Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, July 19, 201607/19/2016
Did The First Lady Say It Before The Next First Lady?
In Bill Newman
7/19: “Your State U” with Max Page on how rising tuition sinks all boats; Foodies Unite– It’s “The Comedy Quiz” with culinary Quizmaster Sally Ekus, of The Lisa Ekus Group, trying to stump the Happier Valley Comedy Team of the Ha Ha’s Pam Victor & Laura Patrick –plus the ringer in the contestant pool—Monte Belmonte.
Monday, July 18, 201607/18/2016
Frog & Toad & Jarring The Floor
In Bill Newman
7/18: A studio full of frogs and toads and their friend, a mouse: New Century Theatre–Kids presents “A Year with Frog and Toad,” which we preview with frog and toad friends Myka Plunkett, Kyle Boatwright, Nichole Wadleigh, Maya Rivera, Katie Sloan & Cate Damon. Then, “Jar the Floor,” a special, funny and moving edition of “Black in the Valley” with Professor Carlie Tartakov, the Rev-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, UMass Professor of Theatre and director of “Jar the Floor,” Gilbert McCauley, and acclaimed actor Shay Lamb.
Saturday, July 16, 201607/16/2016
Vaya Con Muñoz 7.16.16
Art and cultural commentator Waleska Santiago promotes two art exhibits in Western Mass.:
“Splendor, Myth and Vision: Nudes from The Prado,” at the Clark Art Museum in Williamstown; and “African Art Against The State,” an exhibit of rebellion against oppression, at Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown.
Filmmaker Larry Hott talks about documentaries that speak to these times, again and again — gun control.
Visit these links to watxch previews:
“Katie Couric: Under the Gun”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqkwo3Xr2C4
“Good Guy with a Gun”
https://vimeo.com/162545006
“Bowling for Columbine”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUSpszWfu_w
Completed films are usually available at your library. Ask the librarian!
We get sung out by Mercedes Sosa and Piero, singing “Soy pan, soy paz, soy más,” a song of hope for these horrific times.
In the photo: Fabrice Monteiro, “The Prophecy, Untitled #2” from “African Art Against The State.”
Saturday, July 16, 201607/16/2016
Western Mass Business Show 7.16.16
In The Western Mass. Business Show
7.16.16 Ira talks with Stacy Falconer from Dion Label & Printing
Friday, July 15, 201607/15/2016
Newman Lands Interview With God
In Bill Newman
7/15: Mass murder in Nice; Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni on the campaign to Save Our Schools; LGBT news with the LGBTJPJM Sorrell; Northampton-based, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on shooting (film) on the front lines of war and violence; “Oh God!” at the Chester Theatre –actor Will Lyman (he’s God) and Israeli Stage Producing Artistic Director Guy Ben-Aharon are our guests; Inside/Out with Arts correspondent Betsy Stone and special guests from A.P.E. Gallery — Kathy Couch and Lisa Thompson.
Thursday, July 14, 201607/14/2016
Radio Juggler
In Bill Newman
7.14.16 Buz Eisenberg guests hosts and talk with Sara Felder who will be bringing her revolutionary juggling to The Ko Fest. Plus, Lois Ahrens from The Real Cost of Prisons Project on new jails and new sheriffs.
Wednesday, July 13, 201607/13/2016
The Pan Mass Challenge
In Bill Newman
7/13: The Pan-Mass Challenge with Judith Souweine and Dr. Ted Diamond; the Northampton Survival Center’s Heidi Nortonsmith and Amy Marsters preview the upcoming MarKamusic at Black Birch Vineyard; Sam Rush, Producing Director of New Century Theatre, on “Time Stands Still;” Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz—speaking with her family in Puerto Rico about Zika and with us about the recent turmoil at the Northampton Human Rights Commission (of which she is the Chair).
Tuesday, July 12, 201607/12/2016
Becoming Bobby
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7/12: Award-winning Boston Globe reporter and best-selling author Larry Tye on “Bobby Kennedy The Making of a Liberal Icon;” Scott Seligman on “Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York’s Chinatown;” Hampshire College professor and Five College professor of astronomy Salman Hameed on Jupiter and Juno and life in our solar system.
Tuesday, July 12, 201607/12/2016
On The Money (7/13/16)
Is the stock market overvalued and could it be a cause for concern? What do you need to be thinking…
Monday, July 11, 201607/11/2016
The Almighty As A Mushroom Cloud
In Bill Newman
7/11: Washington Post reporter Dan Zak, author of “Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age;” then “Your State U.” with ”PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts) founder Max Page on budget cuts, rising tuition and out-of state students; Greenfield author Serena Burdick on “Girl in the Afternoon: A Novel of Paris.”
