Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Friday, March 10, 201703/10/2017

Western Mass Business Show 3.11.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Amy Cahillane from the Downtown Northampton Association talks with Jordana Starr and Mike Schilling from Beerology, Northampton.

Friday, March 10, 201703/10/2017

You Are Not Alone

In Bill Newman

3/10: New York times best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems on “You Are Not Alone;” sculptor Harriet Diamond on “Driven from Their Homes,” a diaspora in miniature, and Judson Brown from the Valley Syrian Relief Committee, on that conflict and the suffering.

Thursday, March 9, 201703/09/2017

For Such A Time As This

In Bill Newman

3/9: Rabbi Riqi Kosovske; Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Peter Ives, and Rev.-Rabbi (sort of) Monte Belmonte on Purim, the book of Esther, anti-Semitism, threats to Jewish Community Centers and Donald Trump, and Israel’s ban of BDS supporters; professor Adam Alter, author of “Irresistible: the Rise of Addictive technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.”

Wednesday, March 8, 201703/08/2017

The Day Without Women

In Bill Newman

3/8: We celebrate International Women’s Day with Code Pink’s Susan Lantz and new American citizen and refugee from Burma Moo Kho Paw; Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on Oscar- nominated documentaries; Natalia Munoz and Masslive and Republican newspaper reporter Elizabeth Roman.

Tuesday, March 7, 201703/07/2017

Muslim Ban: Mission Accomplished

In Bill Newman

3/7: Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the effect of Trump’s Muslim ban and then, particularly under present circumstances, seven planets where you might want to resettle; PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts) founder Max Page on the “State of the University.”

Monday, March 6, 201703/06/2017

Has The World Forgotten The Sudan?

In Bill Newman

3/6: Sudan expert, 40 year Smith College and now Harvard, professor Eric Reeves on the ongoing genocide and the world turning a blind eye; Lindsay Sabadosa on the International Women’s Day protest and rally in Northampton; a very special edition of “Black in the Valley” with Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov and 106-year-old African-American community elder Herlda Senhouse.

Saturday, March 4, 201703/04/2017

Western Mass Business Show 3.4.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

3.4.17 Tim O’Brien from the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce talks to the head of another organization working towards the same goals, Sarah La Cour and The Amherst BID

Saturday, March 4, 201703/04/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.4.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Janine Fondon is an Assistant Professor and Chair of Communications at Bay Path University, and one of the conveners of the March 8 “On the Move Forum” that honors our collective intention to advance women — from Seneca Falls to Houston for the 1977 Women’s Conference and now Longmeadow, MA. The 1977 Conference official photographer Diana Mara Henry will also be at the forum, to be held at Blake Commons at Bay Path. The purpose is to dialogue, inspire action, and educate the next generation– all to salute those legacy leaders who pledged to advance women some 40 years ago and recognize those who continue the work today. Sign up here: www.onthemoveforum.com.
La historiadora y coordinadora de Arecibo es Color, el proyecto cultural de Arecibo, Cynthia Velázquez, comparte su perspectiva de cómo la crisis de Puerto Rico se va desarrollando.
The Voice of Puerto Rican Lucecita Benítez sings us out with “Canto a Borinquen,” a love song to Borinquen, the Taíno name that means home of the brave, and that we call Puerto Rico.
Photo courtesy of Bay Path University

Friday, March 3, 201703/03/2017

Brown Girl Dreaming of Another Brooklyn

In Bill Newman

3/3: A day of Jaquelines! NPR with Rich Michelson and Jacqueline Woodson; then, Jacqueline Sheehan on her new novel “the tiger in the house;” Harriet Diamond joins Betsy Stone on “Inside/Out.”

Thursday, March 2, 201703/02/2017

Father Abraham Had Many Children

In Bill Newman

3/2: A very special expanded edition of “The Reverend and the Rabbi” with Tahirah Amatul Wadud; “Your State U” with Max Page.

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