Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, November 3, 201811/03/2018

Western Mass Business Show 11.2.18

On Sat, Nov 3rd @ 11am, and Sun, Nov 4th @ 8pm
hear Ira speak with BILL SULLIVAN & DAVE SWIRK
from Conway Scenic Railroad where you step back to an earlier time, before interstates, when trains were the way to go! Business partners Bill (also of Sullivan Metals, in Holyoke) and Dave (who, as a young lad, wanted to be “an engineer, and also an engineer) tell about running an iconic tourist destination that you don’t find just in any tourist destination.

Saturday, November 3, 201811/03/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.3.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Samira Bouina and Hatim El Otmani are among 16 Moroccans leaders from Morocco visiting Western Mass. organizations to learn how we create and foment civic engagement. They are participants in the Professional Fellows Program, which brings emerging leaders from around the world to the to broaden their professional expertise.
Kate Albright-Hanna is a filmmaker and was the video producer for the 2006 Obama presidential campaign. We launch a new segment where politics and pop culture intersect.
Holyoke Mayor Alex B. Morse offered hope at the vigil held this week in Holyoke led the United Congregational Church and the Sons of Zion Synagogue.

Saturday, November 3, 201811/03/2018

Western Mass Business Show 11.3.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Sat, Nov 3rd @ 11am, and Sun, Nov 4th @ 8pm
hear Ira speak with BILL SULLIVAN & DAVE SWIRK
from Conway Scenic Railroad where you step back to an earlier time, before interstates, when trains were the way to go! Business partners Bill (also of Sullivan Metals, in Holyoke) and Dave (who, as a young lad, wanted to be “an engineer, and also an engineer) tell about running an iconic tourist destination that you don’t find just in any tourist destination.

Friday, November 2, 201811/02/2018

The Death of Dawn

In Bill Newman

11/2: MTA Vice President Max Page on the Governor’s race in Massachusetts; astronomer and Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed with breaking news form outer space—the demise of Dawn.

Thursday, November 1, 201811/01/2018

There is a FIFTH(!) Ballot Question?

In Bill Newman

11/1: Ballot question 5 — on ranked choice voting with Andy Anderson, from Voter Choice Massachsuetts; Cider Days in the Valley with Al Sax; then, the Reverend and the Rabbi and the Reverend.

Wednesday, October 31, 201810/31/2018

Cooley’s Take on Question 1

In Bill Newman

10/31: A robust discussion on ballot Question 1—nurse/patient hospital ratios with Jeff Harness and Ann Lebrun from Cooley Dickinson Hospital; then Valley Light Opera previews the upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.”

Tuesday, October 30, 201810/30/2018

Take Back The House

In Bill Newman

10/30: Take Back the House with local Democrats; then royalty in the house (Ok, on the phone) author Ann Lamott; and Sex Matters with our show’s resident sexologist Jane Fleishman.

Monday, October 29, 201810/29/2018

Our Rabbi Reflects on The Tree of Life Massacre

In Bill Newman

10/29: CBI rabbi Justin David on the murders in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; Edgar Villanueva, author of “Decolonizing Wealth;” Jim Lemkin on voter suppression

Saturday, October 27, 201810/27/2018

Western Mass Business Show October 27, 2018

In The Western Mass. Business Show

On Sat, Oct 27th @ 11am, and Sun, Oct 21st @ 8pm

hear Ira speak with GERARDO RAMOS about him branching out from growing coral to replant dying reefs, to his new business, Holyoke Green Growers, that will grow recreational cannabis for the newly forming industry in Massachusetts. It’s open air, but you can’t pick your own, because it will have a moat around it!) Listen in!

Friday, October 26, 201810/26/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.27.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

What does kindness sound like? Two men approach a woman in need.
“Salt Fat Acid Heat,” hosted by Samin Nosrat thunders over all the rest of the man-food shows. Finally.
En español, la Lic. María Martínez-Orabona , profesora de derecho en la Universidad Interamericana y directora del Instituto Caribeño de Derechos Humanos

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