Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, November 13, 201711/13/2017
Lawrence O’Donnell & The Campaign That Changed American Politics
In Bill Newman
11/13: Lawrernce O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s “The Last Word” and author of “Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics;
Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Michael Klare, on North Korea and the possibility of nuclear war and the upcoming town hall/public forum Wednesday evening at Northampton High School on this topic: Shawn Askinosie, author of “Meaningful Work: A Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Calling and Feed Your Soul.”
Friday, November 10, 201711/10/2017
Yearning To Breathe Free
11/9: The Center for New Americans poets; Rhymes with Orange creator and cartoonist Hilary Price; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, and National Priorities Project’s Lindsay Koshgarian.
Wednesday, November 8, 201711/08/2017
Election 2017
11/8: Professor Rutherford Platt, convener and organizer, and Jack Hjelt, International Aid Administrator and panel moderator, on the forum this weekend in Northampton “Rediscovering Jane Addams in a Time of Crisis;” NYT # 1 bestselling author, historian Robert Dalleck, on his new book “Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Political Life.”
Wednesday, November 8, 201711/08/2017
Who Is Jane Addams & Why Do We Need Her Now?
11/8: Professor Rutherford Platt, convener and organizer, and Jack Hjelt, International Aid Administrator and panel moderator, on the upcoming forum in Northampton “Rediscovering Jane Addams in a Time of Crisis;” NYT # 1 bestselling author, historian Robert Dalleck, on his new book “Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Political Life.”
Tuesday, November 7, 201711/07/2017
The Bridge To Brilliance
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11/7: Nadia Lopez, author of “The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal In a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World;” State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on the momentous health care bill coming up for debate in the State Senate tomorrow.
Monday, November 6, 201711/06/2017
The Power of Peanut Butter
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11/6: 11 year-old Lavery Greenfield on the PB&J jar drive for the Food Bank of Western Mass. in elementary and middle schools in the valley—which she has organized! Robbin Legere Henderson, illustrator and co-author with her late grandmother, Matilda Rabinowitz, of “Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir form the Early Twentieth Century.”
Friday, November 3, 201711/03/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 11.4.17
Bye Bye Whitefish Energy! You were mean to Puerto Ricans, but that wasn’t the only thing that raised our ire. Charging $300 million to help restore our electric grid also was excessive, coming from a two-man outfit, and with a bad attitude to boot. ¡Adios, muchachos!
Florence resident Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami.” From the documentary’s director: “An unassuming 70-year-old Swami from India, arrives in New York City alone and without support or money. He carries only the ancient texts he has translated, and the firm faith in his teacher’s request: “offer spiritual wisdom to the people of the world!” Trailer here: vimeo.com/216907604
Also from Florence, Gia Bernini, author of “Corinander,” about her bilingual/bicultural life, is also a Colombian therapist who offers counseling in Spanish. What are the particular challenges in the Latino communities?
Lillian Torres, la ponceña por excelencia, y yo hablamos sobre Whitefish y como la “corruoción juega ajedrez otra vez” (Juan Luis Guerra).
We are sung out by Marc Anthnoy singing “Preciosa,” Puerto Rico’s other national anthem.
Friday, November 3, 201711/03/2017
CPR For The Democratic Party
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11/3: Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution! Charlie King and Susan Triolo on “The War on Labor 100 Years Ago and Today.” John Cavanagh, Director of the Washington, D.C. (and Northampton) – based Institute for Policy Studies, on Trump’s proposed tax cuts.
Thursday, November 2, 201711/02/2017
When Trump Country Came To Leverett, MA
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11/2: “Hands Across the Hills:” Leverett hosts tell us about their amazing weekend with their guests from Trump Country, coal country, Kentucky; then, Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, and Rev. Kelly Gallagher star again —because they are stars.
Wednesday, November 1, 201711/01/2017
War Tax Resistance
In Bill Newman
11/1: Iconic activist Loretta Ross and Ruth Benn, Coordinator, National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, on White Supremacy in the Age of Trump and active and effective resistance. Then, Cool Films with Emmy Award-wining filmmaker Larry Hott—on two new political films you absolutely want to see.
