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Wednesday, November 26, 202511/26/2025

Marching On

In Talk The Talk

11/25/25 Valley Comm Dev Corp’s Jessica Allan & Alexis Breiteneicher: new affordable housing in N’ton, Hadley, & Amherst. Hampshire Coll Prof Michael Klare: wars in Ukraine, Venezuela, & Gaza. Monte Belmonte & DA David Sullivan: March for the Food Bank – live, on the road. Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondoloski: the march, surveillance cameras, & housing. Duke Goldman: professional athletes, politics & free speech.

Monday, November 24, 202511/24/2025

Fire and Light

In Talk The Talk

11/24/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super: the school counselor controversy, LGBTQ rts & the middle school. Megan Zinn w/ Amanda Jones, who is “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor: poetry, rap & comm healing. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: the huge fire, Amherst College’s $ contributions to town, lighting the Merry Maple.

Friday, November 21, 202511/21/2025

The Hustler Files Ep 137

In The Hustler Files

FROM SMALL TOWN TO HIGH SHERIFF, AGE IS JUST A NUMBER TO JILLIAN MYERS

Sheriff Jillian Myers of Grafton County, New Hampshire, isn’t just the first and youngest female High Sheriff ever elected in her hometown, but she’s also a wife and mama to her three little girls. While a career in law enforcement wasn’t on her radar till college, Sheriff Myers says she couldn’t see herself doing anything else. Her commitment to the communities and people within her rural county, the staff under her watch, and her collaborative efforts with other law enforcement agencies have made an undeniable impact since her taking office in January of 2025. As one of only two female Sheriffs in New Hampshire and one of 50 Nationwide, this episode is a testament to courage, leadership, and commitment to making a difference, because age is really just a number.

Friday, November 21, 202511/21/2025

Not Pulp Not Fiction

In Talk The Talk

11/21/25: MTA Pres Max Page w/ SEIU MA Political Dir Harris Gruman: the looming ballot question. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: schools & money. Amherst prof Austin Sarat on Epstein, Trump’s power & political executions. Josh Silver on “Age of Disclosure” — aliens? Donnabelle Casis w/ Pulp Gallery’s Dean Brown: the amazing spiritual work of Adam Gurvitch & Andrea Dezso.

Thursday, November 20, 202511/20/2025

Following Up Up & Away

In Talk The Talk

11/20/25: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: 2025 flu & covid vaccines — risks & rewards. DHG & Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: follow-up stories on the Amherst fire, E’ton new Mayor’s first decisions, & food trucks in N’ton? Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: bringing Torahs to Ireland, addressing antisemitism. John Anz w/ brilliant vocalist Stella Cole: her upcoming holiday show at Tanglewood.

Wednesday, November 19, 202511/19/2025

Peaks

In Talk The Talk

11/19/25: Young@Heart Chorus’ Bob Cilman, Orlando Isaza & Caroline McDonald: “Ten-Alarm Fire: We Will Not Shut Up!” Ellsberg Initiative’s Chris Appy and Farai Chidea: “How to Read America.” Community Action’s Energy Program Dir Peter Wingate: staying warm. “Between The Mountain and the Sky” with filmmakers Larry Hott & Jeremy Power Regimbal and the protagonist, Nepal-based Maggie Doyne.

Tuesday, November 18, 202511/18/2025

Panorama — Episode 134 — Election Retrospective

In Panorama

Originally recorded on November 15, 2025. Yakov Kronrod, William O’Dwyer, Michele Ronco, and Ace Tayloe ran for office in Northampton but fell a little short in getting elected. Why did they run? What did voters tell them about schools, the Resiliency Hub, and downtown redesign? And isn’t affordable housing connected to all of these issues? They share their answers and more on this retrospective election episode.

Tuesday, November 18, 202511/18/2025

Western Mass Business Show on 11.15.25 — Chicopee Chamber of Commerce and Principal Consultant at Greylock Management Consulting

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we chat with Melissa Breor, the Executive Director of the Chicopee Chamber, and Samalid Hogan, who is the CEO and Principal Consultant at Greylock Management Consulting. They are well known individuals throughout the region because of the important past roles that they have held. Samalid was the former Executive Director at the MSBDC in Springfield and Melissa worked at the Northampton Chamber for many years. They have partnered up to do a series of workshops in Chicopee sponsored by the City of Chicopee. 13 workshops to be exact. Their topics will include business planning, capital resources, financial planning, energy, and impact.

For more information, please go to:
www.bit.ly/chicopeebizworkshops
www.chicopeechamber.org
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Tuesday, November 18, 202511/18/2025

Good Fights

In Talk The Talk

11/18/25: Rep. Aaron Saunders: today’s vote on more money ($2.5 Billion) for education. Hadley School Super Annie McKenzie: constructing a school budget. Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin & Lynn Curry: a quiz on board games. Feminist Future — Smith profs, activists & authors Carrie Baker w/ Loretta Ross: the fight for abortion access.

Monday, November 17, 202511/17/2025

Panorama — Episode 133 — Diana DiZoglio on the “Authoritarian Regime” in Massachusetts

In Panorama

Originally recorded on November 17, 2025. Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio called the Legislature an “authoritarian regime.” Diana explains that comment, her saga to audit the legislature, and her latest ballot initiative to revamp the public record law in Massachusetts.

Diana DiZoglio for MA webpage:
www.dianaforma.com/

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