Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Tuesday, December 23, 201412/23/2014

Ebola & Improv

In Bill Newman

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

In Bill Newman

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

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).

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Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond.

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Justice Department opens investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of assault: AP source

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Matthew Perry’s assistant gets more than 3 years in prison for central role in his ketamine death

Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the "Friends" star's descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison.