Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, April 26, 202404/26/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 59
IT ONLY TAKES ONE VOICE TO BE THE CHANGE
It’s hard to imagine someone spending 24 years in prison, let alone 10 of those in solitary confinement, but 5 years after his release, he’s the Vice President of Social Responsibility at tech innovator CHECKR, and Executive Director of their corporate foundation, Checkr.org. This is the journey of Ken Oliver. In the broad landscape of fair chance hiring, Ken knows firsthand the barriers that face anyone who has been justice impacted. As Ken says, ‘it’s not just someone’s criminal record, but there are 44,000 other collateral consequences that can prevent a justice impacted person from finding a job’. Ken has chosen to take up the flaming sword and use his powerful and passionate voice to educate corporate America, one company at a time, about the fair hiring practices associated with assessing justice impacted individuals when they are applying for a job.
Friday, April 26, 202404/26/2024
Laureates
4/26/24: Reps Mindy Domb, Natalie Blais & Pat Duffy on herds, gaggles, budgets & parliaments. U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon at Smith: ArtBeat w/ the Poetry Center’s Matt Donovan & Jen Blackburn. Atty Steven Schwartz: Mass. nursing home residents coming home! Silas Kopf: Riverside Industries’ auction tonight!
Thursday, April 25, 202404/25/2024
Supreme Anxiety
4/25/24: ACLUM E.D. Carol Rose: will SCOTUS criminalize poverty, free Donald Trump & enshrine fetal personhood? Edwards Church Rev Michael McSherry: free? will. GCC science prof emeritus Brian Adams w/ Sadie Forsythe, climate anxiety therapist. All That Jazz: John Anz gigging with pianist Andrew Wilcox.
Wednesday, April 24, 202404/24/2024
Hear This
4/24/24: Amherst prof Ilan Stavans: Point/Counterpoint featuring Ruth Ozeki. Sex Matters w/ Dr. Jane Fleishman on consent. CDH’s Jennifer Crain & Karen Miller: hospice care. Larry Hott: “The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights & “Rising Voices … the Lakota Language.”
Tuesday, April 23, 202404/23/2024
Going to a Third Party?
4/23/24: Josh Silver on DJT, RFK, Jr. & Joe. MHC Prof Kerstin Nordstrom & UMass Psych Prof Tara Mandalaywala: how kids perceive race & class. Brad Wolf, ed., Phillip Berrigan’s “Ministry of Risk.” PVPA mock trial champions — History Leader Gary Huggett, Elixa Tuthill, Charlotte Powell & Luke Laplante.
Monday, April 22, 202404/22/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 4.13.24 — Sarah Close and Dr. Jonathan Diamond
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we deep dive into the work of Hilltown Youth Recovery Theatre. Dr. Jonathan Diamond and Sarah Close take us into the magical world of HYRT. What does it mean to be student lead? What does it mean to express yourself in a safe space? How can we improve the lives of students and families that are being impacted by many societal problems? Work it out in a safe, exploratory setting with trusted staff and peers who know what its like to struggle. Based in Heath and giving us an opportunity to support their work this summer at the Spectacle. Tune into learn more about this non-profit gem in WMA. Thank you Jonathan and Sarah for coming on the show.
Monday, April 22, 202404/22/2024
Down to Earth Day
4/22/24: Atty John Pucci: the Trump trial. Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the passing of civil rights icon Bill Strickland. George Kohout, Pres, & Alena Huisman, VP, Friends of N’hmpton Trails: the cleanup. Treehouse Fndn Founder Judy Cockerton & Bd Chair Sarah Carlan: running the runway for foster care.
Friday, April 19, 202404/19/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 58
INNOCENT OR GUILTY, THERE’S NOTHING IN BETWEEN
Take a moment and think about that time when someone accused you of saying or doing something that you did not do AND no one will believe you! For those who have been wrongfully convicted and locked up behind the wall the emotional torture of knowing you are innocent is unimaginable. But if you are fortunate to connect with Mike Semanchik, Executive Director of the San Diego, California, Innocence Center, and he and his team research your case and confirm that you were in fact wrongly convicted, well then, you’re in great luck that you might finally be exonerated. Visit the Innocence Center dot org to learn more!
Friday, April 19, 202404/19/2024
Amending
4/19/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: the state budget. MTA Pres Max Page: the right to strike & MCAS. The Lava Center’s Open Stage w/ Vanessa Query & Nisse Greenberg. David Knowles & Jaris Hanson: fab local theater. Kennedy Institute CEO Adams Hinds: dysfunction.
Thursday, April 18, 202404/18/2024
Hear Today
4/18/24: DHG & Recorder editor Dan Crowley: bear paws & CRESS. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: the war, antisemitism & Passover. Brian Adams w/ Sublime Systems CEO Leah Ellis & Comms Dir Erin Glabets: environmentally friendly concrete. Ruth Griggs w/ VT Jazz Ctr ED Eugene Uman.
