Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, April 1, 201704/01/2017

Western Mass Business Show 4.1.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

4.1.17 George O’Brien talks with Steve McKelvey from Sports Management at the Isenberg School at UMass.

Friday, March 31, 201703/31/2017

Valley Voices 4/1/17

WHMP’s Stephanie Slysz shares highlights from the talk held at UMass last week featuring Congressman Jim McGovern along with DNC Deputy Chair and Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison. Later, South Hadley’s Mariann Millard joins us to talk about the inaugural River Roll & Stroll taking place May 7 on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge between Holyoke and South Hadley.

Friday, March 31, 201703/31/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.1.17

Deb Krivoy — co-Director of the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, now in its 12th year — and Lisa Newman, director of communications and visitor services, on the films showing through April 4 up and down I-91, join filmmaker Larry Hott for conversation on what’s coming up, and behind the scenes on putting together a film festival. More info here: http://pvjff.org
En español, la crítica de cine Ariadna Goenaga nos comenta sobre “Narcos,” una serie bilingüe presentada por Netflix.
Concluimos el programa con una serenata por el roquero colombiano Juanes, “No siento penas”.
Image from the film “Finding Babel.”

Friday, March 31, 201703/31/2017

Rise Up!

In Bill Newman

3/31: Live in the studio, Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, preview The Justice for All Concert in Amherst; Pasqualina Azzarello shows that Easthampton is indeed a happening place.

Thursday, March 30, 201703/30/2017

The Research Behind The Resistance

In Bill Newman

3/30: Stellan Vinthagen, professor of Non Violent Direct Action and Civil Resistance & editor of Journal of Resistance Studies; from NHS, amazing actors — Leah, Simone, Lucia, & Beth– preview Tears Of Laughter and more; Reverend Peter Ives and Revered Catherine Munz on the odd and unexpected paths to spiritual awakening.

Thursday, March 30, 201703/30/2017

The 2017 NEF Spelling Bee

In Bill Newman

Listen to Bill Newman, Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster and Monte Belmonte make the biggest broadcasting mistake of the year as they add color commentary to the Northampton Education Foundation’s 17th Annual Adult Spelling Bee

Wednesday, March 29, 201703/29/2017

Immigration: A Gathering

In Bill Newman

3/29: Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans and Double Edge Theater’s Carlos Uriona on “Immigration—A Gathering— A Town Hall Meeting this Sunday; “Cool Films with Larry Hott” celebrates, reviews, and previews upcoming films at The Jewish Film Festival; former Republican Congressman and FBI target Trey Radel on “Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, & Finger Food;” and then, Vaya con Munoz.

Tuesday, March 28, 201703/28/2017

The Bee’s Knees

In Bill Newman

3/28: The enthralling Queen Bee, accompanied by beautiful worker bees, hives nothing on this preview of Wednesday’s ADULT Spelling Bee; Max Page on today’s Amherst vote for (or against) new elementary schools and the UMass b-ball program being left at the altar.

Monday, March 27, 201703/27/2017

Those Who Don’t Learn From History May Be Destined To Go To Prison

In Bill Newman

3/27: Prof Marla Miller and Jessica Johnson from the UMass History Dept., Elizabeth Sharpe from Historic Northampton, and Tara Parrish from the Pioneer Valley Project on mass incarceration across America, in Massachusetts, and here in the Valley; Joanne Marqusee, President and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Health Care, and John Heaps, President and CEO of Florence Bank, on our community’s response to the opioid crisis; Political Gold with Josh Silver.

Saturday, March 25, 201703/25/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.25.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The rant and the rave: national for profit media to do their jobs without playing the ratings game, which usually ends badly for journalism.
The 12th Annual Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival continues through April 4; lots to see on screens in Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire counties cities and towns, and lots of opportunities to participate in discussions.More info here: www.pvjff.org.
Diana Mara Henry was the official photographer for the 1977 Women’s Forum in Houston. She attended the Women’s Forum held at Bay Path University in March and talks about inroads gained so far. Denise Jordan, chief of staff for Springfield Mayor Dominic Sarno, also spoke at the conference.
Michaelann Bewsee, executive director of Arise for Social Justice reassures us that all is not lost. In fact, there is a lot of work to do.
We are sung out by El Topo, a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, with “Solina, Solina.”
Image by permission: “Joe’s Violin” film

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