Friday, June 12, 201506/12/2015

The Earth Was A Snowball TWICE

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6.12.15 Josh Silver and Monte talk pipeline, big money in politics and paleontology.

Thursday, June 11, 201506/11/2015

Bhi Bhiman Bill Dwight and The Red Sea

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6.11.15 Josh Silver guests hosts and fish wraps with Northampton Council President Bill Dwight and Monte and talks with Bhi Bhiman, coming to the Horse on Saturday. Plus The Rev. & The Rabbi on Red Sea moments.

Wednesday, June 10, 201506/10/2015

Not Just Tough Guys Anymore

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6.10.15 John Engel (Director of the Fatherhood Journey), Marianne Winters (Director of Safe Passage) & James Arana (Men’s Resources International) preview the upcoming Healthy Men and Boys Summit; the return of the benches!! Jonathan Goldman (Northampton Youth Commission) and students who painted the benches in downtown Northampton share the stories of their creations; Northampton’s Bob Bissell, author of “The Stock Market: You Can Do It”; and Your State U with Max Page- on the swansong of UMass President Robert Caret—rising tuition?

Tuesday, June 9, 201506/09/2015

On The Money (6/10/15)

When should the Fed raise the interest rate? What about the “June Swoon?” What to do after you max out…

Tuesday, June 9, 201506/09/2015

Still Singing For Freedom

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6.9.15 That fracking pipeline through our community–if you have a complaint, your time in this week! – with MassPlan (Pipe Line Awareness Network) Executive Director Katie Eisman; Bill Perlman previews the Freedom Singers reunion—this weekend; Peter Blanchette, HVGO founder and maestro on forming a middle and high school kids guitar orchestra.

Monday, June 8, 201506/08/2015

The Latest On Nepal

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6.8.15 The Valley supports Tibetan relief with Anasuya Well and Tashi Sherpa—at the Academy of Music this Thursday! Then, the (re)birth of a literary and arts journal from the Western Mass. Hill Towns– Stone Walls Review II — with editorial board members Wil Hastings and Evan Johnson—a preview of the coming celebration and launch at the extraordinary North Hall, built circa 1795.

Friday, June 5, 201506/05/2015

Palestine (Part 2)

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6.5.15 Mohammed Salwaha, founder and Director of the Palestinian House of Friendship on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Pulitzer Prize-winning author & historian of the early republic, Joe Ellis, on his new NYT bestseller, “The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789;” Mount Holyoke College professor Kathy Aidala on the upcoming Sci-tech Café; Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone on the Arise art auction and artists for social justice.

Thursday, June 4, 201506/04/2015

Palestine & Waterloo

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6.4.15 Best-selling author Bernard Cornwell on his new book “Waterloo: the History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles.”
A preview of the art auction in support of Arise for Social Justice with its Executive Director Michaelann Bewsee and Advisory Board member Jane Mildred; then, Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David with Palestinian House of Friendship Executive Director Mohammed Sawalha.

Wednesday, June 3, 201506/03/2015

The Scarlet Professor: The Opera

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6.3.15 Harley Erdman (UMass professor theater and playwright) & Eric Sawyer (Smith College Professor of music) preview their new opera based on the award-winning book by Northampton-based author Barry Werth (also with us in the studio) “The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin, a Literary Life Shattered by Scandal.” Then, Henry Bard and Christopher Cerf—this is too funny—co-authors of Spin glish How to Succeed in Business and Politics And Everything Else with Spin glish: the Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language, by founders of the National Lampoon. And a preview of the Northampton Education Foundation showcase with NEF board members Jack Finn & Dale Melcher.

Tuesday, June 2, 201506/02/2015

On The Money (6/3/15)

This week on On the Money with Gary Thomas Is our country better prepared for a financial crisis like the…