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Saturday, February 27, 201602/27/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.27.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Today we talk gender equity with James Arana, an educator. community organizer, consultant and health educator. James is also associate director fo Men’s Resource International, which works in the US and abroad, prioviding workshops for men and women on how to create the shift so that children grow up in safer and loving families.

Friday, February 26, 201602/26/2016

Baseball Begins (Almost)

In Bill Newman

2/26: Northampton’s own SABR star Duke Goldman (Society of American Baseball Researchers) on racism in our national sport and the upcoming season; Court Dorsey, from the Sugar Shack Alliance, and Jim Cutler, founder of Hilltown Community Rights, on the upcoming walk, protest and events fighting Kinder Morgan’s proposed fracking pipeline.

Thursday, February 25, 201602/25/2016

Black Lives Matter: A WHMP Community Forum

  When the City of Northampton hung a Black Lives Matter banner over City Hall, was it going too far…

Wednesday, February 24, 201602/24/2016

Vonnegut & Vacuum Cleaners

In Bill Newman

2/24: Northampton attorney Paul Weinberg on his $32.3 million verdict yesterday against Cumberland Farms; Filmmaker Ted White and Courtney Dunham from Whole Children on the upcoming the Sprout Film Festival; a preview of this Sunday’s RREEEAAALLLLY BIG Show; Natalia Munoz on the Northampton Human Rights Commission and the police

Tuesday, February 23, 201602/23/2016

On The Money (2/24/16)

Is the Fed prepared for another 2008? Answering “How much do I need to retire?” Should you let the market…

Tuesday, February 23, 201602/23/2016

Charter Chatter

In Bill Newman

2/23: UMass Professor and Board Member of the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts Max Page and Massachusetts Teacher’s Union President Barbara Madeloni.

Monday, February 22, 201602/22/2016

Adult Haiku

In Bill Newman

2/22: Esteemed poet Marilyn Chin joints Northampton erstwhile poet laureate Rich Michelson; then famous Valley writers Ellen Meeropol, Jacqueline Sheehan, Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen along with Jennifer Browdy on the upcoming Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.

Saturday, February 20, 201602/20/2016

Western Mass Business Show 2.20.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Will Savitri from Artisan Beverage Coop.

Saturday, February 20, 201602/20/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.20.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Our guests today are Dawn Leaks and Natasha Clark from LionessMagazine.com, a website for women entrepreneurs. And Marla Goldberg reads from her essay about the perils of 5th grade homework. OMG.

Friday, February 19, 201602/19/2016

The Birth Of The Universe

In Bill Newman

2/19: The universe begins with professors Gary Felder (from Smith College) and Kathy Aidala (from Mount Holyoke College); Dean Jobb, author of “Empire of Deception: the Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced A City and Captivated the Nation.”

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