Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, January 24, 202501/24/2025
Western Mass Business Show on 1.18.25 — The Institute for Musical Arts
In The Western Mass. Business Show
The Institute for Musical Arts Goshen, MA
Ann Hackler (Executive Director) and June Millington (Artistic Director) have broken the sound barriers in Goshen, MA. Their love for each other and women in the music industry having a chance to be heard has been their drum beat since 1986 in California. Luckily, they got priced out of the market and came back to the 413 in 2001. On their property they teach young women how to play, record, sing, write, and ROCK. They are joined in the studio by Dana Warren, a 5X Camper, student, and 17-year-old and Penelope Black, a former camper, intern, student, and 19-year-old. Tune in to find out why you need to send your daughter to their summer camps, attend an upcoming concert in the red barn, listen to the jam-a-thon, and more. Go to www.ima.org to see for yourself. Thanks for listening.
Friday, January 24, 202501/24/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 96
PHONE HOME
In the movie E.T., the alien builds a way to communicate with his planet. Inside the jails and prisons in the US, communication between an incarcerated individual and their family and friends, was for many decades, strictly by mail but technology waits for no one. Today, many behind the wall have access to tablets, kiosks, and wall-mounted phones, with tablets being the most popular. Of course, not ALL incarcerated people have access to tablets, and for many, there is a hefty charge, not just for calls but also for SMS Texting. In recent years, States like California and Massachusetts have eliminated charging those incarcerated for their calls, but text messaging is still a pretty penny. The two largest telecom companies providing the tablets and kiosks are funded by private equity investors, people who see the usage from behind the wall as a recession-proof model. Whether the incarcerated population pays out of their commissary account, or in some cases the State pays for the calls, communication from inside has become a billion-dollar industry. In those States where the calls have become ‘free’, the States negotiate a contract with the jail or prison and then cover the costs of the phone and video calls, just not the texts. While the FCC has placed regulatory action to bring the costs down, it is still mostly low-income people who are providing the funds to stay in touch with their incarcerated loved ones.
Thursday, January 23, 202501/23/2025
Freedom Rings
1/23/24: ACLU of Mass Ex. Dir Carol Rose: Trump’s Order to abolish birthright citizenship & his pardons.
Rev Carole Bull: Bishop Budde’s words for the President & his reaction. Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: bird flu –a potential pandemic? & viruses here & now. John Anz w/ Amherst Coll Jazz Profs Bruce Diehl & David Picchi—Live in the Studio & free at the Drake.
Wednesday, January 22, 202501/22/2025
Endings
1/22/25: ICE now in churches & schools. Larry Hott: “Seat 31,” “Planetwalker” & “Keeper.” Collab Res Dir Kit Sabo & Fr Co COG Coord Leigh Figueroa: “Restorative Practices in Schools” during Trump 2.0. Brian Adams w/ Grow Food N’hmptn Co-Dir Michael Skillicorn. CDH Hospice Mgr Karen Miller & Cent Hamp Veterans Services Dir Steve Connor: end of life issues.
Tuesday, January 21, 202501/21/2025
It’s Only Day One! & What Remains?
1/21/24:Transhealth CEO Jo Erwin: Trump’s anti-Trans Exec Orders. The Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Julie Waggoner & Scott Braidman: Firsts! MHC Poli Sci & Int’l Relat Prof Andrew Reiter: Trump’s unbrave new world. A final resting place: Better Place Forests’ Libby Friede & customer Vicki Lindsay.
Friday, January 17, 202501/17/2025
The Hustler Files Ep 95
A CHAMPION AMONGST COMPANIES
According to the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice or, in short, RBIJ, everyone is entitled to respect, equality, fairness, and dignity under the law. It is this mission that drives Maha Jweied and her team to work with companies and bring solutions that promote public safety, deliver justice, and strengthen communities. But RBIJ doesn’t stop there. They are dedicated to changing the legal structures and systems that have been used to harm Black and Brown communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere around the globe. From the Clean Slate legislation, currently passed in twelve states, to the most recent Clean Slate legislation submitted in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty, with 450+ executives from around the world, Maha Jweied and her team are speaking up and stepping up to create a more humane approach to the justice system.
Friday, January 17, 202501/17/2025
Deadline –Today!
1/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her priorities & bill filing deadline – today! MTA’s Max Page: the Gov’s State of MA,”…
Thursday, January 16, 202501/16/2025
Finacial Fitness on 1.11.25
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
Financial Fitness on 1.11.25
Thursday, January 16, 202501/16/2025
Truth and Consequences
1/16/24: The Gazette’s Scout Opatut: arts & features in/of the Valley. Michael Klare: the Israel-Hamas truce. The Mass. Review’s Jim Hicks & Britt Rusert: “The View from Gaza” & the future. Ruth Griggs w/ Jeff Olmsted: his folk opera on the life of Jonathan Edwards –at Bombyx.
Wednesday, January 15, 202501/15/2025
Dear Ella, Larry, Brian, Russ, Paki, &; Sandra
1/15/24: Dear Ella (Saturday in Leverett). Films. Climate change. The World We Want Rally – Saturday.
