Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, August 5, 201708/05/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 8.5.17
The First Rant: Before Sen. John McCain cast the decisive vote that ended the cruel healh care bill, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, Republicans of Alaska and Maine, respectively, set the bill on its doomed path. Also, how one Northampton email list serv handled a delicate disagreement about airplane noises.
Award-winning filmmaker and Florence resident Larry Hott reviews “The Settlers,” about the controversial settements in Israel that drive a searing wedge among Israelis, Palestinians and Jews in the U.S. Trailer here: settlersfilm.com/
Matt Szafranski, founder and editor of Western Mass. Politcs and Insight [wmasspi.com], unpacks the municipal elections in Holyoke and Springfield, and what the return of former Springfield state Rep. Cheryl Coakley Rivera means for her city now that she is running for City Council.
Rant 2: The trumpster fires continue, with his backing of an immigration bill that would redefine who’s a worthy immigrant.
We are sung out by Maná, “Eres Mi Religión.’”
Image from the documentary “The Settlers.”
Friday, July 28, 201707/28/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 7.29.17
Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “Oklahoma City,” about the white supremacy movement that was reactivated in the 1990s. Trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=bcJ7P-nxQGo
Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker took it upon herself to mourn all the African Americans who were lynched in the United States with a homegoing that she has presented twice so far, most recently at St. John’s Congregational Chycrh in Springfield. “Ashes to Ashes” are the final words in typical African American funeral services. Many of those who were murdered by the Klan to maintain the reign of white supremacy never received their “Ashes to Ashes.” The goal of this project is to acknowledge and mourn the African Americans who were racially terrorized during the Jim Crow era after the Civil War and until this very day. Some endured lynching and other forms of brutalization and, therefore, they never received a proper burial. More about Dr. Whitaker’s work here: ShirleyWhitaker.com
La ponceña Lillian Torres y yo hablamos de todo un poco sobre la política en Puerto Rico, y en EEUU.
We are sung out by the Gypsy King, “Tu Quieres Volver.”
Image of “Ashes to Ashes” by Natalia Muñoz.
Wednesday, July 26, 201707/26/2017
Western Mass Business Show 7.29.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
7.29.17 Tim O’Brien talks with Robin Brown from The Lord Jeffery Inn
Tuesday, July 25, 201707/25/2017
The Food That Makes The Woman
In Bill Newman
7/25: Laura Shapiro, author of “Six Remarkable Women and the Food that Tells Their Stories;” Timmon Wallis, author of “Disarming the Nuclear Argument: The Truth about Nuclear Weapons;” New Century Theatre presents “Hold These Truths” with actor Greg Watanabe and director Sheila Siragusa.
Tuesday, July 25, 201707/25/2017
Every Dark Cloud Has A Josh Silver Lining
In Bill Newman
7/24: Josh Silver, CEO of represent.US, on politics not as usual; Silverthorne Theater presents “Chapatti” with Nick Simms and Jane Barish; then, “Cool Films with Larry Hott” and Julia Reichert.
Saturday, July 22, 201707/22/2017
Western Mass Business Show
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Ira speaks with Eric Hagopian, who sold his 3rd generation company and bought another, now tuning it up to his specifications.
