Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

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

Tuesday, December 16, 201412/16/2014

On The Money (12/17/14)

How the new congressional budget could affect pensions Dealing with an inheritance or windfall When to move on from your…

Tuesday, December 16, 201412/16/2014

Getting a Handle on Handel

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Arcadia Players and the conductor preview Handel’s Messiah; Attorney Matt Cregor, author of Not Measuring Up: The State of School Discipline in Massachusetts.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84.

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Good game, bad dunk contest. The highs and lows of an eventful NBA All-Star weekend

If you still didn't like the NBA's newest All-Star Game format, you probably just don't like All-Star games. That seemed to be the sports sphere's consensus after the U.S.-against-the-world, round-robin tournament Sunday produced three thrilling mini-games and several impressive individual performances.