Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

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.”

Wednesday, May 2, 201805/02/2018

Valley Gives Day Live From The Shea

In Bill Newman

5/1: VALLEY GIVES!! Live from the Shea.

Monday, April 30, 201804/30/2018

Where Will The Budget Budge?

In Bill Newman

4/30: State Representative from Holyoke Aaron Vega on all things political in Massachusetts; state representative candidate for the First Hampshire District, Lindsay Sabadosa; a preview of the upcoming 16th Annual Anti-Racism Film Festival with Pam Kelly, Molly Chambers, and Carl McCargo.

Monday, April 30, 201804/30/2018

Mind Games

In Bill Newman

4/27: Roy Eidelson, author of “ Political Mind Games: How the 1% manipulate our understanding of what’s happening, what’s right and what’s possible;” Bill Clement and Nancy Feldman from the Broadside and Joan Grenier from the Odyssey

preview Indie Day; singer-songwriter Ben Grosscup and Jeff Napolitano, Director of the Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, give us a peek at Shazam!, this Saturday’s confab.

Saturday, April 28, 201804/28/2018

Western Mass Business Show 4.28.18

In The Western Mass. Business Show

This Saturday, April 28th, at 11am, hear Ira speak with Jon Anderson of Sidehill Consulting about how he trains and improves sales teams and sales management; how what makes a salesperson great doesn’t translate to managing a team; what systems help keep salespeople properly focuses; what makes a customer loyal to a salesperson; and his perspectives on the classic tension between sales and production.

Thursday, April 26, 201804/26/2018

Swords In The Hands of Children

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4/26: Jonathan Lerner, author of “Swords in the Hands of Children: Reflections of an American Revolutionary;” “The Reverend and the Rabbi” and the Workers Center; Jane Maloof, founder and director of the Old-Growth Forest Network, on her upcoming presentation at Smith College.

Wednesday, April 25, 201804/25/2018

Jam For Bread

In Bill Newman

4/25: Live in the studio– The Northamptones with Director Beau Flahive and from the MANNA Soup Kitchen Board of Directors, Naomi Tannen.

Tuesday, April 24, 201804/24/2018

Get Serious

In Bill Newman

Serious Play! The Fringe Festival and the Red Guitar with Sheryl Stoodley and John Sheldon; The Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has—take it! And Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman.

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