Podcasts

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Tuesday, October 22, 202410/22/2024

Making Decisions

In Talk The Talk

10/22/24: Political Gold with Josh Silver: the White House, the Senate & the House. Steve Sanderson: the NEF Adult Spelling Bee. Duke Goldman—he’s front-page news: the World Series, the Negro Leagues & remembering Luis Tiant. Marissa Labozzetta: “The Men Who Walk in Dreams.”

Monday, October 21, 202410/21/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 10.12.24 — Robin Bialecki & Pat Brough

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we hear from Robin Bialecki ED of the Easthampton Community Center about her dedicated approach to helping the community meet it’s needs. Under her leadership (since 2008) the ECC has grown to helping all four counties reach the gaps that they have in their respective needs. From food insecurity, housing, job loss, relocation, and more, the ECC has risen to the level that the clients demand (open 7 days). Robin and her team have a hard time saying no and as a result have steadily increased their capacity to serve more and more clients for over 46 years. As one of the only gluten and allergy free pantries in WMA they get many requests for food specific and sensitive care products. Robin gets this done through her over 200 volunteer staff that help throughout the year, including Pat Brough, Sales and Marketing Director for Finck & Perras Insurance. 10 years ago, he helped co-create the much beloved event Give Em the Bird 5K which is a benefit for the ECC. In 2015, they raised 10,000 and they now hope to raise more than 35,000 this year. With over 55 sponsors, I think they have a shot at having their best year ever.

Megan Zinn and Joy Baglio

Monday, October 21, 202410/21/2024

Getting to the End

In Talk The Talk

10/21/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: the five MA ballot questions. Drs. Lewis Cohen & Jeffrey Zesiger: “WINTER’S END: Dementia and Dying Well”— making end-of-life decisions. Rep Natalie Blais: voting deadlines & why your vote really matters. Megan Zinn w/ Joy Baglio, founder, Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop.

Saturday, October 19, 202410/19/2024

Panorama — Episode 90– Ballot Question 4 Psychedelic

In Panorama

Originally aired on October 19, 2024. Nate Clifford, co-owner of Cornucopia, and Jamie Morey, the Community Engagement Director for Massachusetts for Mental Health Options, founder of Parents for Plant Medicine, and co-founder of Veterans for Plant Medicine. Nate and Jamie mount a powerful case for voting YES on Question 4. They share their stories battling mental issues, trauma, and how psychedelics transformed their lives.

Friday, October 18, 202410/18/2024

The Hustler Files Ep 82

In The Hustler Files

CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE, WITH GOD’S GRACE, TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW

Sheriff Kieran Donahue of Canyon County, Idaho, will tell you it’s humbling to be a Sheriff that’s responsible for a jurisdiction that encompasses 602 square miles, with a population of close to 250,000, but then again, Sheriff Donahue is no ordinary Sheriff. Sheriff Kieran Donahue’s career reads like an adventure novel and maybe that’s because it’s been just that. From an Alaskan Fish & Game Warden, to a scuba diver on the Exxon Valdez, to working undercover on the Federal Task Force, he’ll also tell you that his career has been undeniably directed by God. As Sheriff Donahue prepares to take on a fourth term for Canyon County, he’s been privileged to also hold his current role as President of the National Sheriffs’ Association, oh and let’s not forget that he’s also a subject matter expert on the Mexican Cartels, their relationship with China, the Northern and Southern borders, and the people and drugs that are being smuggled into the United States, on a daily basis.

Adam Hinds

Friday, October 18, 202410/18/2024

Our Ballots Ourselves

In Talk The Talk

10/18/24: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Climate Bill and the 5 Mass ballot questions. MTA Pres Max Page responds to opponents of Ballot Q 2 (MCAS as a h.s. grad requirement). ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Kat Adler: “A Happening IV: Leviathan” at the Shea. GCC science prof Brian Admas w/ Will Savitri of PV Squared: solar power now! Adam Hinds, CEO of the Kennedy Inst for U.S. Senate: the venality of our politics.

McSherry

Thursday, October 17, 202410/17/2024

All the Words Fit to Print & Speak & Spell

In Talk The Talk

10/17/24: Gazette & Recorder Exec Editor Dan Crowley: the stories they print. Edwards Church Rev Michael McSherry: the words we speak. Megan Zinn & Lisa Papademetriou: the Nhmptn Education Fndn’s Spelling Bee. Prof Rafael Martinez: his migrant story & “Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the U.S.”

Larry Hott

Wednesday, October 16, 202410/16/2024

Light Sound & Fury

In Talk The Talk

10/16/24: Paul Newlin: Grammy-nominated “Ball in the House”—coming to Whately. Larry Hott hosts “In Light of Time” w/ artists Mary Ann Kelly, Laura Radwell & Carolyn Webb. Defense expert Michael Klare: bigger wars –soon? now? Prof Michael Meeropol: fascism v. democracy –the choice before the country again. Sexual harassment & the Holyoke police with Shoestring Investigative Editor Dusty Christensen.

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker

Tuesday, October 15, 202410/15/2024

Where We Stand

In Talk The Talk

10/15/24: Eric Reeves, trustee, Darfur Bar Ass’n: humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan. Our spooky, seasonally appropriate monthly Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Pam Victor, & Jess Tyler. Ballot Question 5 –raising the minimum wage for tipped workers w/ Smith Prof Carrie Baker & Fair Wage Mass Grace McGovern. The Capitol Fools w/ writer Mark Eaton.

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