Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Friday, July 17, 201507/17/2015

Fair Wages for CSO & The Psychology of Torture

In Bill Newman

7/17: Dr. Stephen Soldz on how Psychologists collaborated with the CIA and Defense Department on the War on Terror’s Torture Program, and the resulting professional ethics issues; Jason Stephany of the Service Employees International Union on the impending strike by Mental Health Workers of the taxpayer’s funded Clinical & Support Options; Inside/Out with Artist Betsy Stone and New Century Theater’s Sam Rush.

Thursday, July 16, 201507/16/2015

New Evidence In The Rosenbergs’ Case

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7.16.15 Robert Meeropol on yesterday’s revelations confirming that the U.S. government executed two innocent people—his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Professor Jordan Ellenberg on “How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking”; and Dr. David Casarett, author of “Stoned: A Doctor’s case for Medical Marijuana.”

Thursday, July 16, 201507/16/2015

Burq Off!

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7.15.15 Nadia Manzoor presents “Burq Off! at the Ko Festival — with the festival’s artistic director, Sabrina Hamilton (listen to this amazing actor and writer — you are going to want to see this show); Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni with professor Mass Page on tuition, funding and high-stakes testing; Mandy Smith, author of “Cabin Fever: the Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Airlines Flight Attendant.”

Wednesday, July 15, 201507/15/2015

Touchy Feeley July 11, 2015

Tuesday, July 14, 201507/14/2015

On The Money (7/15/15)

This week on On the Money with Gary Thomas: Technical glitches and the market shutdown How to tap into your…

Tuesday, July 14, 201507/14/2015

We Heart Pluto

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7.14.15 Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed takes us on a tour of Pluto; the good, the bad, and the ugly news on Kinder Morgan’s fracking pipeline — with Katie Eisman, President of the Pipeline Awareness Network of the Northeast and the Director of MassPLAN, the Massachusetts Pipeline Awareness Network.

Monday, July 13, 201507/13/2015

Treehouse is A Home

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7.13.15 Previews, Previews!! The new café opening at the Treehouse Community in Easthampton and this year’s (literally back by popular demand) Yidstock at the Yiddosh Book Center in Amherst.

Saturday, July 11, 201507/11/2015

The Western Mass Business Show 7.11.15

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Laura Mazza Gonick from Soulful Empowered Business.

Friday, July 10, 201507/10/2015

Why Are Farmers in India Killing Themselves?

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7.10.15 Rasil Basu, founder of the NGO Ekatra, and Amherst College Professor Amrita Basu on their film “Harvest of Grief.” “Intelligent Disobedience” with author Ira Chaleff.

Thursday, July 9, 201507/09/2015

Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in A New America

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