Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, March 1, 201603/01/2016

Budget, Bernie & Betelgeuse

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Monday, February 29, 201602/29/2016

Florence’s Larry Hott on The Oscar’s

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2/29: Northampton’s own Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Larry Hott on last night’s Oscars; then, Rick Hart, President of the Board of Hampshire County Friends of Homeless Individuals , William “Brit” Albritton, co-chair of Northampton Unitarian Society’s Social Justice Committee, and Emma Cook, member of Smith College’s acapella group, the Smithereens, on the upcoming six group acapella concert –a fundraiser for a house for teens aging out of foster care and otherwise at risk for homelessness; then, NCIS, Northampton Criminal Investigative Service with attorney Harry Miles.

Saturday, February 27, 201602/27/2016

Western Mass Business Show 2.27.16

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Leo Bottary about ‘The Power of Peers’

Saturday, February 27, 201602/27/2016

Vaya Con Muñoz 2.27.16

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Today we talk gender equity with James Arana, an educator. community organizer, consultant and health educator. James is also associate director fo Men’s Resource International, which works in the US and abroad, prioviding workshops for men and women on how to create the shift so that children grow up in safer and loving families.

Friday, February 26, 201602/26/2016

Baseball Begins (Almost)

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2/26: Northampton’s own SABR star Duke Goldman (Society of American Baseball Researchers) on racism in our national sport and the upcoming season; Court Dorsey, from the Sugar Shack Alliance, and Jim Cutler, founder of Hilltown Community Rights, on the upcoming walk, protest and events fighting Kinder Morgan’s proposed fracking pipeline.

Thursday, February 25, 201602/25/2016

Black Lives Matter: A WHMP Community Forum

  When the City of Northampton hung a Black Lives Matter banner over City Hall, was it going too far…

Wednesday, February 24, 201602/24/2016

Vonnegut & Vacuum Cleaners

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2/24: Northampton attorney Paul Weinberg on his $32.3 million verdict yesterday against Cumberland Farms; Filmmaker Ted White and Courtney Dunham from Whole Children on the upcoming the Sprout Film Festival; a preview of this Sunday’s RREEEAAALLLLY BIG Show; Natalia Munoz on the Northampton Human Rights Commission and the police

Tuesday, February 23, 201602/23/2016

On The Money (2/24/16)

Is the Fed prepared for another 2008? Answering “How much do I need to retire?” Should you let the market…

Tuesday, February 23, 201602/23/2016

Charter Chatter

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2/23: UMass Professor and Board Member of the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts Max Page and Massachusetts Teacher’s Union President Barbara Madeloni.

Monday, February 22, 201602/22/2016

Adult Haiku

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2/22: Esteemed poet Marilyn Chin joints Northampton erstwhile poet laureate Rich Michelson; then famous Valley writers Ellen Meeropol, Jacqueline Sheehan, Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen along with Jennifer Browdy on the upcoming Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.

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‘Ketamine Queen’ gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling "Friends" star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023.

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Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia

Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.

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Rex Heuermann to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings, ending long search for a serial killer

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.

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Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

UK government blocks rapper Ye from entering Britain to headline festival

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July. It came after government officials condemned Ye's history of antisemitic remarks. The festival's organizers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being canceled as a result.