Podcasts
Podcasts
Wednesday, July 12, 201707/12/2017
What’s The Buz On Neiberd Abdalla?
In Bill Newman
7/12: Stewart (Buz) Eisenberg on his client– ICE detainee from Florence and Easthampton– Niberd Abdalla and yesterday’s rally in support of Niberd; Forbes Library Chair of Bd. of Trustees, Russ Carrier, and Library Director Lisa Downing on the settlement this week of the law suit between the Library and the City; Brittany Wood Nickerson– her new book is “Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen.”
Tuesday, July 11, 201707/11/2017
Newman IS The Fishwrap
In Bill Newman
7/11: Newman and cohorts on the front page of the Daily Hampshire Gazette—Monte interrogates; Pulitzer Price-winning author Madeleine Blais on her new book “To the New Owners;” PHENOM founder Max Page on financial foibles of UMass and the legislature; then “Tense Vagina: An Actual Diagnosis” with actor Sara Juli and Ko Festival’s Artistic Director Sabrina Hamilton
Monday, July 10, 201707/10/2017
As Sudan Slips Away
In Bill Newman
7/10: Professor Eric Reeves on the Trump administration lifting sanctions against Sudan and the unfolding human rights tragedy; Dr. Ira Helfand, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, on the nuclear weapons pact ratified by the United Nations last week (guess which countries are not included); Dr. Lea Waters, author of “The Strength Switch: How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish.”
Saturday, July 8, 201707/08/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 7.8.17
Fillmaker Larry Hott reviews “Shot: The Pscyho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock,” about the rock (not geologist!) photographer Mick Rock. Trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=ws8zPuCnb2o
Journalist Marie Grady analizes how Trump has influenced the media and the public’s perception of reality. “The right wing won the messaging war, not with news, but with opinion,” she says. So what is the circular firing squad aka liberals to do?
Multimedia artist Shirley Whitaker talks about her paintings, many a visual reconstruction of her experiences as a black girl and woman from southern Georgia. Her website: ShirleyWhitaker.com
We are sung out by Juan Luis Guerra, “Ojalá que llueva café.”
Image of painting by Shirely Whitaker, “Usher Board.” With permission.
Saturday, July 8, 201707/08/2017
Western Mass Business Show 7.8.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Ira talks with Kim Wheeler from Agawam Cinema.
Friday, July 7, 201707/07/2017
Finding Your Voice at 50
In Bill Newman
7/7: ROCK VOICES rock the studio. Vivienne Simon explain the protests and court cases of the Sugar Shack Alliance protesters (including 98 years- old Francis Crowe) arrested for protesting the pipeline being constructed and the forest being felled by Kinder-Morgan in Otis State Forest. Then, professor and astronomer Salman Hameed with breaking news from outer space—new threats to earth in addition to Donald Trump.
Thursday, July 6, 201707/06/2017
Students Against Sexual Harrassment
In Bill Newman
7/6: SASH: Students Against Sexual Harassment explain their recent walk-out and sit -down at the Middle School in Northampton and their upcoming protest in Northampton. (These teenagers are amazing — you just have to listen.) Then, previews of the Ko Festival and New Century Theater.
Wednesday, July 5, 201707/05/2017
We’re Off To See The Wizard
In Bill Newman
7/5: The Wizard of Oz visits the studio with minions and witches. Them the wizard of UMass and higher education, Max Page. And then the wizardry of Donald Trump with Natalia Munoz.
Saturday, July 1, 201707/01/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 7.1.17
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.”
