Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, August 2, 201808/02/2018

Industrious Angels

In Bill Newman

8/2: The Ko festival presents; then, the Pastor and the Reverend.

Wednesday, August 1, 201808/01/2018

Mermaid Porn

In Bill Newman

8/1: Mermaids and puffer fish in our studio –you gotta sea (or hear) this! Then we examine porn with Dr. Jane Fleishman.

Tuesday, July 31, 201807/31/2018

Who Will Be First In The Second Hampshire?

In Bill Newman

7/31: Candidates for the Democratic nomination for state representative in the Second Hampshire District (the seat held by John Scibak, who is retiring)—the towns of Hadley, South Hadley, Easthampton and half of Granby: Marie McCourt, John Hine, and Dan Carey; then, Dawn Raffel, author of “The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies.”

Monday, July 30, 201807/30/2018

14 Trans Women Released by ICE Thanks to Western Mass’ IPP

In Bill Newman

7/30: Fourteen trans women have been released from ICE custody on the New Mexico/Mexico border! We speak with the people who directed this hard fought legal battle: Javier Luegno-Garrido, Coordinator of the ACLUM of Mass. Immigrant Protection Project of Western Massachusetts (IPP) , Megan Kludt, Northampton-based immigration attorney and central person for the IPP; and Allegra Love, Director of and attorney with the Santa Fe’s Dreamers Project. First, Professor Katharine Gerbner, author of “Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World.”

Saturday, July 28, 201807/28/2018

Western Mass Business Show 7.28.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

7.28.18 Ira speaks with PAM VICTOR & SCOTT BRAIDMAN of HAPPIER VALLEY COMEDY who offer classes and performances in improv, partially because it’s cheaper than therapy, but also because they needed to see if they could make a living doing what they love. Hear how they are dedicated to building trust, authenticity, community, and reframing failure, so people can work together with more laughter, joy, and ease. And also, how they are about to open their own, and the area’s first and only, comedy theater!!

Saturday, July 28, 201807/28/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 7.28.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Matt Szafranski, founder and editor of WMass Politics and Insight [www.wmasspi.com/], the best political analyst around, on how the media covers that man in the White House, and on Rep. Richie Neal running away from debating challenger Tahirah Amatul Wadud in the Democratic Party primaries.
Lillian Torres y yo le caemos encima a la corrupción que continua con la familia Rosselló.

Friday, July 27, 201807/27/2018

Grey Gardens and NOLA coming To South Hadley

In Bill Newman

7/27: Jerry Torre and Tony Maietta on “The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens.”

Friday, July 27, 201807/27/2018

A Year Long Nap

In Bill Newman

7/26: Ottessa Moshfegh—her already acclaimed new novel is “A Year of Rest and Relaxation;” then, Valley Rock Voices’ also, The Pastor and the Reverend on
Cathedral in the Night and Cathedral in the Light.

Wednesday, July 25, 201807/25/2018

Mother Bear

In Bill Newman

7/25: The Ko Festival presents…

Tuesday, July 24, 201807/24/2018

Who Will Fill Peter Kocot’s Giant Shoes?

In Bill Newman

7/22: Lindsay Sabadosa and Diana Szynal –candidates for State Rep., First Hampshire District; then, Paul Greenberg, author of “The Omega Principle:
Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet.”

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