Podcasts

Podcasts

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Thursday, December 8, 201612/08/2016

Activism @ Hampshire and Beyond

In Bill Newman

12/7: A special edition of Black in the Valley with co-hosts Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev-Dr. Jacquelyn Crooks-Smith and a Hampshire College political activist; Dava Sobel—after three years in Northampton and research at Smith, this best-selling author talks with us about “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars; ”The Valley’s own Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, creators of “Rise Up Singing” and “Rise Again,” preview this Friday’s performance in Northampton.

Tuesday, December 6, 201612/06/2016

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

In Bill Newman

12/6: A Trump Fishwrap; NPR -Northampton Poetry Radio with Rich Michelson and award-winning poet Ross Gay; Salman Hameed’s Universe with Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed.

Tuesday, December 6, 201612/06/2016

On The Money (12/7/16)

End of the year tax saving ideas Don’t be paralyzed by your 401k choices How to keep a cool financial…

Monday, December 5, 201612/05/2016

HCOG’s Legislative Summit

In Bill Newman

12/9: Live from the Western Massachusetts Legislative Summit, The Legislative Roundtable with State Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Rep. Peter Kocot and Senator Anne Gobi.

Saturday, December 3, 201612/03/2016

Western Mass Business Show 12.3.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

12.3.16 Ira talks with Delcie Bean from Paragus IT

Friday, December 2, 201612/02/2016

Bill & Buz

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12/6: Freedom! – Victories for Clemency with GCC professor, attorney Buz Eisenberg; truly, Friends of Children – CASA program director Debi Belkin and Zephyr Rugs owners Victoria and Tahir Sheikh; Eileen Claveloux, Easthampton High school teacher and author of “Klausland: The Life and Work of Klaus Postler;” The Sci-Tech Café with Mount Holyoke College Professor Kathy Aidala; & Inside/Out with Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone and Pasqualina Azzarello, Arts Coordinator in Easthampton.

Thursday, December 1, 201612/01/2016

Newman Live from The WHMP Hot Chocothon

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12/1: The $500,000 question: the Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage with WHMP News Director Denise Vozella and from Safe Passage, Marianne Winters, Executive Director, Lynne Marie Wanamaker, Deputy Director, Laura Penney, Director of Community Engagement and the Say Something Initiative; Raising Change team captain Kathy LeMay and Western Mass Distance Project team captain Kate Queeney; and Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David.

Wednesday, November 30, 201611/30/2016

The Rich & Righteous History Here In Western Mass

In Bill Newman

11/30: Professors Max Page and Bruce Laurie on Laurie’s new findings and book on Hampshire County patriots in the Civil War; co-authors Corinne Demas and Artemis Roehrig on “Are Pirates Polite ?” and “Does a Fiddle Crab Fiddle?” (Answers not always obvious!)

Tuesday, November 29, 201611/29/2016

Superheroes

In Bill Newman

11/29: Daily Hampshire Gazette reporter Amanda Drane on covering the flag protest at Hampshire College; children book authors/ stars Jane Yolen, Heidi Stemple and Lisa Yee on girl super heroes; baseball star author Jim Kaplan – his new book is “ Clearing the Bases: A Veteran Sportswriter on the National Pastime.”

Tuesday, November 29, 201611/29/2016

On The Money (11/30/16)

What a Donald Trump administration means to interest rates, taxes and Social Security. How to avoid the biggest surprise at…

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