Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, October 25, 201610/25/2016

Weed & Warrants & Wendell

In Bill Newman

10/25: State Rep. Aaron Vega, Northampton attorney Dick Evans, and Apollo Campagnone and Patti Scutari of Wendell –victims of the recent state police helicopter raid on marijuana plants (which were being grown legally) at their home in Wendell– discuss Ballot Question 4—ending the marijuana prohibition; NYT best-selling author Jane Yolen on the upcoming evening of political poetry.

Monday, October 24, 201610/24/2016

A Valley of Immigrants

In Bill Newman

10/24: Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans, contributor to and editor of, “Words in Transit: Stories of Immigrants.” Also, Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US,

Saturday, October 22, 201610/22/2016

Western Mass Business Show 10.22.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

10.22.16 Ira talks with Karen Utgoff from Utgoff Consulting.

Saturday, October 22, 201610/22/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.22.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Filmmaker Larry Hott is one of the judges behind the scenes for the annual presentation of nominees at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AKA The Oscars, which will be aired on Feb. 26, 2017.
Larry shares intel on how he judges the movies and documentaries that may make it to the final nominations list, and winners. More info about the Oscars here: oscars.org/
We are sung out by the great Lolita Flores singing “Sarandonga,” which I’ve played before but it felt right to play it again because it’s so much fun to listen to a song that is essentially, about eating delicious food. ¡Olé!
In the picture, Lolita, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Friday, October 21, 201610/21/2016

The Opiod Crisis Continues

In Bill Newman

10/21: Northwestern District Attorney Dave Sullivan; Kimball Taylor, author of “The Coyote’s Bicycle” on immigration and human trafficking; Robbie Leppzer on his new movie “Power Struggle” – about the fight to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuke.

Thursday, October 20, 201610/20/2016

Cooperation

In Bill Newman

10/20: It’s Co-op Month, and today is our annual co-op show with Adam Trott from the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives, Andy Toomajian from PV Squared, Rochelle Prunty, G.M. of River Valley Co-op; and Angie Facey, G.M. of Our Family Farms, including a special edition of “The Reverend and the Rabbi.”

Wednesday, October 19, 201610/19/2016

“Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome”

In Bill Newman

10/19: Laurie Millman, Tommy Twilight, poets, teachers and students from the Center for New Americans; George Lakey, author of “Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right and How We Can, Too;” plus a special edition of “NPR—Northampton Poetry Radio.”

Wednesday, October 19, 201610/19/2016

Should Massachusetts Raise The Cap on Charter Schools? A Question 2 Forum

Should Massachusetts lift the cap on Charter Schools? WHMP, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Recorder and NCTV are teaming up…

Wednesday, October 19, 201610/19/2016

Gravity Waves

In Bill Newman

10/18: The return of the Sci-tech café – breaking news from outer space (seriously!) with Smith professor Gary Felder and MHC professor Kathy Aidala; “Away with the Faeries” with NYT best-selling author Jane Yolen and fiddler Donna Hebert; the Comedy Quiz with the founders of the Has Has and Jedi grammarian and punctuation expert Joan Holliday! (or is it ? or both)

Tuesday, October 18, 201610/18/2016

On The Money (10/19/16)

Should we make changes in our allocations before the election? How do you protect your money in retirement, yet still…

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