Wednesday, August 10, 201608/10/2016

On The Money (8/10/16)

  Did our politician save us or hinder us in the economic recovery? Help! My Long Term Care Insurance just…

Tuesday, August 9, 201608/09/2016

Is Don with The Donald?

In Bill Newman

8/9: Republican State Senator and Minority Whip Don Humason ( Second Hampden-Hampshire District) on Trump, guns, and bathrooms; Dr. Robynne Chutkan, author of “The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out;” & Susanna White from Mill 180 Park in Easthampton, the first hydroponic urban park, on this weekend’s confab and workshops with musicians and spoken word artists for teenagers—Find Your Power.

Monday, August 8, 201608/08/2016

Enter Helen

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8/8: Brooke Hauser, author of “Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman;” “Outside the Box” with poets and spoken word artists Chris Gonzalez and Ashley Amon –with Arts Trust Prez, Richard Wagner –previewing Wednesday’s performance; Josh Silver CEO of Represent.US, on recent Donald doings, polling, and fund raising.

Saturday, August 6, 201608/06/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 8.6.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

8.6.16 One of the most popular women in the world survived a bruising presidential primary season in which her challenger successfully recast her as corrupt. But millions more knew he was wrong and vanquished him to the sidelines and on July 29, Hillary Rodham Clinton because the Democrat Party’s candidate for president. Wendy Foxmyn, an administrator who has worked for large and small municipalities locally and in the region as well as volunteered on municipal and non-profit boards, shares what the Democratic National Convention, and the nomination ofs Clinton, means to her.
Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “Everything is Copy,” a documentary by Jacob Bernstein about his mother, the writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron, whose death in 2012 took by surprise her family and friends, many of whom belong to an elite Hollywood and journalism circle, but that’s just part of the story in this film.
And we get sung out by Lucecita, Puerto Rico’s national voice, interpreting “Canto a Borinquen,” written by salsa great Héctor Lavoe.

Saturday, August 6, 201608/06/2016

Western Mass Business Show 8.6.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

8.6.16 Ira talks with Martha Johnson, with a journey guide for the 3rd chapter of life.

Friday, August 5, 201608/05/2016

O’Donnell At-Large

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8/5: City Councilor at Large–Elect Ryan O’Donnell and City Councilor Large Bill Dwight on yesterday’s election results, voter participation, & economic development in Northampton; candidate for the at-large seat Marlene Morin on the race and her future in politics; the LGBTJP JM Sorrell on discrimiantion outside the valley and inside, too; W. Mass. AFSC Director Jeff Napolitano; Chester Theatre’s Nina Wishengrad ; & Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone.

Thursday, August 4, 201608/04/2016

First Generation

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8/4: Massachusetts Teachers Association President (and former Northampton teacher) Barbara Madeloni and UMass. Professor Max Page on the NAACP’s call for a moratorium on charter schools, the money that charter schools extract from public schools, and the upcoming referendum question; then we preview this summer’s final production at the KO Festival of Performance, “TENDERNESS” — by the Performance Project’s First Generation Ensemble: actors Haja Sidme & Terrel Jones & KO’s Artistic Director, Sabrina Hamilton, are with us in the studio. Then Paul DePompo, co- author of “The Other Woman’s Affair: Gambling You Heart and reclaiming Your Life When Your Partner Is Married.” !!

Wednesday, August 3, 201608/03/2016

Newman Wants The GOP to Give Trump The Hook

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8/3: Captain Cook is in the House. First, a lot of Fishwrap; then Vaya con Monte x 2.

Wednesday, August 3, 201608/03/2016

On The Money (8/3/16)

What are the important points about retirement that the politicians are missing? Who is going to have to pay when…

Tuesday, August 2, 201608/02/2016

Will O’Grady Make The Grade?

In Bill Newman

8/2: J.D. Parker-O’Grady, candidate for another J.D. and also for the state senate –he’s the Democrat running against Republican Don Humason for the 2nd Hampden-Hampshire District seat (which includes Easthampton, Holyoke, & Southampton); Tim Van Egmond, folksinger, story teller, & dulcimer maestro, previews his upcoming performances at the River Valley Market and the Greenfield Library, and best selling author Carolyn Parkhurst, whose child is on the spectrum, discusses “Harmony” – her just-published novel about raising a child with autism and the lengths to which the family goes to help.