Podcasts
Podcasts
Thursday, March 23, 201703/23/2017
Will Trumpcare Trump Romneycare in MA?
In Bill Newman
3/23: State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on Safe Communities, healthcare & Medicaid & TrumpCare, and marijuana and the legislature’s joint committee; Smith College prof. and renown sports expert Andrew Zimbalist on his new book about March Madness, money, and the NCAA monopoly; Rev. Vanessa Cardinale, pastor at the South Amherst Congregational Church, joins Rev. Peter Ives on “The Reverend and the Rabbi;” plus a preview of this Sunday’s community gathering– the Constitution at the Haymarket.
Wednesday, March 22, 201703/22/2017
Not In My Backyard or Yours
In Bill Newman
3/22: Katy Eisman, CEO of MassPLAN (Pipeline Awareness Network) and PLAN for the Northeast, on the recent win for environmentalists at the First Circuit Court of Appeals, perhaps a short-lived victory given the soon-be released decision by the state environmental agency; Sharon Saline on “Here’s Where I Let Go,” an original cabaret this weekend at the NHS Black-Box Theater; A very cool “Cool Films with Larry Hott” on PVJFF, the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival; And Vaya con Munoz, where we pose to Natalia Munoz the vexing question, “What have you done now?”
Tuesday, March 21, 201703/21/2017
Before The Vote/After
In Bill Newman
3/21: Jane Yolen on “Before the Vote [and] After;” Barbara Diamond Goldin on “The Passover Cowboy;” “Your State U “ on the disappearing $30 million at UMass Boston; and a make-you-pee-in-your-pants funny “Comedy Quiz” on Summer Camp with the Ha Has.
Monday, March 20, 201703/20/2017
Rise Up Singing
In Bill Newman
3/20: Serious Play and the return of “The Endgame Project” with Sheryl Stoodley and Rand Foerster; Elinor Lipman “On Turpentine Lane;” and a special edition of “Black in the Valley.”
Saturday, March 18, 201703/18/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 3.18.17
Larry Hott and the organizers on the 12th Annual Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Springfield Jewish Community Center, runs March 18 through April 4, 2017, screening 22 films in 9 cities and towns across Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties. More info here: http://pvjff.org
Also, Estela López, an educator living in Hartford, originally from Cuba and Puerto Rico, on mixed identities and desires.
The soul queen of Cuba, la Lupe, sings us out with “Lamento Boricano,” a national anthem of sorts for Puerto Rico. As Cuban journalist, poet and rabblerouser José Martí said, Puerto Rico and Cuba are two wings of the same bird.
Saturday, March 18, 201703/18/2017
Western Mass Business Show 3.18.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
3.18.17 Ira talks with Angela Lussier on her new endeavor, Speaker Sisterhood.
Saturday, March 18, 201703/18/2017
Valley Voices 3/18/17
WHMP’s Stephanie Slysz talks with Diana Sierra of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center to talk about their Sanctuary in the Streets organizing. In the second half of the show, Casey Pease, Worthington resident, UMass student, former Bernie Sanders campaign staffer, and community organizer reflects on the Democratic Party, recent DNC Chair election, and what it needs to do going forward after Hillary Clinton’s loss in November.
Friday, March 17, 201703/17/2017
A Saint Paddy’s Serenade
In Bill Newman
3/17: Dana Warren, age 9, a capella, sings the Irish National Anthem to celebrate St. Patrick’s day; also, District Attorney Dave Sullivan, Judge Michael Ryan, and political activist Billy O’Riordan on the prosecution and execution of Daley and Halligan in Northampton, refugees, and the death penalty; Attorney Terry Nagel on the upcoming Trump tax protest; Scott Coen and pitching for the Red Sox.
Thursday, March 16, 201703/16/2017
Sanctuary in the Streets
In Bill Newman
3/16: Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Margaret Sawyer, Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center’s Rose Bookbinder on sanctuary; Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of “Lowed Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy.”
Wednesday, March 15, 201703/15/2017
The Jewish Film Festival Returns
In Bill Newman
3/15: The return of the wandering Jewish Film Festival with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott and JFF’s Deb Krivoy and Carlin Treitsh; Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach, authors of “The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone;” Photographer Pablo Delano joins Natalia Munoz;
