Saturday, February 8, 202502/08/2025

Western Mass Business Show on 2.8.25 — Heidi Haas & Harvey Williams

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Heidi Haas is well known to many in the 413. Having lived here for 37 years she is happily settled in WMA. She loves the village mentality has been drawn to children’s mental health and wellness for most of her adult life. As a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) Heidi has found that self-reliance and collaboration is important for children and teens to find their voice. Heidi uses Theraplay to help kids work through their issues, using their imaginations to become their own wizards. Heidi herself many would say is a master magician, working with kids clinically and socially as an Improv Teacher in Florence throughout the year. We are joined by one of her students, Harvey Williams, who is 7 and 3/4 years old. He has been doing improv with Heidi for 2 years and loves it. Listen in as we play a few games together and use our resolve and quick wit to move past unexpected balls being pitched to us. Thank you to Heidi and Harvey for coming on the show.

Saturday, February 8, 202502/08/2025

Panorama — Episode 99 — Conservative Perspectives on Trump

In Panorama

Originally aired on February 15, 2025. Jay Fleitman, Northampton Republican City Committee Chair, and Sue Timberlake, a life-long Republican, explain the 2024 election, the border crisis, Trump’s executive orders, and the troubles in Massachusetts GOP.

Friday, February 7, 202502/07/2025

The Hustler Files Ep 98

In The Hustler Files

HONOR, SACRIFICE & ANSWERING THE CALL

Gabrielle Perry was one of the lucky ones. Her birth mother was incarcerated when giving birth to Gabrielle. She engaged the aid of a friend who found a family to adopt Gabrielle, site unseen. Her parents were older, settled and without children and as she tells it, her beloved father Thurman Perry, answered the call to raise her as his own. Gabrielle’s life was as normal as could be until as a teenager she lost her beloved father, her mother became disabled, she learned she was adopted, and met her birth mother on her deathbed. Despite Gabrielle’s grit and dedication to her adoptive mother, survival eventually took her down the justice-impacted path. It was during that time in jail that Gabrielle says she found a peacefulness away from the stress of her life. She also found a level of kindness, especially from the Judge who finally heard her case. Gabrielle was once again one of the lucky ones, and over the years has achieved so much. Her greatest joy now is honoring her birth mother and the man who raised her, as she provides direct assistance and resources to system-impacted women and girls.

Friday, February 7, 202502/07/2025

America’s Engine: We’re Struck in Reverse!

In Talk The Talk

2/7/25: Prof Salman Hameed on the consequences of NASA backing off its commitment to DEI in the face of administration’s demands. MTA Pres Max Page on the administration’s threats to education & the workers responsible for delivering it. Donnabelle Casis w/ Amanda Herman on the UMass Museum of Contemporary Art: “Is anything the matter?” Community Action PV E.D. Clare Higgins on her plans to retire, on fuel assistance, and income tax filing assistance. Larry Hott w/ filmmaker Kate Way on her film “Banned Together” on book banning.

Thursday, February 6, 202502/06/2025

The Takeover

In Talk The Talk

2/6/25: Bill, Buz & Dan: Have we suffered a coup? Scott Coen talks Super Bowl. Tara Brewster: Big Bros Big Sis fun-raiser – Big Love Little Performances. Franklin Co Interim Sheriff Lori Streeter. Ruth Griggs w/ Western Mass cellist Jeremy Harman.

Wednesday, February 5, 202502/05/2025

LIVE

In Talk The Talk

2/5/25: The Northamptones LIVE! — singing us towards Sunday’s Silver Chord Bowl. D.A. Dave Sullivan live from the nationwide gathering of DAs in DC: justice imperiled by Trump policies. Brian Adams, Lynne Man & Tara Wallace of Sierra Club Forest Protection Team: the dangers of logging. Larry Hott recommends Oscar-worthy “Sugarcane” and “Black Box Diaries.”

Tuesday, February 4, 202502/04/2025

Panorama — Episode 98 — Sturgeon

In Panorama

Originally aired on February 8, 2025. An aquatic ecologist for the Connecticut River Conservancy, Kate Buckman, and UMass Amherst doctoral student James Garner talk about their study that found presence of endangered shortnose sturgeon above the Turners Falls and Vernon, VT dams. They tell us about the life cycles of these fish, how they might be impacted by hydropower facilities, and how they used environmental DNA analysis to find evidence that these fish live in stretches of river they were not know to be in previously.

Tuesday, February 4, 202502/04/2025

Breaking the Laws

In Talk The Talk

2/4/25: Attorney John Pucci: Trump’s revenge tour, purges of DoJ & FBI professionals. Pioneer teacher Joshua Freund, Pioneer Regional Principal Annie Scanlan-Emigh &; Noho parent and founder of Screentime Free Childhood Emily Boddy on cell phone policies in schools. Sen Paul Mark: Legislative Calendar, Gov’s budget, & Plan B if Fed funds are withheld. Mike German: “Policing White Supremacy”

Monday, February 3, 202502/03/2025

Western Mass Connections

In Talk The Talk

2/3/24: Sen Jo Comerford on Trump, the Gov’s budget, & some good news. Author Aran Shetterly on “Morningside: the 1979 Greensboro Massacre….” The Palestinian House of Friendship Polar Plunge w/ Tom Weiner & Celia Miller. Megan Zinn w/ New Yorker illustrator & graphic novelist Eric Drooker on “Naked City.”

Monday, February 3, 202502/03/2025

Western Mass Business Show on 2.1.25 — Ann Walsh, Owen Zaret, & Rachel Purington

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we hear about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County’s 50th year in 2025. We are joined by Ann Walsh, Development and Partnerships Manager and Rachel Purington, Case Manager to discuss the agency, new programs, and upcoming events. BBBS HC exists to help kids form meaningful connections to mentors in the community. Children’s mental health is a top concern and BBBS is helping to provide some stability in the lives of the “Littles” they serve. The “Bigs” also get something out of it as well and have the chance to provide guidance and support giving them a deeper meaning to their lives. A new program was just launched at Jackson Street School in Northampton called “Lunch Buddies”, tune in for more on that. As well, Big Love Little Performances is back on 2/13 and at the Iron Horse this year. Owen Zaret, Easthampton City Councilor, and Health Care Provider joins us to talk about why he has been a part of BLLP since the beginning. Warning-there is A LOT of singing on this episode.