Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, December 4, 201712/04/2017
The Next Governor of Massachusetts?
In Bill Newman
12/4: Bob Massie, candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor; MIT professor and labor expert Tom Kochan, author of “Shaping the Future of Work: A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract.”
Saturday, December 2, 201712/02/2017
Western Mass Business Show 12.2.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
12.2.17 Ira talks with Skip Matthews from Lewis and Clark Drug
Saturday, December 2, 201712/02/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 12.2.17
We hear a recording of Koko Taylor’s “I;m a Woman,” apt for this new era of sexual harassment finally being part of the public conversation about women and respect.
Florence-based filmmaker Larry reviews “Tickling Giants,” which Larry sums up as a compelling statement on “humor to power.” Trailer here: http://www.ticklinggiants.com/
Matt Szafranski, founder and edtor of Western Mass. Politics and Insight online, draws one of the most interesting political threads when he interwines MGM, Las Vegas, Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Unions and Springfield. Whoaaaa!
We hear a snippet from Stephen Colbert’s interview with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz this week. She lists some organizations that are helping Puyerto Ricans, half of whom still do not have electricty 2+ months after Hurricane María ripped through the island.
Shakira sings us out with “Hips Don’t Lie.”
Friday, December 1, 201712/01/2017
Tickling Giants
In Bill Newman
11.30.17 A discussion of the seemingly never ending list of powerful men who have done horrible things to women. A review of the film “Tickling Giants” by Flollywood’s Larry Hott. Talking birds with Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple. And congratulating our Rabbi, Justin David on his humanitarian award.
Tuesday, November 28, 201711/28/2017
Will Massachusetts Put Higher Ed on Higher Ground?
In Bill Newman
11.28 Max Paige guest hosts with State Senate President Stan Rosenberg and another installment of the Comedy Quiz on body language.
Monday, November 27, 201711/27/2017
Is There Finally A Cultural Shift Going On?
In Bill Newman
11.27.17 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks Trump, Northampton’s inclusivity problems and the paradigm shift.
Tuesday, November 21, 201711/21/2017
Western Mass Business Show 11.25.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Ira speaks w Lennie Applequist from Cider House Media about how his LA movie industry background helps him tell people’s stories online
Saturday, November 18, 201711/18/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 11.18.17
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez want Puerto Rico’s $74 billion to be forgiven because between that and Hurricane María, how in the world will Puerto Rico rebuild? Good point. But who will pay for the debt then?
The lights are either still out or go on and off and so that 1970s mega hit, “El Fuá (La Luz)” by Alfonso Vélez, comes to mind. We hear a bit of that song.
Larry Hott brings Roger Sorkin, another Florence-based filmmaker and founder of American Resilience (AmRes.org), a non-profit documentary film production company that produces films on the enviroment to bring together people of disparate views in order to help enact polcy changes that benefit all of us. Trailer of Sorkin’s fim, “Tidewater,” here: amresproject.org/tidewater-film
Part 1 of my conversation with Betty Medina Lichtenstein, executive director of the Holyoke-based Enlance de Familias, one of the organizations that is helping Puerto Ricans coming to the region because of the catastrophic effects of Hurricane María.
En nuestro segmento de De Todo Un Poco, Lillian Torres y yo hablamos sobre el hostigamiento sexual y cómo sería un día si los hombres se quedaran en su casas.
We are sung out by Estéro Bomba, “Soy Yo.”
Image from “Tideawater” used with permission.
