Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, October 21, 202510/21/2025
Western Mass Business Show on 10.17.25 — Happier Valley Comedy
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we chat with Pam Victor, Founder/President and Head of Happiness and Scott Braidman Managing and Artistic Director about the past 10 years of the HVC story and where they are headed next. Thanks to a strong board of directors, performers, audience, and community they are smiling ear to ear. Located at 1Mill Valley Road in Hadley they are building out their stage literally and figuratively to encompass more room for more people. Their core values sum up the way that they approach most things:
Follow the Joy and Ease
Assume Good Will
Be of Service
Redefine and Disempower Failure
Play More
Listen in as we lean into improv and how we can play more. Whether you come for a class, or to attend a performance, perhaps a workshop, just come. You will find a place that you can be yourself and enjoy the time away from all the other obligations that weigh you down. Oh, and Bob Lowry if you are listening, we love you, Scott especially. Thanks for joining us.
Tuesday, October 21, 202510/21/2025
Power and Superpowers
10/21/25: Rep Aaron Saunders on No Kings, medical insurance, & clean energy. Jason “JT” Tirrell, E’hamp mayoral candidate. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Mandy Anderson & Scott Braidman: New England ghost folklore. Prof Carrie Baker w/ Smith basketball Coach Lynn Hersey and hoops player Selam Maher.
Monday, October 20, 202510/20/2025
Panorama — Episode 124 — Hope Street in Greenfield
In Panorama
Originally recorded on October 20th, 2025. To Surplus or Not to Surplus that’s the question in front of Greenfield residents on November 4th. Precinct Five City Councilor Marianne Bullock explains the Yes and No vote on Ballot Question 1, the desperate need for housing, and the plan to spur greater economic development in the City of Greenfield.
Hope Street FAQ:
www.greenfield-ma.gov/government/may…ollapse67660b0
Vote Yes rebuttal:
recorder.com/2025/10/14/pushbac…upport-a-yes-vote/
Monday, October 20, 202510/20/2025
C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-I-A-L ?
10/20/25: Meg Robbins, N’ton at-large City Council candidate. Megan Zinn & Marty Wohl: the NEF Spelling Bee. Gwen Nabad, candidate for N’ton Ward 1 City Council. Adam Hinds, EM Kennedy Institute for U.S Senate CEO, on gov’t shutdown, Trump defunding & the No Kings rallies.
Saturday, October 18, 202510/18/2025
Panorama — Episode 123 — Garrick Perry & Benjamin Spencer, At-Large City Council Candidates
In Panorama
Originally aired on October 18th, 2025. Garrick Perry & Benjamin Spencer, two of the four candidates running for the At-Large seats in Northampton. Garrick and Benjamin make for the case that Northampton has accomplished a lot in recent years. They explain why Picture Main Street is crucial to the economic revitalization of downtown Northampton and how to spur greater development throughout the City of Northampton. They conclude the interview sharing their stories about making “Paradise City” home.
Garrick Perry’s campaign website:
https://www.garrickperryward4.com/
Benjamin Spender’s campaign website:
https://spenceratlarge.com/
Friday, October 17, 202510/17/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 132
SHE WAS A WARDEN ON A MISSION FOR CHANGE
Elaine Lord may have been the youngest woman to become a Warden in the State of New York, but even before her appointment at Bedford Hills Correctional, she was on a mission to improve the incarcerated programs within the New York prison walls. Before her retirement, Elaine dedicated 20 years to Bedford Hills, providing women behind bars a second chance. Her inspiring stories of the Children’s Center at Bedford Hills and her mission to keep incarcerated Mothers connected to their children were only a part of the vital work required to change lives within the prison system. Join us as we explore the complexities of justice, compassion, and the importance of human connection in corrections, a legacy that Elaine Lord can be proud of.
Friday, October 17, 202510/17/2025
Audits & Artists, Politicians & Professors
10/17/25: Max Page w/ Auditor Diana DiZoglio: auditing the legislature & applying the Public Records Act. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: wisely follow the money. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: the Justice Dep’t is a dire threat to democracy. Prof Michael Hoberman on “Imagining Early American Jews.” Donnabelle Casis w/ Rachel Buenaventura of the Wistariahurst Museum on “Identity in Ink: the Art of Tattooing.”
Thursday, October 16, 202510/16/2025
Solutions
10/16/25: Luke Rotello, N’ton City Council Ward 5 candidate. DHG & Recorder Exec Editor Dan Crowley: covering local elections. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: hostages, prisoners & a two-state solution. “Made in the Valley” (& live in studio!): musicians Loren Ludwig, Alice Robbins & Tim Eriksen: local 19th century music for voices and viols.
Wednesday, October 15, 202510/15/2025
Committed
9/15/25: Al Simon, candidate for N’ton City Council, Ward 2. UMass Profs Paul Collins & Tim Komatsu: the voting patterns of Federalist Society justices & judges. Brian Adams w/ THE state herpetologist, Mike Jones: turtles & salamanders & snakes—oh my! Larry Hott reviews “Democracy Noir” and “Apocalypse in the Tropics.”
Wednesday, October 15, 202510/15/2025
Councilors, Counselors & a Chef !
10/14/25: N’ton Ward 2 Councilor and candidate Deborah Pastrich-Klemer. Amherst Councilor Andy Steinberg & N’ton Councilor Alex Jarret: funding our schools & other critical services. UMass Dining Services’ Jeff MacDonald — winner of the “Chef of the Year” award! Rich Michelson: “What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice” and “Three Poets and a Play” on No-Kings Day.
