Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, May 12, 201805/12/2018
Western Mass Business Show 5.12.18
In The Western Mass. Business Show
This Saturday, May 12th, at 11am, hear Ira speak with
POSITRONIC DAVE CAPUTO & IRENE MASSE who are about to enter the new world of cultivating recreational marijuana at Positronic Farms. We will discuss his decision to locate his growing facility in Holyoke, the competitive advantage of “green grown green,” the support of Mayor Alex Morse, their search for funding, the market for RecMed cannabis that could do good without the medical claims, how his model evades some problems other cannabis growers will face, and his view of how legal cannabis will affect business and society.
Saturday, May 12, 201805/12/2018
Vaya Con Muñoz 5.12.18
Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews a six-part documentary series about a 1980s cult, “Wild, Wild Country.” Trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=hBLS_OM6Puk
Hablamos con Lillian Torres y Emma Febosobre lo último en nuestro Puerto Rico.
Matt Szafranski, founder and editor of Western Mass. Politics and Insight [wmasspi.com], on the rise and fall of state Sen. Stan Rosenberg, and the races for state seats representing WMass.
Friday, May 11, 201805/11/2018
This Whole Thing Is Gonna Blow!
In Bill Newman
5/11: From the Northampton Survival Center: Diane Drochon, Volunteer Coordinator and Bill Mullen, Pantry Coordinator, on the Post Office Food Drive;
Hampshire College professor and scientist Salman Hameed on dangerous orange things exploding—one in Hawaii, the other in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, May 10, 201805/10/2018
Hamp Heroes
In Bill Newman
5/10: Social activist heroes: Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Peter Ives, and homeless advocate Yvonne Freccero; Josh Zakim, candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State; Jim Levy for SOS and the NEF.
Wednesday, May 9, 201805/09/2018
The New President of Hampshire College
In Bill Newman
5/9: Miriam Nelson, incoming President of Hamsphire College, on her vision for the future of liberal arts education.
Tuesday, May 8, 201805/08/2018
The End of An Era
In Bill Newman
5/8: Ryan O’Donnell, State Senate candidate; Ralph Nader, former presidential candidate; Peter Blanchette, Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra founder and maestro; Penny Burke, Director, Northampton Center for the Arts.
Monday, May 7, 201805/07/2018
Black Mother’s Day
In Bill Newman
5.7.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with the folks from Hands Across The Hills, who just got back from a red state/blue state exchange program in Kentucky. And with Dr. Sonji Johnson-Anderson about the challenges of black motherhood this Mothers Day Week.
Saturday, May 5, 201805/05/2018
Western Mass Business Show 5.5.18
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Ira speaks with Lynne Nicole Smith of Yoga & Healing Arts Therapy about how Qigong Infused Yoga, which she teaches at retreats, senior centers, fitness clubs and studios around Pioneer Valley, supports people in achieving their health goals in an affordable and empowering way; and how she emphasizes teaching so that people can continue to use the tools they learn at home to manage stress with skill in their everyday life.
Saturday, May 5, 201805/05/2018
Vaya Con Muñoz 5.5.18
The heart wants what it wants and sometimes it makes a mistake of epic proportions but almost always it is a private matter. In the case of state Sen. Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, it was a public heartbreak and my heart goes out to him.
Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott brings Garth Stevenson to the studio to talk about movie soundtracks. Garth wrote the soundtrack for the recently released movie, “Chappaquiddick,” directed by John Curran. Trailer here: https:/youtube.com/watch?v=qG-c8DtOm9g
Neftalí Durán, community activist, and Iohann Vega, host of Radioplasma podcast [radioplasma.com] were among several people who wrote to the Amherst Chamber of Commerce to not use their culture as a prop as the chamber celebrated something called “Margarita Maddness.” This segment is in Spanish, and an English version recorded for the Bill Newman Show is avalaible online as well on his podcast.
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.
