Podcasts

Podcasts

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Friday, November 16, 201811/16/2018

More Charter Chatter Across The Commonwealth

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Friday, November 16, 201811/16/2018

UMASS hockey coach Greg Carvel joins Bob Flaherty upon the team’s historic NCAA ranking as #4 in the nation

With young stars like Cale Makar, Mario Ferraro, Matt Murray & Amherst’s John Leonard, UMASS hockey has hit the big-time,…

Thursday, November 15, 201811/15/2018

Changing Our National Priorities

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11.15.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts as we hear a very special Reverend and The Rabbi with the National Priorities Project. Plus a conversation about the young Ben Franklin and the onslaught of rabbis headed to the border.

Wednesday, November 14, 201811/14/2018

Are We ‘Playing With Fire’ Again?

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11/14: Lawrence O’Donnell, the MSNBC host, on “Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics;” Corinne Demas, MHC professor children’s book author—her “The Littlest Matryoshka” is coming to the Eric Carle Museum—a play performed by marionettes with storytelling and music. Then, Al Williams on the Northampton Film Festival, opening tomorrow and running through the weekend.

Monday, November 12, 201811/12/2018

What’s It Like To Be Mayor?

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Saturday, November 10, 201811/10/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.10.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The Holyoke Community College Theater Department, in collaboration with Mount Holyoke College, brings “In the Heights” by Lin-Manuel Miranda to the stage for a full-scale production Nov. 8-10, and Nov. 15-17. Show times are 7 p.m. each night with a 2 p.m. matinee today, Saturday, Nov. 10, in HCC’s Leslie Phillips Theater.
Filmmaker Kate Abright-Hanna on pop culture and politics.
La crítica de cine Ariadna Goenaga habla sobre la oleada violenta contra inmigrantes, la massacre de esta semana en California, la preferencia por las armas por encima de las palabras.

Saturday, November 10, 201811/10/2018

Western Mass Business Show 11.10.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Nov 10th @ 11am, and Sun, Nov 10th @ 8pm
hear Ira speak with BRIAN HALEY of BCH ACCOUNT PROS
and find out why, when he does your taxes and accounting, he is focused on learning what you do and why you do it; how he balances automation and the human touch; and how he ensures that he and his clients are a good match, and how that works, so all their growth is word of mouth. Plus, how they developed a new system, to help clients no longer stuff receipts into shoeboxes.

Friday, November 9, 201811/09/2018

Dusting Off The Federalist Papers

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Thursday, November 8, 201811/08/2018

Peanut Butter & Lavery

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Tuesday, November 6, 201811/06/2018

Poets Ease Us Through Election Day

In Bill Newman

11/6: Election Day: Newman quotes Paul Krugman and Jay Gonzalez, Democrat for Governor, calls in; politics continue (national and personal) with poets Rich Michelson, Martin Espada, and Paul Mariani, joined in the photo by our guest Jorge Renaud from the Prison Policy Initiative—Espada, it turns out, is his favorite poet! And then, Cai Emmons, author of “Weather Woman.”

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