Podcasts
Podcasts
Wednesday, February 8, 201702/08/2017
Do Not Throw Away Your Shot
In Bill Newman
2/8: First, we Fishwrap our rabbi; then, Dr. Meredith Wadman, author of “The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease;” followed by “Vaya con Munoz”– Jim Lescault from Amherst Media speaks with Natalia Munoz on the threat that the Town of Amherst might dismember its long-time and highly regarded local cable access channel.
Tuesday, February 7, 201702/07/2017
The Devos Devolution of Education
In Bill Newman
2/7: Zak Bayers, new Executive Director of PHENON, the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, joins Max Page to discuss the 2017 education agenda in Massachusetts and the upcoming Day of Action; philanthropist and art collector Jordan Schnitzer on the extraordinary exhibit of work from his collection by Kara Walker now at the UMass Museum of Contemporary Art; Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed on the effect of Trump’s Muslim ban.
Monday, February 6, 201702/06/2017
The Body Politics
In Bill Newman
2/6: Irvine Sobelman , member of the Sugar Shack Alliance and Steering Committee member of Climate Action Now, on today’s Kinder-Morgan pipeline-induced and judicially-approved funeral (the death, not the funeral) of the Otis State Forest; JM Sorrell, the LGBTQ JP, on Trump’s effect on the community; Liz Friedman, co-chair of Our Bodies/Our Justice, and Amaad Rivera, former Springfield City Councilor and former aide to Sen Ed Markey, on the upcoming Our Bodies/Our Justice rally; Black in the Valley with special guest Hip-Hop producer Demany Gordon.
Saturday, February 4, 201702/04/2017
Western Mass Business Show 2.4.17
In The Western Mass. Business Show
2.4.17 Ira talks with Sara Schley and Joe Laur of seed systems, a Wendell based consulting group improving teams, coaching executives, helping companies achieve their audacious goals
Saturday, February 4, 201702/04/2017
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.4.17
The rant: Hey, national media, put things in context. Now that you are brave enough to call a lie a lie, put context to the outrageous allegations made by Trump et al.
Also this week, we talk with Dr. Christina Royal, the new president of Holyoke Community College. After 70 years of white men as presidents of the college, Dr. Royal brings a powerful set of skill sets, experiences and capabilities to the office, including that she is a woman who is bi-racial, the first in her family to go to college, and a lesbian. A new era has finally begun.
Liz Román of El Pueblo Latino and Masslive.com tells us about a new effort in the Springfield public schools to connect more deeply with families in the system with 27,000 students. She also speaks about the incomprehensible tragic deaths of four people, including three Springfield high school students.
Filmmaker Larry Hott summarizes the final five documentaries up for Best Documentary at the Feb. 26 Oscars: “I am Not Your Negro,” “Life, Animated,” “Fire at Sea,” “OJ: Made in America,” and “13th” and how they reflect big issues of all times.
In honor of the students, who should have grown old and cranky and wiser, we are sung out by Milton Nascimiento and Mercedes Sosa singing, “Corazón de Estudiante.”
Picture of Dr. Christina Royal, president of Holyoke Community College, courtesy of HCC.
Friday, February 3, 201702/03/2017
Shay’s Rebellion & Yoga Farts
In Bill Newman
1/3: Newman on Trump; Daniel Bullen on Daniel Shays; Brain Leaf on yoga; Steve Sanderson on the arts scene; Scott Coen on Brady and the Patriots.
Thursday, February 2, 201702/02/2017
Kick It Acapella!
In Bill Newman
2/2: LIVE in the studio, The Northamptones -WOW!! Steve Sanderson, Event Producer at the Northampton Arts Council, on the upcoming “Four Sundays in February” program; Reverend Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Todd Weir on sanctuary.
Wednesday, February 1, 201702/01/2017
#OscarsNotSOWhite
In Bill Newman
2/1: We fishwrap President’s SCOTUS nominee; then, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott reviews this year’s Academy Award documentary film nominees; and Natalia Munoz interviews Masslive and El Pueblo Latino reporter Liz Roman on Springfield’s distancing itself from the designation “Sanctuary City.”
Tuesday, January 31, 201701/31/2017
On The Money (2/1/17)
The Dow finally hit 20 thousand. What’s next? Don’t bet with your retirement like you bet on the Super Bowl!…
Tuesday, January 31, 201701/31/2017
It Can’t Happen Here
In Bill Newman
1/31: PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Mass.) founder Max Page on Trump cabinet nominee Betsy DeVos, the Amherst Town Meeting rejection of the proposal for new schools, and Gov. Baker’s allegedly successful program for higher ed; then, “It Can’t Happen Here” (or can it?) The topic is fascism coming to America; our guest is Professor Sally Parry, Executive Director of the Sinclair Lewis Society,
