Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Saturday, December 24, 201612/24/2016

Western Mass Business Show 12.24.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira speaks with Charlie Epstein, the 401(k) coach, about Engagement Multiplier

Saturday, December 24, 201612/24/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.24.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

We talk with Senior Lecturer on Journalism Ethics at Western New England University Marie Grady about how best the press should cover the Twitter-loving incoming president.
Also, Lawrence Hott, esteemed film critic on WHMP, talks about his documentary, “Rising Voices/Hotȟaŋiŋpi.” It is the story of a passionate, dedicated and diverse group of people – members of the Lakota community and Linguists from outside of the community who are working together to save the Lakota language and restore it to its rightful place in Lakota, and American, culture. Told through the voices of a wide range of Lakota people who share their feelings about their language and the myriad challenges facing their community, the film also incorporates four short films created for Rising Voices by Lakota filmmakers and artists, each one giving a perspective on how finding one’s authentic “language” connects a person to a deeper sense of culture.
Rising Voices offers a snapshot into a day-to-day struggle of one of the biggest Native American nations, and illuminates the devastating problem of ancestral language loss to Native American people. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/64583470
And we are sung out by Wilkins singing a festive Puerto Rican medley of Christmas songs, “Cantares de Navidad.”

Friday, December 23, 201612/23/2016

Rant Locally. Rant Globally

In Bill Newman

12.23.16 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and laments the state of the globe. And Max Paige talks about the future of higher ed.

Thursday, December 22, 201612/22/2016

Do Right

In Bill Newman

12.22.16 Buz guests hosts and talks with Li’l Bee Dee from The Do-Rights and a very special edition of The Reverend & The Rabbi

Wednesday, December 21, 201612/21/2016

The Future of Labor Under Trump

In Bill Newman

12.21.16 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Mary Witt of The O-Tones about First Night and Professor Harris Freeman about Trump’s Labor Secretary pick.

Tuesday, December 20, 201612/20/2016

On The Money (12/21/16)

Will we really have 3 interest rate hikes next year? What does the new Social Security reform proposal mean for…

Tuesday, December 20, 201612/20/2016

Resistance Is Not Futile

In Bill Newman

Monday, December 19, 201612/19/2016

Jewish Voice For Peace

In Bill Newman

12/19: Say NO to Islamophobia, NO to racism, YES to Justice with Western Mass. Jewish Voice for Peace organizers Emily Miller and Rachel Weber; Ed Orzechowski, author of “ ‘You’ll like it here.’: Donald Vitkus – Belchertown Patient #3394;” Black in the Valley with professor Carlie Tartakov, dramatist and cultural activist Ingrid Askew and filmmaker Monte Ross.

Saturday, December 17, 201612/17/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.17.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Marie Grady, senior lecturer of jouranlism ethics at Western New England University on how the print media and its online arm can draw people back to the fold in these times where truthful and accurate reporting was overshawdowed by click-bating non-stories or just as bad, stuff that was simply made up. And Vero González, a teacher of social justice and feminism at the Paolo Freire School of Social Justice in Holyoke, talks about why teaching students to be thoughtful matters.
We are sung out by Jarabe de Palo and Mari from Chambao singing, “Déjame Vivir.”
Original photo of newspaper boxes courtesy of morguefile.com

Saturday, December 17, 201612/17/2016

Western Mass Business Show 12.17.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Amy Cahillane from the Dowtown Northampton Association talks with Cathie Walz from The Blue Marble in Northampton and Amherst

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