Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Friday, November 6, 201511/06/2015

Charles Neville & The Legacy of Brian Jones

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Friday, November 6, 201511/06/2015

Stan Rosenberg & Alien Life

In Bill Newman

11/3: State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on legislation on the verge of passage; then, Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on alien life.

Thursday, November 5, 201511/05/2015

Who Crafts Hillary Clinton’s Policy?

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Wednesday, November 4, 201511/04/2015

Election 2015 Recap

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Tuesday, November 3, 201511/03/2015

On The Money (11/4/15)

How the new Congressional Budget wipes out a valuable Social Security strategy. You need 45 thousand dollars a year in…

Monday, November 2, 201511/02/2015

Cool Films With Larry Hott

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11/2: Emmy award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on one of his most memorable PBS Films, “Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival;” then, a special edition of “Black in the Valley” with special guests Paul Wiley and Roger Wallace.

Saturday, October 31, 201510/31/2015

Western Mass Business Show 10.31.15

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Jess Lauren from Olive Natural Beauty.

Friday, October 30, 201510/30/2015

Are We Moving Any Closer to Ending Racism?

In Bill Newman

10/30: Kali Nicole Gross, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at UT-Austin, on racism in our schools and politics; Eva Fierst, curator at UMass. Amherst Museum of Contemporary Art, on the amazing Chuck Close exhibit; Professor Jonathan Fineberg, author of “Modern Art at the Border of Mind and Brain.”

Thursday, October 29, 201510/29/2015

An Iraqi Cellist for Peace

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10/29: Peacemaker Karim Wasfi, conductor and cellist of the Iraq National Symphony Orchestra — the cellist of Baghdad; Represent Us CEO Josh Silver on the presidential primaries (the numbers may shock you); and Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, and UMass. professor Ron Story on Jonathan Edwards and Pope Francis

Wednesday, October 28, 201510/28/2015

The Future of High-Stakes Testing

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10/28: Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni; then Natalia Munoz and Jeff Naplolitano on Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

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