Podcasts
Podcasts
Thursday, August 25, 201608/25/2016
Hello God, It’s Me Hampshire College
In Bill Newman
The Fishwrap with News Director Denise Vozella about the ongoing controversy and today’s DHG editorial regarding Tara Ganguly and the Northampton Human Rights Commission; John Seager, President and CEO of Population Connection (the successor organization to ZPG—Zero Population Growth) on his new (and free to download) book “The Good Crisis: How Population Stabilization Can Foster a Healthy U.S. Economy;” then Peter Ives and Director of Spiritual Life at Hampshire College, Rev. Liza Neal on politics, activism and faith.
Wednesday, August 24, 201608/24/2016
Slam & Shame or Cherry Picking? The Gazette and The Hamp Human Rights Commissioner
In Bill Newman
8/24: Natalia Munoz, Chair, Northampton Civil Rights Commission, on DHG reporting, institutional racism, human rights and freedom of speech –all the twists and turns and tweets; then upcoming refugee resettlement in Northampton with Susannah Crolius from Western Mass. Catholic Charities Office of Immigration, Migration, and Refugee Services and Ward 7 City Councilor and Welcome Home Steering Committee member Alisa Klein; then, Attorney Alejandra Lugaro, candidate for governor of Puerto Rico.
Wednesday, August 24, 201608/24/2016
On The Money (8/24/16)
Did our politician save us or hinder us in the economic recovery? Help! My Long Term Care Insurance just tripled! Financial planning when you have a special needs child Can you believe the formulas that tell you how much you need for retirement? Find out more at www.wealthtechnology.com
Tuesday, August 23, 201608/23/2016
Double Date With Candidates
In Bill Newman
8/23: Attorney Andrea Harrington, candidate for Democratic nomination for state senate from the Hampshire Berkshire Franklin and Hampden District (Ben Downing’s seat); Bonnie MacCracken, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives from the Third Hampshire District (Amherst, Pelham, & part of Granby), Ellen Story’s seat.
Monday, August 22, 201608/22/2016
Death To The Death Penalty
In Bill Newman
8/22: First JM Sorrell, the LGBTJP, with her award-winning Ko Festival story; then Lois Ahrens, Founding director of the Northampton-based Real Cost of Prisons Project; John Fitzgerald, history teacher and founder of the Hampden County Chapter of Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty; Ben Grosscup, singer-songwriter, songs of protest and resistance.
Friday, August 19, 201608/19/2016
Nuestra Comida
In Bill Newman
8/19: CEO of MassPLAN (PipeLine Awareness Network) and PLAN-NE, Katy Eisman, discusses this week’s Supreme Judicial Court decision that says NO to pipeline companies’ demand that Massachusetts electrical customers pay to build their pipelines and the future of the Berkshire Gas’s moratorium in the Valley; Neftali Duran, Program Director of Nuestra Comida of Nuestra Raices in Holyoke and UMass professor and co-director of Holyoke Visible project in that city on upcoming celebrations of food ,language, and culture; The Mountain Top at the Chester Theatre –our conversation with director Colette Robert; actor (the role of MLK) Jordan Mahome and Chester Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer; Gleason, the just-released film that mesmerized the Sundance Film Festival, now at the Amherst Cinema—our conversation with producer Mary Rohlich (who is from Northampton) and director J. Clay Tweel.
Thursday, August 18, 201608/18/2016
A View of Vira
In Bill Newman
8/18: Vira Douangmnay Cage, Amherst School committee member and candidate for the state House of Representatives (Ellen Story’s seat) on the $300K+settlement with the school superintendent and the race for the House; Lydia Pyne, author of “Seven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World’s Most Famous Human Fossils;” also a preview of upcoming Easthampton concert series—totally cool.
Wednesday, August 17, 201608/17/2016
Stan’s Informal Session
In Bill Newman
8/17: Massachusetts State Senate President Stan Rosenberg; then, Barry Werth, author of the award-winning “The Scarlet Professor”—the gay scandal that rocked Smith College– along with Amherst College professor and composer Eric Sawyer and UMass professor and librettist Harley Erdman—previewing this weekend workshop performance of their opera based on Werth’s book; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.
Tuesday, August 16, 201608/16/2016
Playful History
In Bill Newman
8/16: Actors Court Dorsey & Melissa Redwin preview Enchanted Circle’s “A Fiery and Still Voice: William Cullen Bryant at Home” being performed at the Bryant Homestead in Cummington – with Trustees’ GM Tom Por; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on a weird star in our galaxy getting even weirder; The Royal Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has Pam Victor, Laura Patrick, Quizmaster Rich Vaden, and ringer Joan Holliday.
