Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, April 19, 201704/19/2017

The Single Largest Dismissal of Wrongful Convictions in U.S. History

In Bill Newman

4/19: Sheryl Stoodley and Robin Doty from Serious Play! preview “BLANK.” Then Henry Beard, author of “How to Succeed in Business and Politics and Everything Else Without Really Trying with ‘SpIn glish’— the Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately deceptive Language.”

Tuesday, April 18, 201704/18/2017

Valley Voices 4/15/17

WHMP’s Stephanie Slysz covers the Easthampton High School #NoHateHere rally and School Committee Meeting following the April 11 peaceful demonstration to uncover more of the story behind incidents of hate and racism some say have been mishandled by school administration.

Tuesday, April 18, 201704/18/2017

Tax Day: What’s Fair Fare?

In Bill Newman

4/18: A just too funny “Comedy Quiz” with the Ha Has;” then, our tax day celebration with T.R. Reid, author of “A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System.”

Monday, April 17, 201704/17/2017

Stories From His Life’s Journey (So Far)

In Bill Newman

4/17: Beloved reporter and columnist Fred Contrada on his battles with Parkinson’s disease and a preview of “The Columns of Fred Contrada.” Also, a very special “Black in the Valley.”

Saturday, April 15, 201704/15/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.15.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

IN ENGLISH: Gricel Martínez Ocasio and Nicole Lashomb are the publisher and editor in chief, respectively, of The Rainbow Times, the largest LGBTQ newspaper in New England, now in its 10th year. Here is the link: http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/
Filmmaker Larry Hott says that “The Imposter” is one of the best documentaries he has seen, so that means it is one of the best. Link to trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDjpnpzw4GY
EN ESPAÑOL: Ariadna Goenaga reseña “Stranger Things,” la serie de ciencia ficción presentada por Netflix. Viene la segunda temporada este año, y con razón, dice ella.
Puerto Rican troubadour Roy Brown signs us out with “Boricua en la luna.”

Friday, April 14, 201704/14/2017

Get Out The Vote (And Pick 1,2 & 3)

In Bill Newman

Thursday, April 13, 201704/13/2017

Author Justifies Monte’s Day-Drinking

In Bill Newman

4/13: Bianca Bosker, author of “Cork Dork, a Wine-Fueled Adventure…” tells us all we want to know about wine(s) and tells Monte, It’s all OK (SORT OF!); Professor Roger Ekrich, author of “American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution” calls for sanctuary in America for political dissidents abroad; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Chris Mereschuk, from the Haydenville Congregational Church, on Passover and Jesus’ last days.

Wednesday, April 12, 201704/12/2017

Music & Politics

In Bill Newman

4/12: Live in the studio, the incomparable singer-songwriter Nerissa Nields previews Saturday’s benefit concerned for the ACLU; Carolyn Oppenheim and Andrew Larkin preview Monday’s Patriot Day’s protest in Northampton; and New Yorker writer David Owens reviews and previews the fights for water—his new book is “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River.”

Monday, April 10, 201704/10/2017

Can We Force Our Governments To Represent Us?

In Bill Newman

4/10: Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US on Democrats in Georgia, political ethics and direct democracy in South Dakota; and money in politics everywhere; Naila Moreira, Writer in Residence at Forbes Library, with authors Therese Soukar Chehade, and Emanuel Dongala on War, Conflict and Refugees: the literature of crisis.

Saturday, April 8, 201704/08/2017

Western Mass Business Show 4.8.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

4.8.17 Ira Bryck talks with Carlyn Saltman of Video Mirror Feedback and Coaching

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