Podcasts
Podcasts
Wednesday, October 9, 202410/09/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 10.5.24 — Jon Schaefer, Head Maple Sugarer at Berkshire East
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we speak with Jon Schaefer, Head Maple Sugarer at BE and beyond in Charlemont, MA. Having grown up in the outdoor recreation business Jon was a top skier in his younger days and learned from his dad how to work with the land in WMA. With ties to BC in Canada, Hermitage Club, Bosque, Middlebury, and Catamount, you will see why Jon is a go to industry name for the adventure sports industry. With so many options to choose from at BE, it’s hard to choose one. Give a listen and then head up for the BrewFest on 10/13 or perhaps the Halloween Party on 10/26. See you on the trails.
www.berkshireeast.com
Friday, October 4, 202410/04/2024
Voyages, Exploring, Fiddling
10/4/24: MTA Pres Max Page: the longshoremen strike & the MCAS question. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the launch to Jupiter’s ocean-filled moon, Europa. Donnabelle Casis, Athan Vennell & Sloan Tomlinson: Monster Arts Project 5. Dr. Steven Hassan: “The Cult of Trump.” Sarah Michel, Sarah the Fhttps://soundcloud.com/uploadiddler, LIVE!
Friday, October 4, 202410/04/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 80
ARE MANY INCARCERATED WOMEN ALSO THE VICTIMS?
This episode continues some additional, and important storylines we explored during our recent visit behind the wall in Episode 79. Coincidentally, it also touched upon a recent Op-Ed article on BostonGlobe.com from Professor Susan Sered, a criminal justice specialist who wrote, ‘incarcerated women are being held in overly restrictive environments despite evidence that women pose little security risk, compared to their male counterparts.’ Based on what we heard and saw behind the wall, that article and ensuing soundbites we recorded, and now share in this episode created an interesting conversation that included The Hustler Files Producer Jess Tyler. Of the six women we met, 1 was awaiting trial for an alleged murder, 1 for assault with a dangerous weapon, and 1 for carjacking and robbery. The other 3 were sentenced; one for manslaughter (defending herself), one for multiple DUIs, and one for ‘being in the wrong place’. To sit and chat with them, you could close your eyes and be anywhere but behind the wall. The sad common denominator between them was abusive childhoods, no parents or lack of parental boundaries, drugs, alcohol and/or, mental health challenges. So the question to be asked is; Are these women as much the victims as they are the criminals?
Thursday, October 3, 202410/03/2024
Wars
10/3/24: Rep. Jim McGovern: War and Peace & the election. Rev Andrea Ayvazian: have faith –especially today. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio: audit the legislature? Ballot Question 1. Candidate Nadia Milleron: her fight against Richie Neal for the MA 1st Congressional District.
Wednesday, October 2, 202410/02/2024
Birds and Bees
10/2/24: DA David Sullivan: Veep debate, Drug Take Back, Safe & Healthy School Summit. Sex Educators Jane Fleishman & Hardy Haberman: the critical importance of consent & the Kink Community. Scientists Brian Adams w/ NHS teacher Fred Morrison: Monarch butterflies’ migration, & bees. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: Trump, journalism, the 1st Am.
Tuesday, October 1, 202410/01/2024
The State We’re In
10/1/24: Atty John Pucci: Trump’s criminal cases, SCOTUS & the election. The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac Editor in Chief Carol Connare – fun! Sen Paul Mark: the American Revolution—the 250th, Ballot Question 1, auditing the legislature, & Happy 100th B’day, Jimmy Carter. ” Hiking Hidden Gems…National Parks” with Ted Alvarez.
Monday, September 30, 202409/30/2024
Revelations
9/30/24: Robert Meeropol: the gov’t executed his mother Ethel Rosenberg, knowing she was innocent. Bill Scher & Bill Dwight: the upcoming election & the VP debate. Spgfld teacher Roni Gold: No on Q2. Megan Zinn w/ Fred Waitzkin, author of “Anything is Good.”
Friday, September 27, 202409/27/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 79
THE WOMEN OF THE WESTERN MASS REGIONAL JAIL
Behind the wall in Chicopee Massachusetts there are 150 women serving time. If you’re sentenced, you wear green prison garb. If you’re waiting to be sentenced then you’re wearing orange. The Women’s Western Mass Regional Correctional Center is under the watch of the Hampden County Sheriff, Nick Cocchi, and thus considered a jail. Just don’t make the mistake of calling it a prison. Prisons are either run by the state, the feds or private industry. Upon arriving at the jail, submitting to our CORI reports, and being escorted through the many sliding metal doors, we are ushered into a classroom where there are six incarcerated women sitting around a table and signing release forms for their interview. Assistant Superintendent, Colleen Stocks, who runs the jail, graciously hosted us and allowed us to chat with Maggie, Vanessa, Brenda, Auntie, Keys and Jay. Listen in as these women open up about life behind the wall, the daily challenges of incarceration and what they would tell their younger selves.
Friday, September 27, 202409/27/2024
Panorama — Episode 89 — Jill Norton, educator and mom and voting No on Question 2
In Panorama
Originally aired on October 5, 2024. Jill Norton is a long-time educator and a mom of a child with an IEP. She is voting NO on Question 2 that would eliminate the MCAS test as a graduation requirement. The MCAS showed her where her kid needed extra support. It was a tool that made a difference. The Massachusetts governor and the Secretary of Education publicly support No on Question 2. Listen and vote on November 5th.
Friday, September 27, 202409/27/2024
Good News Bad News
9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.
