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Thursday, September 1, 201609/01/2016

A Kinder Kind Of Divorce Court

In Bill Newman

9/1: Hon. Linda Fidnick, First Justice of the Hampshire Probate and Family Court, with members of the FRSC (Family Resolutions Specialty Court) Advisory Board Jim Frutkin from Service Net and family law lawyer Leslie McLellan Brown; Rev. Peter Ives on God and sexual fluidity; Max Page on UMass this week — one first place and one last.

Wednesday, August 31, 201608/31/2016

Meet Adam Hinds

In Bill Newman

8/31: Adam Hinds, candidate for the state senate from the Berkshire-Hampshire-Franklin-Hampden District; Cool Films with Larry Hott; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Tuesday, August 30, 201608/30/2016

Who Will Be The New Sheriff In Town?

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8/30: Patrick Cahillane, candidate for Hampshire County Sheriff; Bob Pura, President Greenfield Community College and Tom Spiro, director of the Elms College B.A. program offered at G.C.C.; journalist Scott Atkinson, editor of “happy anyway: a flint anthology.”

Tuesday, August 30, 201608/30/2016

On The Money (8/31/16)

Healthcare costs are going up at twice the inflation rate. How do we afford it? New phone and email scams…

Monday, August 29, 201608/29/2016

Another Hopeful For “The Ellen Story Seat”

In Bill Newman

8/29: Lawrence O’Brien, candidate for Ellen Story’s seat; Nathan Stoltzfus, author of “Hitler’s Compromises: Coercion and Consensus in Nazi Germany;” then (for a real change of pace!) Steve Sanderson and Monte Belmonte preview Transperformance.

Saturday, August 27, 201608/27/2016

Western Mass Business Show 8.27.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

8.27.16 Ira talks with Vince George from Bombay Royale in Northampton

Saturday, August 27, 201608/27/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 8.27.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week Eloisa Gordon Mora, vice president of academic affairs at Sagrado Corazón University in San Juan, Puerto Rico, talks about how the economic crisis in Puerto Rico is destroying education at all levels from elementary to university schools.
Then we go positive with our esteemed colleague Liz Román of El Pueblo Latino/MassLive.com/TheRepublican, who tells us about the big giant fiesta taking place next week in Chicago, where the Puerto Rican community there is honoring Holyoke and Springfield, the cities with the largest concertrations in our region.
Larry Hott review four films: Ticked, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, The Young at Heart Chorus and Don’t Think Twice. The first two are investigate documentaries, while The Young at Heart is about Northampton’s much beloved chorus and the fourth, Don’t Think Twice, a comedy playing at Amherst Cinema.
And singing us out is El Topo with his song called “Verde Luz,” considered the unofficial anthem of Puerto Rico because rather than gloryfing Columbus as is done inthe official “La Borinqueña” song, his is a love to song to the beauty of our island.

Friday, August 26, 201608/26/2016

A Little NOLA, A Little Kingston

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8/26 Bill Newman Show: The Daily Hampshire Gazette as fishwrap; Tom Manley, President of Antioch College; John Colby, then, Charles Neville, John Colby and Kyle Homestead preview Saturday’s music confab in Easthampton.

Thursday, August 25, 201608/25/2016

Hello God, It’s Me Hampshire College

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The Fishwrap with News Director Denise Vozella about the ongoing controversy and today’s DHG editorial regarding Tara Ganguly and the Northampton Human Rights Commission; John Seager, President and CEO of Population Connection (the successor organization to ZPG—Zero Population Growth) on his new (and free to download) book “The Good Crisis: How Population Stabilization Can Foster a Healthy U.S. Economy;” then Peter Ives and Director of Spiritual Life at Hampshire College, Rev. Liza Neal on politics, activism and faith.

Wednesday, August 24, 201608/24/2016

Slam & Shame or Cherry Picking? The Gazette and The Hamp Human Rights Commissioner

In Bill Newman

8/24: Natalia Munoz, Chair, Northampton Civil Rights Commission, on DHG reporting, institutional racism, human rights and freedom of speech –all the twists and turns and tweets; then upcoming refugee resettlement in Northampton with Susannah Crolius from Western Mass. Catholic Charities Office of Immigration, Migration, and Refugee Services and Ward 7 City Councilor and Welcome Home Steering Committee member Alisa Klein; then, Attorney Alejandra Lugaro, candidate for governor of Puerto Rico.

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