Podcasts
Podcasts
Saturday, February 7, 202602/07/2026
Panorama — Episode 142 — Business Owners Will Brideau & Steve Sanderson
In Panorama
Originally aired on February 7, 2026. Will Brideau of Jackson and Connor & Steve Sanderson, co-worker of several tattoo parlors, on the trials and tribulations of owning a business in western Massachusetts.
Friday, February 6, 202602/06/2026
The Hustler Files Ep 148
FOSTERING CHANGE, ONE CHILD AT A TIME
From surviving abuse, instability, and homelessness to building a national nonprofit to helpfoster children, this is the powerful journey of Rob Scheer, founder of the organization Comfort Cases. After experiencing firsthand the harsh realities of the foster care system where children often carry their belongings in trash bags, Rob turned his story into a movement focused on restoring dignity, comfort, and a sense of worth to kids in crisis. In this conversation, Rob shares the deeper challenges within foster care, including trauma, invisibility, and the long-term impact on children who age out of the system. Rob also reflects on resilience, personal responsibility, and the moment he chose a different path, one that now impacts hundreds of thousands of lives across the country. With 700 children in the United States entering foster care EVERYDAY, Rob is truly compassion in action, seeing what others overlook, and proving how one person’s lived experience can spark meaningful, systemic change.
Friday, February 6, 202602/06/2026
Letting in The LIGHT
2/6/26: Your State U Max/Page-Carolyn Chou, head of Homes for All, rent control & Jamie Hartmann-Boyce on exploding health care cost
Lev BenEzra-Community Action—Peter Wingate, Director of Energy & Weatherization Programs: It’s Freezing
Salman Hameed—Mr. Universe— Science, Kids, Learning & A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis—Elizabeth Stone, ZRzosalyn Driscoll, Tori Lawrence, Light Being—darkness & LIGHT.
Thursday, February 5, 202602/05/2026
Listening & Leading
2.5.26 Corrine Coryat – candidate for 1st Franklin District—Listening & Leading.
Sheryl Stoodley (artistic dir), John Sheldon (Red Guitarist), Robin Doty (managing dir) Serious Play Theatre Ensemble: Red Guitar—Feb 11th at 8pm.
Our House w/ Representative Jim McGovern—Ice, Affordability, Elections,
Ruth Griggs previews Fat Tuesday w/ Samirah Evans & Chris Lenois
Wednesday, February 4, 202602/04/2026
Life & Death
2/4/26 Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan: Gov Healey responds to ICE & new plan to combat sex trafficking Lora Wondoloski, Jessa McCormack, Henry Morgan—Peace Dev Fund funding the movement & Phenom’s fight to democratize higher ed. Brian Adams with UMass Professor of Public Policy Juniper Katz on renewable energy challenges and successes. Cool Films with Larry Hott on Oscar nominees for best short documentary
Tuesday, February 3, 202602/03/2026
Western Mass Business Show on 1.31.26 — Lindsay Labonte Manager of Applied Mortgage
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Tune in as we speak with a true community leader. Lindsay Labonte Manager of Applied Mortgage has taken the helm from her father Todd Barron and given the company a new look and location. Keeping with the leading with a purpose mindset, Lindsay has launched new programs like: Applied Mortgage Academy and Local Love Days to cement the business firmly in community. Listen as we discuss the regional landscape, the state of homeownership, tips, and tricks to getting in the pipeline, what it’s like to do this with children, and more.
Tuesday, February 3, 202602/03/2026
Conversations
2.3.26 State Senator Paul Mark—Money, Healthcare, 250th celebration, & the Pats
Super. Dr Xiomara Herman—Pelham Schools, Difficult Days Ahead
Hampshire College President Jennifer Chrisler–Financial Sustainability & the Future
Carole Bull-Do something! The journey of healing
Monday, February 2, 202602/02/2026
WHMP Radio Panorama — Episode 141 — On The Western Tradition with Harvard Professor James Hankins
In Panorama
Originally recorded on January 20, 2026. Dan Torres interviews Harvard Professor James Hankins co-author of The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition. His book strives to educate Americans on the importance of the Western Tradition. Did Christianity really cause the decline of the Roman Empire? What role did Pope Sylvester II have in teaching logic? How did bureaucracy, taxation, and the rule of law contribute to the rise of the West? Professor Hankins answers these questions, and more, and explains why he is moving to Florida.
His article, “Why I’m Leaving Harvard” in The Compact magazine can be found here:
https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-im-leaving-harvard/
Monday, February 2, 202602/02/2026
Quite Literally
2/2/26: John Bollard: “Two Hundred Years of Protesting with Rosa Parks.” Megan Zinn w/ Bremond Berry MacDougall & Lisa Endo Cooper: publishing “lost” women authors. Sen. Jo Comerford: combatting ICE’s harms in Mass & nationwide & state finances. Nmpton Mayor GL Sciarra: If ICE comes to Hamp, snow removal, art & artists — David Rothstein, ice sculptures & the Silver Chord Bowl,
Friday, January 30, 202601/30/2026
The Hustler Files Ep 147
IT’S OK TO SAY THE F WORD
From a felony to the CEO of a Global foundation, Michelle Cirocco knows firsthand that second chances work, because she lived it.
After serving time in prison, Michelle rebuilt her life by taking a job at a call center, inside a local correctional facility. Today, she leads the Televerde Foundation, helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women gain workforce credentials, employment, and long-term success. With over 5,000 women served and a
recidivism rate that is under 2%, Televerde’s model is transforming reentry outcomes and economic impact across states like Arizona and Indiana. In a powerful and heartfelt conver-sation, Michelle talks about leadership, the stigma of having a felony, workforce develop-ment, her ‘Cinderellas’, her pet peeves, why failure is not the end, and that it’s okay to say the F word.
