Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, June 24, 202406/24/2024
Believe
6/24/24: Pamela Adams, Commonwealth Heroine Award recipient: helping Haitians & other immigrants here. UMass Afro-Am Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Juneteenth – its history & our continuing commemoration. Nation Magazine Defense Corr & Hampshire Prof Emeritus of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare: Ukraine & Gaza — what now? Writers Block: Megan Zinn with author, Smith College’s Valerie Joseph & illustrator Michael LaRiccia: “This is What Mazie Believes.”
Friday, June 21, 202406/21/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 67
THIS PLACE IS NO RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL
There are three comparisons one can make between the musical South Pacific and the Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay. Number 1, both involve islands, Number 2, both involve the U.S. Military and Number 3, both are created after a significant interaction with warring factions – World War II and September 11th. Guantanamo Bay, also referred to as Gitmo, is in Cuba and the military prison there first opened after the September 11th attacks. While the prison was created to house the worst terrorists, many detainees were not even Al Qaeda fighters, but villagers, turned in by their fellow countrymen, for large ransoms. At one time there were 779 people detained, and the reports of torture and abuse were real. Listen in as Attorney’s Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg share their own experiences on Guantanamo, where, of their own volition, traveled to give council and represent a handful of detainees.
Friday, June 21, 202406/21/2024
Rallying
6/21/24: Amherst Young Feminist Party’s Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Alice Jenkins: tomorrow’s protest. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the maternal health bill. Baseball historian Duke Goldman: Willie Mays’ passing. Donnabelle Casis w/ “Pulling at the Roots” playwrights Patrick Gabridge & Talya Kinston. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Jack Schneider: the MCAS a graduation requirement. EM Kennedy Inst. Pres Adam Hinds: Congressional dysfunction.
Thursday, June 20, 202406/20/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 6.15.24 — Miana Hoyt Dawson and Terry Dawson of Pause and Pivot Farm
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Miana Hoyt Dawson and Terry Dawson decided to Pause and Pivot in the pandemic when their lives were spinning faster than they would have liked. When the forced pause happened, they decided to make a conscious decision to pause. Miana was in marketing and traveling around the country for work and Terry was an engineer working for a local manufacturer, but they lived on a farm in Williamsburg. With land and some animals, they imagined what life could be if they pivoted into a new way of work and life. Having 3 kids also helped guide their decisions and ultimately, they decided to pause and pivot to the farm that exists now. Join us as we discover the goods they grow hydroponically, by woodworking, baking, and holding events. By showing up for partnerships and support of community Miana and Terry have created a network of collaborators including Olivers Farmstand with whom they have created Season Celebration in September in support of the Northampton Survival Center/Hilltown Food Pantry. Join us as we learn how to roll with a personal need and create a community resource for others. Join us as we too learn to Pause and Pivot. www.pausepivotfarm.com
Thursday, June 20, 202406/20/2024
Protests
6/20/24: DHG & Recorder Editor Dan Crowley: the N’hmpton school budget fight. Duke Goldman: the great Willie Mays. Rev. Michael McSherry: civil disobedience in scripture. Activists Susan Triolo & Louise Antony: the “Bigger than Dobbs” rally. GCC Union Pres Trevor Kearns: the No Confidence vote on the College President.
Wednesday, June 19, 202406/19/2024
Music Live & Secrets Revealed
6/19/24: LIVE! Choro musicians Fabio Oliveira (pandeiro), Joao Camarero (7-string guitar), Fernanda Silveira (cavaquinho), Morgana Morena (flute) WOW!! Larry Hott w/ Karen Brown “The Secrets We Keep.” Brian Adams w/ naturalist Molly Hale: porcupines, lichen & fireflies. Reporter Dusty Christensen: UMass’ dirty money & Nhmtn cop investigations.
Tuesday, June 18, 202406/18/2024
Representatives Heroes
6/18/24: Atty John Pucci: sentencing Donald Trump & Hunter Biden. The Deep-Sea Monster Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor, Scott Braidman & you! Steve Sanderson: Green River Festival. Commonwealth Heroines Pamela Adams, Alisa Klein, Henia Lewin w/ Sen. Jo Comerford, Reps Mindy Domb & Natalie Blais.
Monday, June 17, 202406/17/2024
Bump Up Against This
6/17/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: schools & threats. The Climate Change Community Forum w/ Sheryl Stoodley, John Fedder, Debanmanyu Das & Susan Theberge. Bill & Buz: bump stocks, abortion rights & SCOTUS. Megan Zinn w/ Amherst author Catherine Newman: “Sandwich,” secrets, family & funny.
Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 66
WHEN YOUR MAIN PRODUCTION IN LIFE BECOMES CHANGING PEOPLES LIVES
In 2003, Scott Budnick was an EVP at Green Hat Films. One evening he was invited to attend a writing workshop at the juvenile hall through the InsideOUT Writers program. Many of the young people in that program were facing adult prison sentences, and even worse, when released from the juvenile halls and prisons across California, many were returned to incarceration. So, the man whose day job was writing and producing, decided to orchestrate another production in 2013, a production whose mission he aptly named The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), its main mission, end mass incarceration. But ARC’s ongoing success, in workforce and housing programs, higher employment and lower recidivism rates, takes a well-trained village of team members and volunteers. Under the leadership of Executive Director, Sam Lewis, they continue to rewrite the ARC narrative by changing lives, changing laws, and changing the perception of justice involved individuals.
Friday, June 14, 202406/14/2024
Keeping On Keeping On
6/14/24: Rep Natalie Blais: revenge porn, legal parentage, farming, diversity & local heroes. MTA Pres Max Page: the $2 Billion Fair Share question. Donnabelle Casis w/ Julian Lowenthal: “Money Game.” Carrie Baker w/ 2024 Hamp Reg grad Alice Jenkins: student activism. David Detmold: our violent, racist state flag & seal.
