Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, July 1, 201707/01/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 7.1.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The Rant: The police officer who arrested Sandra Bland has been absolved even of perjury even though he lied about the circumstances surroundng why he arested her in the first place.
The Conversations: Filmmaker Larry Hott recommends “Cries from Syiria,” a documentary on the war there. Trailer: criesfromsyria.com/the-film
Matt Szafranski, founder and editor in chief of the best local blog on what’s happening in our region, Western Mass. Politics and Insight, (wmasspi.com) on Springfield Mayor Dominic Sarno and the particularly hostile language he’s been using lately in relation to undocumented immigrants and the new casino going on in East Windsor, CT.
Gricel Martínez Ocasio and Nicole Lashomb, founders and editors of The Rainbow Times (therainbowtimesmass.com), New England’s largest LGBTQ monthly and online news outlet.
Final rant about Trump and his tweets about the media.
We are sung out by Estrella Morente, “Coquinas.”

Saturday, July 1, 201707/01/2017

Western Mass Business Show 7.1.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Amy from the Downtown Northampton Association talks with the folks behind Sticks & Bricks and Assemble.

Friday, June 30, 201706/30/2017

Are We Doing “College” All Wrong?

6/30: Professor Jacques Berlinerblau, author of “Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students.” Then “Leaves of Grass” with poet and Paris Press founder Jan Freeman.

Thursday, June 29, 201706/29/2017

Don’t Bogart That Joint Legislation

In Bill Newman

6/29: State Senate President Stan Rosenberg takes the high road on marijuana and also discusses the effect of Trumpcare on Massachusetts.

Wednesday, June 28, 201706/28/2017

Is This Music Making Me Fat?

In Bill Newman

6/28: Charles Spence, author and researcher –head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford– on “Gastrophysics: the New Science of Eating.” Also, we fishwrap with Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, June 27, 201706/27/2017

The Forgotten Men in Guantanamo

In Bill Newman

6/27: Sherrill Hogen from Wintess against Torture and Paki Wieland from No More Guantanamos speak about the prisoners at GTMO still detained indefinitely and without trial and the demonstrations in the Valley tomorrow to remember them. Then, astronomer Salman Hameed on the universe and Wilco

Monday, June 26, 201706/26/2017

Baystate Nurses Strike

In Bill Newman

6/26: The Nurses LOCKED OUT by management at Baystate Franklin County Medical Center speak out. Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US, speaks up about why Democrats keep losing.

Saturday, June 24, 201706/24/2017

Western Mass Business Show 6.24.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Sheryl Fappiano from Golden Moments Spa & Elder Care Access headquarter in Florence, MA

Saturday, June 24, 201706/24/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.24.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Barton Byg is founding director of the DEFA Film Library, a film and video collection of East German films that he curates at UMass-Amherst. Larry Hott and I talk with Barton about the collection, which has more than 100 films, and which are avalable to the public.
En español, Lillian Torres nos habla sobre cómo podemos acabar con la violencia doméstica. Primero, hay que tener ganas.
La curadora Waleska Santiago nos comenta sobre una frase que está vigente en estos días — apropiación cultural. ¿Es una queja válida? Waleska es la curadora de la exhibición fotográfica “Cuba en trasición” que estará en la Galería A.P.E. en la 129 de la calle Main hasta mañana. El fotógrafo norteamericano Mark Guglielmo fue a Cuba y regresó con una imágenes espectaculares.
We are sung out by El Chicano with the lovely ballad “Sabor a mi.”
Image of a scene from the film “Carla,” whcih was presented by the DEFA Library last October.

Thursday, June 22, 201706/22/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.17.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

An extended conversation with filmmaker Lary Hott on “Get Me Roger Stone,” a documentary about the power behind the Republican Party’s transformation from the traditional party of Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan and Bush into what it is now. As they say on Fox, you decide. Trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=5IPyv4KgTAA
Also, photographer Mark Guglielmo and curator Waleska Santiago on racism, education, everything really, and transition in Cuba, as part of the exhibit “Cuba in Transition: Narrative and Perspective,” currently at the A.P.E. Gallery, 129 Main St. in Northampton. Today at 2 pm there will be a bilingual discussion with members of the Cuban Diáspora; on June 22 at 6 pm, Mark and Waleska will talk with the public about the exhibit. More info here: northamptonartscouncil.org/2017/04/mark-guglielmo-cuba-in-transition.html
We are sung out by Beny Moré of Cuba singing “Mucho Corazón,” lyrics by Mexican Emma Elena Valdelamar.
Image with permission by Mark Guglielmo.

Recent Headlines

1 day ago in National

Pam Bondi faces a closed-door questioning from House lawmakers over the Epstein files

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the Trump administration's botched release of the Epstein case files.

2 days ago in National

A large fire has erupted at an apartment complex in Dallas

Firefighters battled a large fire that erupted Thursday at an apartment complex in Dallas, where debris from one collapsed building lay heaped on the ground while flames and black smoke billowed into the sky. Neighbors reported hearing a loud boom like an explosion.

2 days ago in Sports, Trending

MLB owners have proposed a salary cap for the first time since baseball’s 1994-95 strike

Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond.

2 days ago in National

Justice Department opens investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of assault: AP source

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store 30 years ago, lied during the course of civil litigation against the Republican president, according to a person familiar with the matter.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Matthew Perry’s assistant gets more than 3 years in prison for central role in his ketamine death

Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the "Friends" star's descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison.