Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, February 2, 202402/02/2024
Fly Me To the Moon!
2/2/24: MTA Pres Max Page on Newton teachers and the right to strike for public employees. Prof Salman Hameed: the Japanese Moon mission & the need for int’l collaboration on space exploration. Donnabelle Casis w/ Jason Montgomery discuss 50 Arrow Gallery. Clare Higgins celebrates 60 years of Community Action. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman talks about finances, roads, and Winterfest 2024
Thursday, February 1, 202402/01/2024
Remember This
2/1/24: Congressman Jim McGovern: the border, Ukraine, & Israel. Rebecca Starr, Medical Dir., Pioneer Valley Memory Care Initiative. Political Gold with Josh Silver: Trump’s trials/ our tribulations. Ruth Griggs & Paul Arslanian: Green St. Trio, Jazz Festival, upcoming gigs, workshops, & more!
Wednesday, January 31, 202401/31/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 1.27.24 — Meghan Lynch from Six-Point Creative
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Meghan Lynch from Six-Point Creative has been in the business of helping family businesses for over 20 years. SPC focuses on generational businesses and their brand strategy, asking the question: how do we honor the past and evolve to stay relevant for the future? Head to their website (www.sixpointcreative.com) to take the quiz on where you need to go and what you need to focus on. Meghan has a hard time with the kind of “hustle culture” that is all about spinning up companies and selling them without a lot of thought or care about how they will sustain. It is connected to a bigger question of stewardship and sustainability for her. If you are a small business owner especially if you are in a family business, then this episode is for you. Join us to learn more.
Wednesday, January 31, 202401/31/2024
Pickleball, Science, Bankers & Union Busting
1/31/24: Northampton’s Parks & Rec’s Julia Chevin: Pickleball! UMass Econ Prof Gerald Epstein: “Busting the Bankers’ Club.” GCC’s Brian Adams with Amherst Cinema’s Alex Hornbeck & George Myers: science on film. Labor lawyer Seth Goldstein, atty for the union at Trader Joe’s in Hadley.
Tuesday, January 30, 202401/30/2024
Northampton Downtown Redesign
1/30/24: Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Dr Khama Ennis on “Faces of Medicine.” Jillian Duclos, E.D. Downtown Northampton Ass’n: the redesign. Sci-Tech Cafe: MHC profs Kerstin Nordstrom & Spencer Smith on physics & Saltwater Taffy. Hollywood ed. & Oscar voter Harry Keramidas: the year’s best films. Wanda Bertram, Prison Policy Initiative: the exploding prison population.
Monday, January 29, 202401/29/2024
Restless in Translation
1/29/24: The run to Beacon Hill with Easthampton City Council Pres. Homar Gomez. Clear Stories with Stephen Petegorsky (photographer), Naila Moreira (poet), & Paul Gulla (gallery manager). Megan Zinn with Amherst College prof Ilan Stavans, co-founder of Restless Books.
Friday, January 26, 202401/26/2024
The Terrific & the Horrific
1/26/24: MTA Pres Max Page: the Newton educators’ strike. The Northamptones — Live! Atty David Hoose: last night’s execution. Donnabelle Casis & HCC Prof Raishad J. Glover: his new show. Amherst Prof. Austin Sarat: the history of the death penalty. Live: NHS virtuosos pianist Noah Daube-Valois & CDH’s Jacquie Ouellette: music on the psychiatric ward.
Friday, January 26, 202401/26/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 47
NEARLY 1 IN 3 U.S. ADULTS IS CUT OUT OF THE LABOR MARKET, BUT HELP IS COMING
The murder of George Floyd was a catalyst for an onslaught of positive change in so many areas of our society, and no more so than in Chicago where business leaders came together to address the economic and racial inequities across all the neighborhoods in the Chicago region. Out of that confab came the Corporate Coalition of Chicago with more than 40 members of the Chicago business community, 23 anchor partners and 5 initiatives to reduce long-standing and continuing inequities and create a thriving economy throughout Chicago. One of these initiatives is centered in Fair Chance Hiring and addressing the talent shortage and the population that faces severe limitations to gaining employment because of a criminal record. This model is being adopted across the U.S. but can it grow fast enough to save our businesses who can’t find employees.
Thursday, January 25, 202401/25/2024
Victory!
ACLU’s Carol Rose: SJC rules — DAs to disclose police misconduct; also, DNA collection, cell phone tracking, & book banning. Rev. Carole Bull: non-violence. Wayfinders’ Keith Fairey & Valley CDC’s Alexis Breiteneicher: low- income housing now. Gov. Councilor Tara Jacobs: new justices & judges.
Wednesday, January 24, 202401/24/2024
More Discourse, Less Discord
1/24/24: John DiBartolo wants more discourse, less discord. Peter Simpson talks about saving Haymarket Café. Jane Fleishman discusses desire. Brian Adams with Paul Lagreze on mushroom cultivation. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen explains the Greenfield police leadership raises and the local presence of Ukrainians seeking to remain in this country for humanitarian reasons.
