Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, December 20, 202412/20/2024
Fire & Rain
12/20/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: mental health on Beacon Hill; MTA Pres Max Page: MCAS as grad req’mt — again? New Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren: fire & ambulance mutual aid among our cities & towns. EM Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: the ghost of gov’t shutdowns past.
Thursday, December 19, 202412/19/2024
Have Faith, Have Hope
12/19/24: DHG & Recorder Editor Dan Crowley: local Person(s) of the Year. Rev. Michael McSherry: having hope. U.S. Judge Michael…
Wednesday, December 18, 202412/18/2024
Naughty and Nice!
12/18/24: Sexologist Dr. Jane Fleishman: holiday gifts to enhance pleasure! Hampshire Co Sheriff will follow the law by refusing to illegally turn undocumented immigrants over to ICE on “detainers.” Brian Adams w/ Bob Schrader of Chestnut Mountain Christmas Tree Farm. Dusty Christensen & The Republican’s Investigations Editor Greta Jochem: Civil asset forfeiture in WMass amounts to legalized theft.
Tuesday, December 17, 202412/17/2024
First Night & Tonight
12/17/24: The Love Crumbs; Comedy Quiz; Mysterious drones. Preserve Social Security
Monday, December 16, 202412/16/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 12.14.24 — Dawn Corderio and John Grossman, Holyoke Hummus
Monday, December 16, 202412/16/2024
Flagging Ups & Downs
12/16/24: Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: fights over the American flag & the Mayor’s salary. Tapestry Health ED Mavis Nimoh: abortion rts under Trump. Lawyer-profs — Smith’s Carrie Baker w/ WNEU Law’s Erin Buzuvis: transgender athletes. Megan Zinn w/ local author Eric Bennett: “Noodles & Albie on Thin Ice.”
Friday, December 13, 202412/13/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 90
WE DO CRAZY
In Episode 89 we became acquainted with Sheriff Karl Leonard of Chesterfield County, Virginia. We circled back with the Sheriff to meet his Behavioral and Mental Health Division Director, Kerri Rhodes. Kerri is no stranger to the tragedy of addiction, and in looking for a way to heal herself, she found a pathway at the Sheriff’s HARP program by helping incarcerated individuals with addictions and introducing a coping and healing mechanism called Trauma Tapping. According to Kerri, Trauma Tapping is based on acupuncture and works with the 12 energy meridians in the body. As a clinician, Kerri is the first to admit that she was highly skeptical of how Trauma Tapping could help people to break free from long-standing addiction, and emotional and psychological barriers. With training and consistent effort, Kerri started to see the positive results of this untraditional treatment not just with the incarcerated individuals, but even the correction officers and other members of the Sheriffs’ staff. Standing by their, ‘we do crazy’ mantra, Kerri launched a series of Trauma Tapping videos for Tik Tok Tuesdays. It wasn’t long before these videos garnered millions more views, but also attracted the attention of Bunnie, wife of country music artist, Jelly Roll. Once Jelly Roll started following the Trauma Tapping videos that were posted, weekly, millions more opted in to watch this unique and evidence-based treatment. In 2023 Jelly Roll made his first in-person visit to the Chesterfield County jail, asking to ‘meet the tapping lady’. He returned again in the Fall of 2024, while touring, and made a one-of-a-kind grand gesture, that impacted more than the men behind the wall.
Friday, December 13, 202412/13/2024
Survive & Thrive
12/13/24: Rep Natalie Blais: Trump v. Massachusetts, climate, & econ devel. MTA’s Max Page: HS diplomas for students MCAS failed. Donnabelle Casis w/ HCC’s Taber Art Gallery Dir Rachel Rushing on the exhibit “Thrive.” Smith Prof Steven Heydemann & human rts atty Laura Pitter: Assad’s fall & Syria’s future.
