Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Governor Baker

Friday, January 4, 201901/04/2019

Is Baker Going To Make Good on The Foundation Budget Changes?

In Bill Newman

1/4: Max Page, UMass prof. and V.P. of the Massachusetts Teacher’s Ass’n.; Hampshire College professor & astronomer Salman Hameed; Arts Beat: Bodies in Motion at the Northampton Arts Trust.

Thursday, January 3, 201901/03/2019

Who Is More Progressive When It Comes To Parole: MA or TX?

In Bill Newman

1/3/19: Jorge Renaud , Senior Policy Analyst, Easthampton-based Prison Policy Initiative; Rev Peter Ives and Andrew Moorehouse, Exec. Dir of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Wednesday, January 2, 201901/02/2019

Ryan O’Donnell Will Not Seek Re-Election

In Bill Newman

1/2: Northampton City Council President Ryan O’Donnell on his decision, announced today, to not seek a fourth term.

Monday, December 31, 201812/31/2018

First Night is The Last Night of 2018

In Bill Newman

12/31: Attorney David Hoose on the shortage of public defenders in western Massachusetts; Steve Sanderson on First Night.

Saturday, December 29, 201812/29/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.29.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Democrats Socialists and former candidates for the state Legislature for Franklin County Kate Albright-Hanna and Nathaniel Waring on Northampton City Council push against Walmart’s donation to the city’s Police Department, Trump, mass media and a better world is possible if liberals would only stop the circular firing squad.
Ariadna Goenaga y yo sobre “Bruce Springsteen on Broadway”.

Saturday, December 29, 201812/29/2018

Western Mass Business Show 12.29.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Dec 29 at 11am, and Sun, Dec30 at 8pm
hear Ira speak with MARK FIREHAMMER of ATTRACT MORE CLIENTS about how his career as a musician, plus his knowledge of early digital tools and technologies, led to him promoting his concerts online; and now help you get more customers, by showing you how to do things in the right order, minimize failure (and plan for success), communicate complexities in a simple way, and show you how you, like he, can examine problems, and turn things over, to find workable solutions.

Friday, December 28, 201812/28/2018

The Cutest Couple In Nuclear Disarmament

In Bill Newman

12/28: Timmon Milne Wallis and Vicki Elson, co-founders of Nuclear Ban.US (Dr. Wallis also is the author of “Disarming the Nuclear Argument” –there is a new, updated edition.) Black in the Valley—we continue our conversation on Kwanzaa with Professor Amilcar Shabazz; Arts Beat with Donnabelle Casis.

Thursday, December 27, 201812/27/2018

The Untied States of Confusion

In Bill Newman

12/27: Bryant Welch, author of “State of Confusion” Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind;” Walter Carroll on the upcoming Bach concert at the Academy of Music; Rev. Peter Ives and Safe Passage Executive Director Marianne Winters on community, domestic violence and the Hot Chocolate Run.

Wednesday, December 26, 201812/26/2018

Another Dose of Sabadosa

In Bill Newman

12/26: Representative-Elect Lindsay Sabadosa on Medicare for All; Natalia Munoz on the Northampton police, bullets, and Walmart.

Monday, December 24, 201812/24/2018

The National Fish Wrap

In Bill Newman

12/24: Political Gold with Josh Silver; Representative-Elect Lindsay Sabadosa; Black in the Valley with special guest Professor Amilcar Shabazz—on Kwanzaa.

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