Podcasts
Podcasts
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.
Thursday, September 26, 202409/26/2024
Panorama — Episode 88 — Josh Silver, former CEO of Free Press and Represent US
In Panorama
Originally aired on September 14, 2024: The One. The Only. Josh Silver. Northampton-based political consultant Josh Silver talks politics with Dan Torres. After college, Josh is shot and nearly dies in the Amazon Rainforest. After that experience, he goes on to start Free Press and Represent US, two local non-profits. Josh is now a political consultant, so he shares his insights on the upcoming presidential election.
Thursday, September 26, 202409/26/2024
All That Jazz
9/26/24: ACLU MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: free elections & abortion rights. Rev Carole Bull: patriarchy & the Bible. National Suicide Prevention Month with Nazar Yasin. Ruth Griggs w/ Arun Ramamurthy: Northampton JazzFest.
Wednesday, September 25, 202409/25/2024
Life
9/25/24: Mass Review editors Jim Hicks & Shailja Patel: poetry & self-immolation protests. Prof Michael Klare: the Israel/Lebanon/Hezbollah War & the U.S. role. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: campaign contributions to Reps Richie Neal & Jim McGovern. Get trained, save a life: Cooley Dickinson’s Mark Dion on the CPR class for all of us.
Tuesday, September 24, 202409/24/2024
As Goes Pennsylvania
9/24/24: Political expert Josh Silver: the polls today. MHC Physics Prof Kerstin Nordstrom & Amherst Geology Prof Nick Holschuh — the shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet & rising sea levels. Duke Goldman w/ Melissa Ludtke: “Locker Room Talk— A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside.” Dr. John Berger: politics & the climate crisis.
Monday, September 23, 202409/23/2024
Imagine This
9/23/24: John Lennon’s lover, photographer May Pang: her exhibit at R. Michelson Galleries. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Youth Empowerment. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: police alternatives, $21million for water. Vanessa Chakour: “Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature.”
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Vanessa Chakour: “Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature.” is a ticketed dinner. Buy tickets at (8 tickets remain). Tickets include the cost of a family style dinner. www.vanessachakour.com/book-launch
Vannessa will be at Unnameable Books in Turners Falls (open to all!) at 4pm on October 5th.
