Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Monday, December 29, 201412/29/2014

What’s The Latest on Medical Pot?

In Bill Newman

Josh Silver guest hosts and talks with Ezra Parzybok about what’s gone wrong with medical pot in Mass.

Monday, December 29, 201412/29/2014

On The Money (12/24/14)

2014 Market and Economic Review Who’s paying all the taxes in the U.S.? 401(k) fees, what can we do about…

Wednesday, December 24, 201412/24/2014

Anonymous Tips, Charter Schools & Holiday Cheer

In Bill Newman

12.24.14 Criminal defense attorney Richard Rubin on the Text-A-Tip Program; Henry Wheaton from Show Circus Studio.

Tuesday, December 23, 201412/23/2014

Ebola & Improv

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12.23.14 Dr. Susan Lowery and Marina Goldman on Ebola—epidemic or abated? Laura Patrick, improv artist and founder of the Ha…

Monday, December 22, 201412/22/2014

Decrying The Murder of Police & Standing Up For Walmart Employees

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Josh Silver, CEO of Represent Us, on our bought congress; Peter Wagner, Director of the Prison Policy Initiative on the fleecing of the families of the incarcerated; two local Walmart workers fired for exercising their supposedly guaranteed labor law rights (Walmart has its own laws).

Saturday, December 20, 201412/20/2014

The Western Mass Business Show 12.20.14

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with C.J. Diamond from Astro Chemicals.

Friday, December 19, 201412/19/2014

The Smartest Person We Know

In Bill Newman

The smartest person we know—doctor of philosophy, nationally renown medical ethicist, and the President of Mount Holyoke College—Lynn Pasquerella.

Thursday, December 18, 201412/18/2014

The Politics Behind Hannukah & Christmas

In Bill Newman

We celebrate and debate Christmas and Hannukah with Reverends Peter Ives and Andrea Avayzian and Rabbis Justin David and Riqi Kosovske.

Wednesday, December 17, 201412/17/2014

Max Page Tackles Umass Football

In Bill Newman

Professor Max Page on protests at the UMass trustees meeting; Todd Ford, Executive Director of Hampshire Regional Council of Governments, on soaring electric rates—and how your city or town can cut them for you.

Wednesday, December 17, 201412/17/2014

Artsy with Joshua Selman Dec 14, 2014

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