Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Thursday, September 8, 201609/08/2016

VOTE!

In Bill Newman

9/8: Maxine Stein, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Western Mass.—on its 100th anniversary; Penny Burke, Exec. Dir of Northampton Center for the Arts, on chalking the city—the upcoming seventh annual confab; the recently unsabbicalized CBI Rabbi Justin David returns to “The Reverend (Peter Ives) and the Rabbi”—lessons learned while away.

Wednesday, September 7, 201609/07/2016

Are U Ready to End Football?

In Bill Newman

9/7: NYT columnist & reporter and best-selling author Joe Nocera on UMass football –a special edition of “Your State U.” with professor Max Page; Rich Michelson — celebrating his friend and client Leonard Nimoy on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek; Natalia Munoz interviews local author Matthew M. Bartlett on “Gateways to Abomination.”

Tuesday, September 6, 201609/06/2016

On The Money (9/7/16)

https://soundcloud.com/whmp-onthemoney/on-the-money-9716 Did our politicians save us or hinder us in the economic recovery? What kind of exposure should I have…

Tuesday, September 6, 201609/06/2016

Is The Wait For Weed About To Be Over?

In Bill Newman

9/6: Northampton attorney Richard Evans, Chair of the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts on the upcoming marijuana referendum; Tom Manley, President of Antioch College on college work-study; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the recently discovered earth-like planet — close enough to visit? Northampton author Zane Kotker on her exquisitely written new novella, ”Goodnight, Ladies.”

Saturday, September 3, 201609/03/2016

Vana Con Muñoz 9.3.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Longtime journalist Diane Alverio, founder and publisher of CTLatinoNews, talks with us about Donald Trump and Republicans with no good option in November.
Larry Hott reviews “The Music of Strangers,” a documentary about cellist Yo Yo Ma and his ensemble and invited musicians as they travel the world. This isn’t a concert movie, though; this is about how music defines us and our times and transforms cultures. Larry says it’s an astonishing film in both content and even frame by frame. I believe him.
We are sung out by Colombian singer-songwriter Carles Vives singing a happy song, “Quiere Verte Sonreir,” I want to See You Smile.”
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Friday, September 2, 201609/02/2016

Who Will The New Sheriff Be?

In Bill Newman

9/2: Melissa Perry, candidate for Hampshire County Sheriff; Daily Hampshire Gazette Executive Editor Jeff Good and reporter Amanda Drane – breaking the story on breaking stories.

Thursday, September 1, 201609/01/2016

A Kinder Kind Of Divorce Court

In Bill Newman

9/1: Hon. Linda Fidnick, First Justice of the Hampshire Probate and Family Court, with members of the FRSC (Family Resolutions Specialty Court) Advisory Board Jim Frutkin from Service Net and family law lawyer Leslie McLellan Brown; Rev. Peter Ives on God and sexual fluidity; Max Page on UMass this week — one first place and one last.

Wednesday, August 31, 201608/31/2016

Meet Adam Hinds

In Bill Newman

8/31: Adam Hinds, candidate for the state senate from the Berkshire-Hampshire-Franklin-Hampden District; Cool Films with Larry Hott; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, August 30, 201608/30/2016

Who Will Be The New Sheriff In Town?

In Bill Newman

8/30: Patrick Cahillane, candidate for Hampshire County Sheriff; Bob Pura, President Greenfield Community College and Tom Spiro, director of the Elms College B.A. program offered at G.C.C.; journalist Scott Atkinson, editor of “happy anyway: a flint anthology.”

Tuesday, August 30, 201608/30/2016

On The Money (8/31/16)

Healthcare costs are going up at twice the inflation rate. How do we afford it? New phone and email scams…

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