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Monday, January 23, 201701/23/2017

Hear Rachel Maddow’s Speech at Smith College

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Former Pioneer Valley radio host and current host of The Rachel Maddow on MSNBC gave a post inaugural talk with…

Saturday, January 21, 201701/21/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.21.17

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Friday, January 20, 201701/20/2017

Robotic

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1/20: The Supreme Judicial Court decision on the Massachusetts drug lab scandal with ACLU of Massachusetts attorney Adriana Lafaille; robots at the Sci-Tech Cafe with MHC physics prof. Kathy Aidala and UMass College of Information and Computer Sciences prof. Joydeep Biswas; Inside/Out with UMass Museum of Contemporary Art curator Eva Fierst.

Friday, January 20, 201701/20/2017

What’s in a Name?

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1/19: The Turners Falls High School controversy over the school “mascot” (a Native American) with Rhonda Anderson, Laurie Leyshon and Amalia FourHawks; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, Professors Carlie Tartakov and Gary Tartakov on this weekend marches and protests.

Friday, January 20, 201701/20/2017

Future of UMass Football

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1/18: Max Page and UMass Athletic Director Ryan Bamford on the future (or not?) of UMass football; state rep Aaron Vega joins Natalia Munoz on Vaya con Munoz.

Wednesday, January 18, 201701/18/2017

In These Dark Times…We Laugh

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1/17: Jane Yolen with Rich Michelson on “Before the Election/After (the Election);” Sheryl Stoodley and Robin Doty from Serious Play and acclaimed poet Doug Anderson on “In These Dark Times, Let There Be Song;” and the Comedy Quiz Show with the Ha Has Laura Patrick & Pam Victor and Quizmaster Heidi Nortonsmith.

Tuesday, January 17, 201701/17/2017

On The Money (1/18/17)

https://soundcloud.com/whmp-onthemoney/on-the-money-11817 Coming up this week on “On the Money” with Gary Thomas Will multiple interest rate hikes this year send…

Monday, January 16, 201701/16/2017

Still Standing with Standing Rock

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1/16: On MLK Day: Stand with Standing Rock with Laurie Leyshon, Rhonda Anderson, Anthony Metting Tallow and Kandi Mosset; a special edition of Black in the Valley with Carlie Tartakov, Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, and Irma McCluarin.

Saturday, January 14, 201701/14/2017

Western Mass Business Show 1.14.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

George O’Brien from Business West with Nate Costa from The Springfield Thunderbirds

Saturday, January 14, 201701/14/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 1.14.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The journalist Marla Goldberg shares her perspectives on Dinald Trump’s first press conference, and what constitutes fake news rather than information we may not like knowing about.
Filmmaker Larry Hott reviews “13th,” about the 13th amendment that banned slavery in 1865. Mass encarceration of mostly blacks and Latinos challenges whether the amendment truly eradicated slavery. See trailer here:youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk
And we are sung out by Danny Rivera singing “Madrigal,” the love song that my mamita linda requested that we sing to her at her burial. Today in 1992 we had the sad duty to honor her request. But what a beautiful song of love! <3
Photo courtesy of Netflix.

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