Podcasts
Podcasts
Thursday, June 6, 202406/06/2024
Panorama — Episode 80 — Allison McDonald, Managing Editor of the Amherst Current
In Panorama
Originally aired on May 4, 2024: Co-Host Dan Torres interviews Allison McDonald, the Managing Editor & Web Producer of The Amherst Current. They discuss the revival of the Amherst Current, the importance of local journalism to civic life, and the latest controversial stories from Amherst.
Wednesday, June 5, 202406/05/2024
The Rule(s) of Law
6/5/24: DA David Sullivan: the MAGA threats & the UMass protest cases. Dr. Nell Irvin Painter: race, Sojourner Truth, & art. Brian Adams w/ John Feffer, Dir, Institute for Policy Studies: slivers of hope in the climate crisis. Bill Feinstein: immigrants living at Logan.
Tuesday, June 4, 202406/04/2024
Polls, Pols & Mush
6/4/24: Tatishe Nteta, Poli-Sci Prof & Director of UMass Poll: the election polls today. Marla BB of Hilltown Sled Dogs: mushing at minus 40 degrees. Sen Paul Mark: housing here and now. Richie Davis: 42 years of Western Mass. stories for the Gfld Recorder.
Monday, June 3, 202406/03/2024
Reflections
6/3/24: UMass prof Amilcar Shabazz reflects on Bill Strickland & recent arrests of protesters. Northampton Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra: the school budget. Mary Cowhey & Kat Brow: Families with Power. Megan Zinn w/ poets Jen Jabaily-Blackburn (“Girl in a Bear Suit’) & Amanda Shaw/ (“It Will Have Been So Beautiful”).
Saturday, June 1, 202406/01/2024
Hustler Files Ep 64
DEFYING THE ODDS, ONE STATE & ONE JUSTICE IMPACTED PERSON AT A TIME
Imagine spending a full day, as a volunteer, sitting right next to, or across from, a justice impacted person, except you’re behind the wall with them! You’re shaking their hand, sharing ideas, their ideas to transform their lives, maybe start a business when they get released, and at the end of the day, watching them put on a cap and gown, maybe the first they ever had, and walk across a stage to accept a graduation certificate for participating in a program that brings leadership, empowerment, self-care, healing, and entrepreneurial ideas to paper. Well at Defy Ventures, you don’t have to imagine it. Since its beginnings over a decade ago, Defy Ventures has connected 7,200 volunteers with almost as many justice impacted individuals behind the wall. They’ve also connected many of those same individuals once they are released and have met reentry stability goals, with people and programs to move them forward with their business ideas. None of what Defy Ventures accomplishes is easy, but with Executive Directors, like Melissa O’Dell of Defy Ventures Illinois, even providing opportunities to ONE individual, like Cordelia Spivey, is life changing!
Friday, May 31, 202405/31/2024
Talk The Talk: Convictions
Convictions
5/31/24: Attorney John Pucci: Trump’s convictions. Artbeat: Donnabelle Casis & 50 Arrow Gallery’s Jason Montgomery: the Low End Theory show. Amherst’s new CRESS Director Camille Theriaque: alternatives to an armed police response. Amherst law and poli sci prof Austin Sarat: the politics of Trumps convictions.
Friday, May 31, 202405/31/2024
Talk The Talk: Life and Live in the Studio
Life and Live in the Studio
5/30/24: ACLU of MA ED Carol Rose: campus protests & the Supreme Court. Harvard Chaplain & atheist Greg Epstein on Gaza. GCC science prof Brian Adams w/ UMass Extension Service’s Jon Clements: fruit and fruit trees. John Anz w/ clarinetist & vocalist Evan Arnsten — coming to the Drake.
Wednesday, May 29, 202405/29/2024
Talk The Talk: Hard To Describe
Hard to Describe
5/29/24: Michael Hoffen,16 y.o.! Egyptian hieroglyph translator: “BE A SCRIBE: Working for a Better Life in Ancient Egypt.” Larry Hott w/ Amherst Media’s Jim Lescault & Yanna Ok: the Cambodians in Amherst exhibit. Michael Klare: war crimes, no peace in Gaza and Ukraine. Rev Carol Bull: finding faith, keeping faith.
Tuesday, May 28, 202405/28/2024
Talk The Talk: What’s Brewing?
What’s Brewing?
5/28/24: Josh Silver: polls & the presidential – the jury is out. Amherst prof Eric Sawyer: his new opera, “The Onion.” Johnny Memphis: the ‘tones & NHS bands tomorrow! Duke Goldman: Bill Walton, $ for college athletes, & bye-bye, bad ump. Profs Kerstin Nordstrom (MHC) & Lutz Grossman (UMass): brewing new proteins.
Saturday, May 25, 202405/25/2024
Hustler Files Ep. 63
TO NORMALIZE OPPORTUNITY, WE MUST FIX THE TALENT PIPELINE PROBLEM
Here in the U.S., there is a belief that the education and workforce systems are broken. At Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national non-profit, they believe it’s time to tap the full potential, skills, and aspirations of more than 70 million people with records, living in the U.S. As part of JFF’s commitment to that effort, they created the JFF Center for Justice & Economic Advancement. Under the guidance of VP Lucretia Murphy, she and her team are focused on providing a road map for federal, state, and local leaders, so they can fine tune and apply their efforts to ‘normalize opportunity’ for people with records.
