Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Monday, January 30, 201701/30/2017

No Refuge For The Refugee

In Bill Newman

1/30: Valley Immigration attorney Billy Peard on Trump’s Executive Orders and the legal response; then JM Sorrell, the LGBT JP on Trump and the LGBTQ community

Saturday, January 28, 201701/28/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.28.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

First, a rant against state Sen. President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, pushing for a 40 percent pay raise for himeself and other top elected leaders. No pubic hearing, just a rush job for a lot nore money.
From The Women’s March on Washinton, DC, a chat with Zoe and Lauren, two young women who participated and were encouraged to do more.
Also, Holyoke City Councilor Nelson Román has good ideas on what to do to push back against the growing tide of bigotry led by the president.
We are sung out by Shakira’s “Waka Waka,” a call to action that she composed originaly for fútbol, or soccer, for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Hey, fútbol is another way of saying life!
“Not Giving Up” photo by Natalia Muñoz

Saturday, January 28, 201701/28/2017

Western Mass Business Show 1.28.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

1.28.17 Tim O’Brien talks with Mollye Lockwood about her work in Amherst as Vice-President of D.W. Cowles

Friday, January 27, 201701/27/2017

Eleanor & Hick

In Bill Newman

1/27: Susan Quinn, author of “Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady;” Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Rachel Meeropol on her argument at the Supreme Court last week on holding government officials accountable for their illegal and unconstitutional actions; immigration attorney Billy Peard And UCC Minister Margaret Sawyer on Trump’s Executive Orders on immigration and local resistance –rally today in Springfield !; Ben Grosscup and Dave Dersham from the People’s Music Network—concert tonight in Greenfield.

Thursday, January 26, 201701/26/2017

“And the one that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all.”

In Bill Newman

1/26: Nancy Jo Sales, author of “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers;” Ayelet Waldman, author of “A Really Good Day,” the story of her microdosing LSD; the Reverend and the Rabbi with Peter Ives, Justin David, Yael Petretti, and Carole Bull.

Wednesday, January 25, 201701/25/2017

Viva The Revolution

In Bill Newman

1/25: CPR –the Continuing the Political Revolution with Susan Triolo and Ferd Wulkan; Natalia Munoz and Holyoke City Councilor Nelson Roman join our political mashup; first, the struggle for civil rights with Jon Else, author of “True South: Henry Hampton and ‘Eyes on the Prize’, the Landmark Television Series That Reframed the Civil Rights Movement.”

Tuesday, January 24, 201701/24/2017

Western Mass Business Show 1.21.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with the legendary Dean from Dean’s Beans

Tuesday, January 24, 201701/24/2017

Climate Action NOW!

In Bill Newman

1/24: Rachel Maddow with Monte Belmonte; Climate Change in a Time of Crisis with Brit Albritton, Professor Nat Fortune, & Lilly Lombard; Smith College Professor of History Elizabeth Pryor, author of “Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War;” Max Page on the Obama education legacy.

Tuesday, January 24, 201701/24/2017

On The Money (1/25/17)

https://soundcloud.com/whmp-onthemoney/on-the-money-12517 Inflation is up 2%, how does that affect you? Is there a replacement coming for the 401K? Is the…

Monday, January 23, 201701/23/2017

The First Bill Newman Show Under President (Gulp) Trump

In Bill Newman

1/23: Josh Silver , CEO of represent.US, on the beginnings of the Trump presidency; Kate Hennessey author of a new book about the founder of the radical Catholic Worker and candidate for sainthood “Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of [her] Grandmother.”

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