Saturday, March 18, 201703/18/2017

Valley Voices 3/18/17

WHMP’s Stephanie Slysz talks with Diana Sierra of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center to talk about their Sanctuary in the Streets organizing. In the second half of the show, Casey Pease, Worthington resident, UMass student, former Bernie Sanders campaign staffer, and community organizer reflects on the Democratic Party, recent DNC Chair election, and what it needs to do going forward after Hillary Clinton’s loss in November.

Friday, March 17, 201703/17/2017

A Saint Paddy’s Serenade

In Bill Newman

3/17: Dana Warren, age 9, a capella, sings the Irish National Anthem to celebrate St. Patrick’s day; also, District Attorney Dave Sullivan, Judge Michael Ryan, and political activist Billy O’Riordan on the prosecution and execution of Daley and Halligan in Northampton, refugees, and the death penalty; Attorney Terry Nagel on the upcoming Trump tax protest; Scott Coen and pitching for the Red Sox.

Thursday, March 16, 201703/16/2017

Sanctuary in the Streets

In Bill Newman

3/16: Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Margaret Sawyer, Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center’s Rose Bookbinder on sanctuary; Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of “Lowed Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy.”

Wednesday, March 15, 201703/15/2017

The Jewish Film Festival Returns

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3/15: The return of the wandering Jewish Film Festival with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott and JFF’s Deb Krivoy and Carlin Treitsh; Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach, authors of “The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone;” Photographer Pablo Delano joins Natalia Munoz;

Tuesday, March 14, 201703/14/2017

What Should UMass Basketball Do Post-Kellogg?

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3/14: Max Page on UMass firing its basketball coach Derek Kellogg; and the basketball coach’s salary being over $1 million/year; L.A. Kauffman, author of “Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism ;” Mary Jennings Hegar, author of “Shoot Like A Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front;” Dave Hayes, the Weather Nut, on today’s storm; and a Fishwrap on Trumpcare and the CBO.

Monday, March 13, 201703/13/2017

Trump’s (Josh) Silver Lining?

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3/13: Josh Silver, C.E.O. of represent. Us, on Trump, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, voting, money in politics, despair and hope; Liz Friedman on the now bright prospects of Massachusetts enacting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Saturday, March 11, 201703/11/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.11.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

We interviewed Charles Blatcher lll, chairman of the National Coalition of Black Veteran Organizations, about the very limited display of black veterans and their contributions to the country in times of war and peace and the Civil Rights Movement at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
We also speak with Shereen Marisol Meraji, one of the hosts of among the best podcasts in any category, called “Switch Code” and presented by NPR.Shereen recently did a story on the 100th anniversay of the Jones Act, which gave Puerto Ricans American citizenship. What that means, what that feels like, what the Diaspora is about, was the focus of her program. On Vaya, we ask her about her Puerto Rican identity and how the work of putting together her program felt to her.
Then we speak en español, con Ariadna Goenaga, crítica de cine por exelencia, sobre el valor del cine en esta época dominada por Donald Trump.
Finalizamos con Juan Luis Guerra y 440, cantando “Visa para un sueño”.

Friday, March 10, 201703/10/2017

Western Mass Business Show 3.11.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Amy Cahillane from the Downtown Northampton Association talks with Jordana Starr and Mike Schilling from Beerology, Northampton.

Friday, March 10, 201703/10/2017

You Are Not Alone

In Bill Newman

3/10: New York times best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems on “You Are Not Alone;” sculptor Harriet Diamond on “Driven from Their Homes,” a diaspora in miniature, and Judson Brown from the Valley Syrian Relief Committee, on that conflict and the suffering.

Thursday, March 9, 201703/09/2017

For Such A Time As This

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3/9: Rabbi Riqi Kosovske; Rabbi Justin David, Rev. Peter Ives, and Rev.-Rabbi (sort of) Monte Belmonte on Purim, the book of Esther, anti-Semitism, threats to Jewish Community Centers and Donald Trump, and Israel’s ban of BDS supporters; professor Adam Alter, author of “Irresistible: the Rise of Addictive technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.”