Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, January 26, 201701/26/2017

“And the one that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all.”

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1/26: Nancy Jo Sales, author of “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers;” Ayelet Waldman, author of “A Really Good Day,” the story of her microdosing LSD; the Reverend and the Rabbi with Peter Ives, Justin David, Yael Petretti, and Carole Bull.

Wednesday, January 25, 201701/25/2017

Viva The Revolution

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1/25: CPR –the Continuing the Political Revolution with Susan Triolo and Ferd Wulkan; Natalia Munoz and Holyoke City Councilor Nelson Roman join our political mashup; first, the struggle for civil rights with Jon Else, author of “True South: Henry Hampton and ‘Eyes on the Prize’, the Landmark Television Series That Reframed the Civil Rights Movement.”

Tuesday, January 24, 201701/24/2017

Western Mass Business Show 1.21.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with the legendary Dean from Dean’s Beans

Tuesday, January 24, 201701/24/2017

Climate Action NOW!

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1/24: Rachel Maddow with Monte Belmonte; Climate Change in a Time of Crisis with Brit Albritton, Professor Nat Fortune, & Lilly Lombard; Smith College Professor of History Elizabeth Pryor, author of “Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War;” Max Page on the Obama education legacy.

Tuesday, January 24, 201701/24/2017

On The Money (1/25/17)

https://soundcloud.com/whmp-onthemoney/on-the-money-12517 Inflation is up 2%, how does that affect you? Is there a replacement coming for the 401K? Is the…

Monday, January 23, 201701/23/2017

The First Bill Newman Show Under President (Gulp) Trump

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1/23: Josh Silver , CEO of represent.US, on the beginnings of the Trump presidency; Kate Hennessey author of a new book about the founder of the radical Catholic Worker and candidate for sainthood “Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of [her] Grandmother.”

Monday, January 23, 201701/23/2017

Hear Rachel Maddow’s Speech at Smith College

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Former Pioneer Valley radio host and current host of The Rachel Maddow on MSNBC gave a post inaugural talk with…

Saturday, January 21, 201701/21/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.21.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Friday, January 20, 201701/20/2017

Robotic

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1/20: The Supreme Judicial Court decision on the Massachusetts drug lab scandal with ACLU of Massachusetts attorney Adriana Lafaille; robots at the Sci-Tech Cafe with MHC physics prof. Kathy Aidala and UMass College of Information and Computer Sciences prof. Joydeep Biswas; Inside/Out with UMass Museum of Contemporary Art curator Eva Fierst.

Friday, January 20, 201701/20/2017

What’s in a Name?

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1/19: The Turners Falls High School controversy over the school “mascot” (a Native American) with Rhonda Anderson, Laurie Leyshon and Amalia FourHawks; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, Professors Carlie Tartakov and Gary Tartakov on this weekend marches and protests.

Recent Headlines

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Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programs important to Democrats.

16 hours ago in National

US takes a stake in another company, this one is operating a massive lithium mine in Nevada

The Department of Energy will take a 5% equity stake in the miner, which is based in Vancouver. It will also take a 5% stake in the Thacker Pass lithium mining project, a joint venture with General Motors.

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Delta jets have a ‘low-speed collision’ on LaGuardia taxiway, injuring 1

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Gatorade and Cheetos are among the Pepsi products getting a natural dye makeover

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16 hours ago in National

Tesla reports surprise increase in sales in third quarter

Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third-quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30.