Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, May 23, 202505/23/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 113
WHEN GOD CALLS YOUR NAME
In another milestone episode, retired prison Chaplain Peg Newman shares an insightful and heartfelt look inside her life journey at the intersection of faith, spirituality, and the criminal justice system. From her early work with AIDS patients to providing spiritual guidance to incarcerated individuals with life sentences or facing death and dying, her stories offer profound reflections from a compassionate vantage point. Peg highlights the importance of community, connection, and the human spirit despite the most challenging of circumstances, and the gifts that she unexpectedly received when placing her faith in front of her fear.
Friday, May 23, 202505/23/2025
Cosmic Thoughts & Labors of Love
5/23/25: MTA Pres Max Page w/ labor expert Eric Blanc: “We are the Union…” today’s rank & file leadership. Rep Mindy Domb: the fabulous, the horrible and the future. You can see the cosmos this weekend! with Arunah Hill’s Ed Faits. Adam Hinds on Trump’s bill in the US Senate. Donnabelle Casis w/ Spfld Museum ‘s Elizabeth Kapp: “Witch Panic! Massachusetts before Salem.”
Thursday, May 22, 202505/22/2025
Dignity
5/22/25: JM Sorrell: Death with Dignity & legislation pending in Mass. Holyoke Housing Auth Ex Dir Matt Mainville & Dev Dir Sarah Meier-Zimbler: new affordable houses for sale. Rev Carole Bull: facing death, embracing life, reading poetry. Ruth Griggs w/ David Picchi, Director of “Jazz in July,” on inspiration, improvisation, master classes & UMass.
Wednesday, May 21, 202505/21/2025
The Rights of Spring
5/21/25: Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, Ex Dir, Council on American-Islamic MA: Islamophobia here. ACLU MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: fighting Trump in court. Brian Adams w/ Helen Kahn from Grow Food Nhmpton & Ryan Voiland of Red Fire Farm: fed cuts to food & farms. Larry Hott w/ Wes DeShano of MA Humanities: Are Trump’s cuts-fatal? & “The Speech is the Star.”
Tuesday, May 20, 202505/20/2025
Battles
5/20/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: a good state budget, a devastating federal one. NHS teacher Jeromie Whalen: his friend Mahmoud Khalil still in immigration detention. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Dan Torres – for the birds! Hampshire Prof Michael Klare: Israel, Gaza, Russia, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, NATO, & also, Trump’s successes?
Monday, May 19, 202505/19/2025
Panorama — Episode 108 — Arunah Hill Natural Science
In Panorama
Originally aired on May 17th, 2025. The Smart Telescope Revolution has ARRIVED (in Cummington)! Ed Fates of Arunah Hill Natural Science on the upcoming Smart Telescope Extravaganza weekend in Cummington, MA (218 Trouble St)! Ed shares how the Smart Telescope revolution allows you to see galaxies far…far away from a telescope in Cummington (MA). The Arunha Hill Natural Science Center has telescopes, hiking trails, geocaching treasure hunts, star parties, primitive camping…away from light pollution, on 86 pristine acres in the Berkshires.
Monday, May 19, 202505/19/2025
The Kids Are Amazing
5/19/25: N’hmpt Art Council’s Steve Sanderson w/ student performer—live in studio: the Bow Bow Bash. Megan Zinn w/ New Yorker cartoonist & author Harry Bliss: “You Can Never Die.” Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: a secret sauce for a sustainable budget? Ron Fitzsimmons, Ex Dir of Alice’s Kids, and Jo Newman on Alice’s Kids. https://www.aliceskids.org
Friday, May 16, 202505/16/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 111 Part 2
CRIME & CONSEQUENCES IN A MISSOURI SMALL TOWN, PART 2
In part 2 of this gripping story, former Sheriff Rick Walter dives deeper into the complex and haunting case of murder victim Mischelle Lawless. After years of investigation and a wrongful conviction, Rick shares his journey of reopening the case, the obstacles he faced, and the truth he uncovered. This episode also delves into the themes of justice, perseverance, and the impact of systemic failures in the criminal justice system. Tune in for an eye-opening conversation that challenges the narratives surrounding crime, redemption, and an unsolved case, 32 years later.
Friday, May 16, 202505/16/2025
Steal from the Poor; Give to the Rich
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra’s Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA’s Kevin McAllister: tomorrow’s BIG clean-up
Thursday, May 15, 202505/15/2025
Rifts and Riffs
5/15/25: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: RFK Jr v vaccines. Gazette & Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: the headlines today & tomorrow. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Gaza, genocide, Trump & antisemitism. Ruth Griggs w/ jazz great, trumpeter & vocalist, Benny Benack III: exquisite family harmony & his upcoming Drake gig.
