Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

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

In Bill Newman

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

Monday, December 15, 201412/15/2014

Al Jazeera & Santa Claus

In Bill Newman

Al Jazeera- America reporter Libby Casey on the torture report; SANTA CLAUS is coming to town—We know ‘cause he WAS IN OUR STUDIO with Blizen (you couldn’t make this up).

Saturday, December 13, 201412/13/2014

Western Mass Business Show 12.13.14

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Mike Tremble about his family owned business, Valley Communications.

Friday, December 12, 201412/12/2014

Buz Eisenberg on torture & Heidi Stemple on Counting Owls

In Bill Newman

FREEDOM!!! GCC professor and GTMO detainee lawyer Buz Eisenberg on his client just released from Guantanamo and on the torture report; Heidi Stemple –on counting owls—it’s not for the birds (sort of, it is).

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Rex Heuermann to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings, ending long search for a serial killer

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.

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Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.

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UK government blocks rapper Ye from entering Britain to headline festival

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July. It came after government officials condemned Ye's history of antisemitic remarks. The festival's organizers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being canceled as a result.