Monday, October 17, 201610/17/2016

Don’t Call Us “Minorities”

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10.17.16 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks Trump, Amherst Schools and bringing diversity to academia.

Saturday, October 15, 201610/15/2016

Western Mass Business Show 10.15.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira Bryck talks with Michael Lyon from Lyon Aviation in Pittsfield.

Saturday, October 15, 201610/15/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.15.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

10.15.16 Vero González, a teacher at the Paulo Freire School of Social Justice, talks about how people like GOP presidential candidate still are suported by millions despite his bigotry, the most recent display being his boasts about his sexual predatory conduct. What needs to change how women and girls are treated? Better education is a start, she says.
Filmmaker Larry Hott review Miss Sharon Jones! a documentary by Barbara Kopple [trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eNSgCQzCI] about a singer those of us who do not know her will be thrilled to know. Larry promises she will have you dancing. The movie is playing at the Amerst Cinema.
And we are sung out by the big bang star, Benny Moré, singing a rousing ballad, “Mucho Corazón.”

Friday, October 14, 201610/14/2016

Rad Women

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10.14.16 Kate Schatz with her-as of yet to be announced-NY Times best-seller “Rad Women Worldwide”. Plus, Baylen Linnekin, author of “Biting the Hands that Feed Us: How Fewer, Smarter Laws Would Make Out Food System More Sustainable;” Kim Loughlin, Director of Admissions at The Bement School on the upcoming Independent School Fair; Eva Fierst—what happening at OUR Museum.

Thursday, October 13, 201610/13/2016

It’s All Over Now, Question Two

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10/13: Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni – Save Our Public Schools, NO on question 2; Nicholson Baker, author of “Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids.” A special edition of “The Reverend and the Rabbi.” (Oh, and we had just found out Dylan won the Noble Prize)

Wednesday, October 12, 201610/12/2016

Stems & Seeds & Steves

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10/12: The fabulous Rick Steves-Yes on Question 4; Sheryl Stoodley and Robin Doty on” White Rabbi, Red Rabbit.” A special edition of “Vaya con Munoz.”

Tuesday, October 11, 201610/11/2016

On The Money (10/12/16)

Should you “park your money” until after the election? What happens does your first appoint look like at the Wealth…

Tuesday, October 11, 201610/11/2016

Faux Mayor

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10/11: Breaking news: Silas Kopf faux Mayor; Chuck Collins, author of “Born on Third Base,” on wealth inequality and how it makes us all poorer.

Monday, October 10, 201610/10/2016

Campaign Spending: The Silver Dollar

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10/10: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US, analyzes the Clinton-Trump debate and the state of the presidential race; Robert Meeropol, founder of the Rosenberg Fund for Children, tells us about the ongoing fight for decent medical treatment for prisoners in the United States suffering from hepatitis c, including Mumia Abu Jamal.

Saturday, October 8, 201610/08/2016

Western Mass Business Show 10.8.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Chris Amato of Knectar