Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Adam Hinds

Friday, October 18, 202410/18/2024

Our Ballots Ourselves

In Talk The Talk

10/18/24: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Climate Bill and the 5 Mass ballot questions. MTA Pres Max Page responds to opponents of Ballot Q 2 (MCAS as a h.s. grad requirement). ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Kat Adler: “A Happening IV: Leviathan” at the Shea. GCC science prof Brian Admas w/ Will Savitri of PV Squared: solar power now! Adam Hinds, CEO of the Kennedy Inst for U.S. Senate: the venality of our politics.

McSherry

Thursday, October 17, 202410/17/2024

All the Words Fit to Print & Speak & Spell

In Talk The Talk

10/17/24: Gazette & Recorder Exec Editor Dan Crowley: the stories they print. Edwards Church Rev Michael McSherry: the words we speak. Megan Zinn & Lisa Papademetriou: the Nhmptn Education Fndn’s Spelling Bee. Prof Rafael Martinez: his migrant story & “Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the U.S.”

Larry Hott

Wednesday, October 16, 202410/16/2024

Light Sound & Fury

In Talk The Talk

10/16/24: Paul Newlin: Grammy-nominated “Ball in the House”—coming to Whately. Larry Hott hosts “In Light of Time” w/ artists Mary Ann Kelly, Laura Radwell & Carolyn Webb. Defense expert Michael Klare: bigger wars –soon? now? Prof Michael Meeropol: fascism v. democracy –the choice before the country again. Sexual harassment & the Holyoke police with Shoestring Investigative Editor Dusty Christensen.

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker

Tuesday, October 15, 202410/15/2024

Where We Stand

In Talk The Talk

10/15/24: Eric Reeves, trustee, Darfur Bar Ass’n: humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan. Our spooky, seasonally appropriate monthly Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Pam Victor, & Jess Tyler. Ballot Question 5 –raising the minimum wage for tipped workers w/ Smith Prof Carrie Baker & Fair Wage Mass Grace McGovern. The Capitol Fools w/ writer Mark Eaton.

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Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia

Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.

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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.