Podcasts
Podcasts
Wednesday, January 3, 201801/03/2018
Good News On The Trump Travel Ban?
In Bill Newman
1/3: Attorneys Buz Eisenberg and Bill Newman on yesterday’s immigration decision; poet Mary Koncel on “The Last Blond;” Filmmaker Larry Hott on the “Last Men in Aleppo;” Natalia Munoz on Hillary Clinton.
Tuesday, January 2, 201801/02/2018
What Will The Fair Share Amendment Mean for Education in MA?
In Bill Newman
1/2: Barbara Madeloni, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association; artists Betsy Stone & Russell Powell.
Saturday, December 30, 201712/30/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 12.30.17
How painful to say so but Hillary Clinton’s Onward Together organization is not transparent.
Larry Hott reviews “Strong Island,” about a black family that is mistreated by the law and order system. More here: strongislandfilm.com
Journalist and attorney — and my favorite former boss — Marie Grady on the critical role of the media in democracy and why playing to your base is bad for democracy.
Lillian Torres, la ponceña por exvelencia, regresó de la Isla y nos cuenta que vió.
We’re sung out with a Christmas song: Soy Boricua/Añoranzas.
Saturday, December 30, 201712/30/2017
Western Mass Business Show 12.30.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
12.30.17 Amy Cahillane talks with the organizers of First Night Northampton about Northampton’s biggest night.
Friday, December 29, 201712/29/2017
The Last Show of 2017
In Bill Newman
12/29 First Night performers Heather Maloney Ryan Hommel come by and rock our world.
Thursday, December 28, 201712/28/2017
The Last Night Of The Year
In Bill Newman
12/28: First Night performers including Peter Blanchette and Ray Mason rock the studio; plus a very special “Reverend and the Rabbi.”
Wednesday, December 27, 201712/27/2017
You May Say I’m A Dreamer…
In Bill Newman
12/27: Dreamers, DACAs, and allies.
Tuesday, December 26, 201712/26/2017
The Top 10 Higher Ed Stories of 2017
In Bill Newman
12/26: Max Page, founder of PHENOM, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, on the top ten Massachusetts education stories of 2017. Jane Lyons, Executive Director of Friends of Children, on the reporting (or not) of sexual abuse of children in the custody Massachusetts DCF.
Saturday, December 23, 201712/23/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 12.23.17
Should there be surveillance cameras in downtown Northampton? It’s a conversation worth having many times before the city decides to go one way or another. And BTW, calls for House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi to step aside aren’t helping. Plus, she’s awesome lady.
How does a film review about doping end up being a discussion about Sen. Al Franken and sexism and racism? Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “Icarus,” (on Netflix) as much about doping among Russian athletes as it is about politics an power. And Bill Newman and Monte Belmonte join us in the discussion.
In our Spanish-language segment, Carmen Montes and family members talk about having to move here from Puerto Rico because of the devastation wrought by the lethal combination of Hurricane María political corruption.
We are sung out by a Christmas song called “La Luz.”
