Podcasts

Podcasts

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Tuesday, April 26, 201604/26/2016

On The Money (4/27/16)

What do you do if you “hate” the stock market? Things that should be on your financial “to-do” list. What…

Tuesday, April 26, 201604/26/2016

Will UMass Call An Audible on Football?

In Bill Newman

4/26: Max Page, founder and board member of PHENOM—the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts—explains how Governor Baker’s recent rollout—to great fanfare– of a higher education plan amounts only to public relations because it will help almost no one.

Monday, April 25, 201604/25/2016

“You Can’t Stop A Song”

In Bill Newman

4/25: The Amandla Chorus—previewing the chorus’s upcoming spring concert at Edwards Church on Saturday April 30– with Evelyn Harris, Eveline MacDougall, Lilly Lombard and Magsy Lombard; then, “In the Heights” at Williston with Director of the Williston Theatre Emily Ditkovski and five amazing student actors.

Saturday, April 23, 201604/23/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.23.16

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Art historian and curator Cynthia Velázquez in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the artist Jessie Amaury, who is working ona new mural in the northwest city. The country is in a catastrophic economic downturn, but art, like water, finds paths to travel, drop by drop, forges new paths. You can click here to join the Arecibo es Color Facebook page, or search for it from your FB page. Also on the program, a homage to Prince, who gave me courage to express passion and love. We play “Take Me With U”and as much as we can “Dirty Mind.”And, Marla Goldberg reads from her essay. It’s about her personal relationship with President Obama. Ooh

Friday, April 22, 201604/22/2016

Peace Soldier

In Bill Newman

4/22: Linda Sartor, author of “Turning Fear into Power: One Woman’s Journey Confronting the War on Terror;” then award-winning filmmaker Mick Caouette on his new film in progress “Frances Perkins: Fire and Ice,” coming to Mount Holyoke College.

Thursday, April 21, 201604/21/2016

Death of A Pipeline

In Bill Newman

4/21: Katy Eisman, CEO of the organizations leading the fight against the Kinder-Morgan fracking pipeline, on yesterday’s blockbuster announcement that KMI is giving up the ghost on its proposed pipeline though our valley; Smith College professor Ben Baumer, co-author of “The Sabermetric Revolution” talks baseball and analytics (who knew numbers could be so much fun?) and previews his Sci-Tech café presentation this coming Monday; then, The Reverend, the Reverend and the Reverend—Peter Ives, Chuck Morton, & Bobbie Morton

Wednesday, April 20, 201604/20/2016

Stand By For Stan Rosenberg

In Bill Newman

4/20: State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on national politics and Massachusetts taxes; Veteran reporters Natalia Munoz and Marla Goldberg on Hillary v. Bernie; author Ken Ilgunas—his new book is “Trespassing Across America” – on the route on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Tuesday, April 19, 201604/19/2016

On The Money (4/20/16)

Are low interest rates forcing you into risky investments? What happens if you lose your employer health care plan in…

Tuesday, April 19, 201604/19/2016

A History of New York Police Brutality

In Bill Newman

4/19- Peace activist Paki Wieland with Linda Sartor on her new book Turning Fear into Power. Kestrel Land Trust Executive Director Kristin DeBoer. Mount Holyoke professor Daniel Czitrom on his new book New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal that Launched the Progressive Era. Plus, UMass Professor Max Page and Massachusetts Teacher’s Association President Barbara Madeloni on the picket line.

Monday, April 18, 201604/18/2016

The 101 Best Dingers in Baseball

In Bill Newman

4/18- Local author Tommy Shea on his new book on baseball; Another local author Shel Horowitz, on his new book Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World; plus the regular segment, Black in the Valley.

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