Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, January 25, 201701/25/2017

Viva The Revolution

In Bill Newman

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!

In Bill Newman

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

In Bill Newman

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

In Bill Newman

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?

In Bill Newman

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.

Friday, January 20, 201701/20/2017

Future of UMass Football

In Bill Newman

1/18: Max Page and UMass Athletic Director Ryan Bamford on the future (or not?) of UMass football; state rep Aaron Vega joins Natalia Munoz on Vaya con Munoz.

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