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Saturday, November 18, 201711/18/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.18.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez want Puerto Rico’s $74 billion to be forgiven because between that and Hurricane María, how in the world will Puerto Rico rebuild? Good point. But who will pay for the debt then?
The lights are either still out or go on and off and so that 1970s mega hit, “El Fuá (La Luz)” by Alfonso Vélez, comes to mind. We hear a bit of that song.
Larry Hott brings Roger Sorkin, another Florence-based filmmaker and founder of American Resilience (AmRes.org), a non-profit documentary film production company that produces films on the enviroment to bring together people of disparate views in order to help enact polcy changes that benefit all of us. Trailer of Sorkin’s fim, “Tidewater,” here: amresproject.org/tidewater-film
Part 1 of my conversation with Betty Medina Lichtenstein, executive director of the Holyoke-based Enlance de Familias, one of the organizations that is helping Puerto Ricans coming to the region because of the catastrophic effects of Hurricane María.
En nuestro segmento de De Todo Un Poco, Lillian Torres y yo hablamos sobre el hostigamiento sexual y cómo sería un día si los hombres se quedaran en su casas.
We are sung out by Estéro Bomba, “Soy Yo.”
Image from “Tideawater” used with permission.

Saturday, November 18, 201711/18/2017

Western Mass Business Show 11.18.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Eric Nusbaum of Wheelwright Consulting, an expert on planning and fixing your restaurant

Friday, November 17, 201711/17/2017

Poems & Memoirs

In Bill Newman

11/17: Jennifer Levi, the lawyer who just won the case challenging Trump’s transgender military ban; “NPR—Northampton Poetry Radio” with Rich Michelson and poet and memoirist Richard Hoffman; Alison Morse, Director of Circles for Jewish Living, with Eveline MacDougall of Amandla Chorus fame –live in our studio!– give us a taste of this weekend’s story and musical confab.

Thursday, November 16, 201711/16/2017

Young@Heart Mash-Up V!

In Bill Newman

11/16: The Young@Heart Chorus in our studio –an amazing preview of this weekend’s musical mash-up; Tom Countryman, 35 year diplomat and Assistant Secretary of State under John Kerry for International Security and Non-Proliferation, on North Korea and threat of nuclear war; the Revered and the Rabbi on Sunday’s interfaith celebration of the new Hampshire Mosque.

Thursday, November 16, 201711/16/2017

Tidewater

In Bill Newman

11/15: Cool films with Larry Hott and filmmaker Roger Sorkin creator of “Tidewater”—on how rising sea levels threaten the United States.

Tuesday, November 14, 201711/14/2017

Buzz Marketing Bill Newman on MSNBC

In Bill Newman

11/14: The MSNBC Rachel Maddow/Lawrence O’Donnell handoff with Newman (Monte tells you the real scoop); Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US, on Roy Moore and sexual predators in government; Emily Curro from the Academy of Music and actor and author Jack Frye on “Einstein,” coming to the Academy; PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts ) founder Max Page on how Trump’s tax bill will cost students, colleges, and universities; Baron Wormser, whose new novel is “Tom O’ Vietnam” previews his Friday reading at Amherst Books

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.”

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