Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, June 28, 201606/28/2016

Does Hamp Really Have An Empty Storefront Issue?

In Bill Newman

6.28.16 Josh Silver from Represent.Us guest hosts and talks with Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz about the state of Downtown. And he talks with two local brewers about the C_LVIN beer made in honor of the issue.

Tuesday, June 28, 201606/28/2016

On The Money (6/29/16)

Should you be concerned about the market reaction to Brexit? You are getting a Social Security raise! What does Steve…

Monday, June 27, 201606/27/2016

Poetry & Pro’s

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6.27.16 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts with Rich Michelson talking with poet Ed Ochester and talking with film pro’s like Harry Keramidas about the Ashfield Film Fest.

Monday, June 27, 201606/27/2016

Justice for Western Mass Drug Lab Scandal Victims?

In Bill Newman

6/24: LGBT JP JM Sorrell joins our Fishwrap; Northampton civil rights and criminal defense attorney Luke Ryan on the SJC’s decision yesterday –homelessness is not a crime; Don Perry, founder of Project Operation Change on the fight for justice –combating the western Mass drug lab scandal; then western Mass. super chef, author of “Seasons to Taste” (really, done by the seasons) – the exquisite cook book that comes complete with play lists.

Saturday, June 25, 201606/25/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 6.25.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

This week art educator Waleska Santiago looks the big void in the art world — tha lack of women in art shows in musuems and galleries. Makes you think we’re in the 1920s. Calling Judy Chicago! Also, filmmaker Larry Hott talks with another filmmaker, Roger Sherman, director of “In Search of Israeli Cuisine,” about food and peace and hope. And Shakira sings us out with “Ciega sordomuda,” a fun song celebrating crazy love.

Thursday, June 23, 201606/23/2016

Peter, Paul & Jane?

In Bill Newman

6/23: Rock ‘n’ roll star and Beatles friend Peter Asher on his upcoming gig at the Iron Horse; the Reverend and the Rabbi segment this week is the Reverend and the Reverend with Rev Peter Ives and Rev. Sarah Buteaux, Associate Pastor of First Churches; then Ben Ehrenreich, author of “The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine.”

Wednesday, June 22, 201606/22/2016

Wage Theft

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6/22: Labor law professor and attorney Harris Freeman and Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center Coordinator Rose Bookbinder on wage theft in the Valley and the proposed ordinances to stop it; then, Professor Freeman on his testimony last week before the United States Senate on the fight between workers and franchises; then, from the Artisan Beverage Co-op in Greenfield, Will Savitri and Sandy Pearson—an opportunity to invest locally; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz and National Lawyers Guild President and human rights attorney Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan on the House’s bill to (allegedly) bail out Puerto Rico.

Tuesday, June 21, 201606/21/2016

On The Money (6/22/16)

Market concerns for the summer What will healthcare cost you in retirement? 5 Steps to make sure you’re on track…

Tuesday, June 21, 201606/21/2016

Judges

In Bill Newman

6/21: Bill & Monte fishwrap about the Supremes supremely disturbing decision. “We Called Him Bunny”—Author Richard Anderson on Bunny Taliaferro, baseball, segregation, and Springfield Massachusetts v. Gastonia, North Carolina—and how the prejudice and segregation continues—the make-up game from 80 years ago is this weekend. Then, an interlude. Then, “The Comedy Quiz Show starring Laura Patrick from the improv group, the Ha Has; Bertha Josephson from the Superior Court, Monte Belmonte from his microphone and Quiz Master Kevin McVeigh from the world of teaching, activism, and Moth story-telling.

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