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Saturday, February 10, 201802/10/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.10.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

We hear a clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live! The comic and entertainer tried to persuade anti-DACA people to rise to their better agnels if they could just meet a dreamer in person. Some bullies never stop. Video clip here: youtube.com/watch?v=5QY5pLQqIYM
Filmmaker Larry Hott waxes philosophical with Monte Belmonte, Bill Newman and I on what the five documentaries nominated for the Oscars Best Documentary say about our time. Clips from the nominated films here: whttp://oscar.go.com/nominees/documentary-feature
Matt Szafranski, founder and editor of Western Mass. Politics and Insight [wmasspi.com] on the tragic consequences one of our best public servants, state Sen. Stan Rosenberg, is facing as a result of alleged misconsuct by his husband, Bryon Hefner.
We are sung out with “Ciega Sordomuda,” by Shakira.
Image from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Youtube.

Friday, February 9, 201802/09/2018

Ain’t Gonna Let College Loans Turn Me Around

In Bill Newman

2/9: Live in the studio the Smith college a capella group –Blackapella! Newman and Monte on pot; Eva Fierst on the arts in the valley this weekend.

Thursday, February 8, 201802/08/2018

Ethan at 21

In Bill Newman

2/8: Camille McGovern, founder of Whole Children, on this weekend’s premiere of the film about her son; Max Page on State Senate President Stan Rosenberg and all things UMass.

Wednesday, February 7, 201802/07/2018

Pretty Cool Festival

In Bill Newman

2/7: Penny Burke, on this weekend’s Ice Festival; Debra J’Anthony and Emily Curro from the Academy of Music on “Thurgood” and “The Valley Letters Project.”

Wednesday, February 7, 201802/07/2018

Free As Niberd

In Bill Newman

2/6: ACLUM Immigrant Protection Project attorney Buz Eisenberg with his recently released from ICE custody client Niberd Abdalla and his wife Ellen McShane; “Salman Hameed’s Universe” with Hampshire College and Five College professor of astronomy Salman Hameed.

Monday, February 5, 201802/05/2018

Black In The Valley In The 50’s

In Bill Newman

2/5: To celebrate Black/African-American History Month: Black in the Valley with hosts Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov with Smith College alum Dolores Cook (class of 1951); Northampton attorney David Hoose on the public defender crisis in Massachusetts, and UMass faculty Dan Chard, co-editor of just published “Science for the People.”

Saturday, February 3, 201802/03/2018

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.3.18

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The firing heard around our world. Women reject narrative Jeff Good put out about his firing.
Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” directed by Steve James and one of the five nominated documentaries at next month’s Oscars. Trailer here: abacusmovie.com/
La crítica de cne Ariadna Goenaga reseña “The Post”. Cuándo una película es dirigida por Steven Spielberg y protoganizada por la gran Meryl Streep y el gran Tom Hanks y cuenta con un elenco extraordinario de actores en papeles secundarios, puedes apostar que es magnífica. Corto aquí: youtube.com/watch?v=nrXlY6gzTTM
We are sung out with “Parranda del Sopón” by La Tuna de Cayey.
Picture of San Juan beach by Natalia Muñoz.

Saturday, February 3, 201802/03/2018

Western Mass Business Show 2.3.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

2.3.18 Ira talks with Meghan Lynch from Six Point Creative

Friday, February 2, 201802/02/2018

Understanding “The Memo”

In Bill Newman

2/2: Former head of the UA Attorney’s Office in western Massachusetts, Attorney John Pucci, on the Russia investigation and Trump’s strategy for shutting it down.

Thursday, February 1, 201802/01/2018

Tyrants Always Fall

In Bill Newman

2/1: ALIVE –REALLY ALIVE!! In the studio –The Northamptones; and then the Nields! And then, the Reverend and the Rabbi –Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David
on the rabbi’s new book.

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