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Friday, May 11, 201805/11/2018

This Whole Thing Is Gonna Blow!

In Bill Newman

5/11: From the Northampton Survival Center: Diane Drochon, Volunteer Coordinator and Bill Mullen, Pantry Coordinator, on the Post Office Food Drive;
Hampshire College professor and scientist Salman Hameed on dangerous orange things exploding—one in Hawaii, the other in Washington, D.C.

Thursday, May 10, 201805/10/2018

Hamp Heroes

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5/10: Social activist heroes: Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Peter Ives, and homeless advocate Yvonne Freccero; Josh Zakim, candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State; Jim Levy for SOS and the NEF.

Wednesday, May 9, 201805/09/2018

The New President of Hampshire College

In Bill Newman

5/9: Miriam Nelson, incoming President of Hamsphire College, on her vision for the future of liberal arts education.

Tuesday, May 8, 201805/08/2018

The End of An Era

In Bill Newman

5/8: Ryan O’Donnell, State Senate candidate; Ralph Nader, former presidential candidate; Peter Blanchette, Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra founder and maestro; Penny Burke, Director, Northampton Center for the Arts.

Monday, May 7, 201805/07/2018

Black Mother’s Day

In Bill Newman

5.7.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with the folks from Hands Across The Hills, who just got back from a red state/blue state exchange program in Kentucky. And with Dr. Sonji Johnson-Anderson about the challenges of black motherhood this Mothers Day Week.

Saturday, May 5, 201805/05/2018

Western Mass Business Show 5.5.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira speaks with Lynne Nicole Smith of Yoga & Healing Arts Therapy about how Qigong Infused Yoga, which she teaches at retreats, senior centers, fitness clubs and studios around Pioneer Valley, supports people in achieving their health goals in an affordable and empowering way; and how she emphasizes teaching so that people can continue to use the tools they learn at home to manage stress with skill in their everyday life.

Saturday, May 5, 201805/05/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.5.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The heart wants what it wants and sometimes it makes a mistake of epic proportions but almost always it is a private matter. In the case of state Sen. Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, it was a public heartbreak and my heart goes out to him.
Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott brings Garth Stevenson to the studio to talk about movie soundtracks. Garth wrote the soundtrack for the recently released movie, “Chappaquiddick,” directed by John Curran. Trailer here: https:/youtube.com/watch?v=qG-c8DtOm9g
Neftalí Durán, community activist, and Iohann Vega, host of Radioplasma podcast [radioplasma.com] were among several people who wrote to the Amherst Chamber of Commerce to not use their culture as a prop as the chamber celebrated something called “Margarita Maddness.” This segment is in Spanish, and an English version recorded for the Bill Newman Show is avalaible online as well on his podcast.

Friday, May 4, 201805/04/2018

Trump, Empire, the Military Budget, the Draining of America

In Bill Newman

5/4: Ralph Nader on Donald Trump, empire and the military budget; then, Carol Rose, Exec. Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts on the fight for liberty in our Commonwealth.

Thursday, May 3, 201805/03/2018

Why Stan Rosenberg’s Work Has Mattered

In Bill Newman

5/3: We preview PRIDE on “The Reverend and the Rabbi” and with Pride Spokesperson JM Sorrell, the LGBTQJP.

Wednesday, May 2, 201805/02/2018

The Poet’s Poet

In Bill Newman

5/2: Poets Laureate Martin Espada and Rich Michelson; David Tebaldi form Mass Humanities; Garth Stevenson, maestro of the movie “Chappaquiddick.”

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