members Lisa Papademetriou and Marty Wohl preview this Friday’s Showcase at the Arts Trust Building.

Tuesday, June 5, 201806/05/2018

Is MA Here for Tahirah?

In Bill Newman

6/5: Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging Richard Neal for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives; Paul Newlin on Watermelon Wednesdays; Max Page on more out-of-state students –who are less qualified than Massachusetts

residents — being admitted to UMass.

Monday, June 4, 201806/04/2018

The One-Eyed Judge

In Bill Newman

6/4: Federal District Court judge for western Massachusetts, Michael Ponsor on his judicial perspective, his novels and his future; The Vegan Brothers, Matt & Phil Letten, authors of “Vodka is Vegan.

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