Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, April 14, 201504/14/2015

Auditors & Aliens

In Bill Newman

State Auditor Suzanne Bump; Katrina Spade—composting you—a big article on her in the NYT today; Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on new developments in the world of SETI—the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Monday, April 13, 201504/13/2015

Taylor II Dance and Fighting Corruption

In Bill Newman

Amanda Stevenson, Paul Taylor dancer; Tzipora Lederman from W. Mass. Represent Us; Lisa Fontes, author of “Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship.”

Saturday, April 11, 201504/11/2015

The Western Mass Business Show 4.11.15

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Part 1 of Ira’s conversation with Win Smith the former CEO of Merrill Lynch.

Friday, April 10, 201504/10/2015

Baseball and quilting. And sexism?

In Bill Newman

Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella on ethics, the medical profession, and baseball; nationally renown sports expert, commentator, and author…

Friday, April 10, 201504/10/2015

Eat ice cream, lose weight. Ok!

In Bill Newman

Abel James, host of the “Fat Burning Man Show”, on his “Wild Diet.”  Attorney Harry Miles on the Tsarnaev verdict.…

Wednesday, April 8, 201504/08/2015

Urban Death, Improv, and Care for Vets

In Bill Newman

Hidden Wounds of War with professor Bob Meagher, author of “ Killing from the Inside Out”; therapist and trauma expert Mark Nickerson, co-author of “The Wounds Within”; and Edward Tick, author of “Warriors Return.” Then, improv artists extraordinaire, TJ Jagodowski & Pam Victor (of the Ha Has) on “Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book.” Katrina Spade on turning yourself into compost (when the time comes).

Tuesday, April 7, 201504/07/2015

On The Money (4/8/15)

What needs to be done with the IRS and the tax code? Is some debt good in retirement? Does “Buy…

Tuesday, April 7, 201504/07/2015

Art, poetry, and Strange Fruit

In Bill Newman

Guest host Rich Michelson interviews Robert Meeropol, the younger son of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg and Founder of the Rosenberg Fund for Children.

Tuesday, April 7, 201504/07/2015

Over

In Bill Newman

Author and conservation expert Tom Butler, editor of the extraordinary new book, being referred to as “Over.” The full title is “Overdevelopment. Overpopulation, Overshoot.”

Monday, April 6, 201504/06/2015

Historic Mill River Walks 4.6.2015

In Bill Newman

With guest host Josh Silver.  Black in the Valley, Sojourner Truth, Connecticut River.

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