Tuesday, July 9, 202407/09/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 7.6.24 — Dr. Fadia Nordtvei

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Who knows what DEIBS stands for? Most know what DEIB is but if you add the S it stands for sustainability. Join us as we speak to Dr. Fadia Nordtveit who’s work centers around communication, business equity, and sustainability. While working at NYU and Springfield College, Fadia can use her platform to teach the next generation of leaders about how to communicate inclusivity and what their leadership means for the society of the future. If that isn’t enough, Fadia also has a steady stream of workshops, including her popular Inclusive Business Canvas Model which she has given to the Amherst Chamber community. Check out her website to learn more about how she chooses to show up in the world. Thank you for all that you do Fadia.

Tuesday, July 9, 202407/09/2024

Finding Our Way

In Talk The Talk

7/9/24: Rep Pat Duffy: Biden’s candidacy. maternal health, home equity theft, data privacy & reproductive rights. Duke Goldman: impossible baseball feats & the Red Sox’s Impossible Dream — again? Educator Todd Gazda: cell phones in the classroom. Way Finders CEO Keith Fairey: housing here & now.

Monday, July 8, 202407/08/2024

Truth Way

In Talk The Talk

7/8/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Biden’s candidacy, crime & schools. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: reparations & renaming Rt 9 Sojourner Truth Way. UMass Prof & Dir of Cybersecurity Inst Brian Levine: social media’s dangers to kids & warning labels. Megan Zinn w/ Jendi Reiter, Northampton-based author of “Origin Story.”

Friday, July 5, 202407/05/2024

The Hustler Files Ep 69

In The Hustler Files

NOT ALL MONSTERS ARE STRANGERS

Alicia and Jenna both grew up in middle-class, 2 parent homes.  Alicia was a top student and leader in her school.  Jenna went to a private school and had a typical teenage life.  But while Alicia and Jenna lived 3000 miles apart their stories became intertwined because they both became victims of human trafficking while still in High School. Even worse, the men that trafficked them, were known to them, and their families.  For Alicia, it was her high school soccer coach, and for Jenna, it was her boyfriend.  You would think in 2024 that being held captive or forced to have sex for money, or be an indentured servant and live in bondage to another person, went the way of slavery, but it hasn’t.  One in three runaways in the U.S. becomes trafficked by another human. There is no cookie-cutter version of a human trafficker or the men who pay to have sex with these women.  While there are men who are trafficked, it is a relatively small number, but nonetheless, a violent crime, and for those who have been or still are trafficked, fear, shame, and trust are the biggest factors that keep them tied to their traffickers. It takes a village of love, trust, and therapeutic endeavors to return these victims to their families and communities. 

Friday, July 5, 202407/05/2024

Panorama — Episode 81 — Former GOP Congressman Scott Klug and Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Unite States Senate CEO Adam Hinds

In Panorama

Originally aired on July 13, 2024. Wisconsin Congressman Scott Klug (1991-1999) and the current CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Adam Hinds, join host Dan Torres to discuss democratic polarization, social media, and Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party.

Wednesday, July 3, 202407/03/2024

Busted

In Talk The Talk

7/3/24: DA David Sullivan: Trump’s immunity, Biden’s replacement. Eric Reeves: massacres & mass starvation in Darfur. UMass Poli-Sci prof Raymond La Raja: his Boston Globe op-ed on Biden; the right-wing surge in France. Reporter Dusty Christensen: busting the Mass. Cannabis Ctrl Comm; labor charges against Smith.

Tuesday, July 2, 202407/02/2024

Saving Democracy, Rights, & Forests

In Talk The Talk

7/2/24: Atty John Pucci, Buz & Bill on SCOTUS’ granting Trump immunity for his crimes. Sen Paul Mark: should Biden step aside; also, the $6B housing bond bill & the right to read books in schools & libraries. Brian Adams w/ Mass Audubon’s Andrew Randazzo: saving our local forests.

Monday, July 1, 202407/01/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 6.29.24 — Ira Bryck, a Senior Advisor for Giombetti Associates

In The Western Mass. Business Show

No stranger to the WMBS Ira Bryck is back on again to update us on his life’s work of being semi-retired. Really this boils down to the fact that he gets to meditate more and not feel the pressure of doing so much all the time. Ira, we are jealous. Between being a Senior Advisor for Giombetti Associates and finding the best hires for the right roles and coaching leaders across the globe, he is probably just as busy as he ever was. If you are brave, then reach out to do a personality assessment to see where you score and where your median is. From Family Business, to Haiku, to E For All, to daytime naps, we will make sure you are all caught up on the life and times of this busy Amherst resident. Join us.

Monday, July 1, 202407/01/2024

Fellow Citizens

In Talk The Talk

7/1/24: Sen Jo Comerford: presidential debate, affordable housing & climate. Silversthorne Theater’s Gina Kaufmann & Director Michelle Ong-Hendrick on “Bulrusher”. Ctr For New Americans ED Laurie Millman, paralegal Harleen Multani, & Citizen Basil Kibakuli on July 4th naturalization ceremony. Megan Zinn & Ben Shattuck: “The History of Sound”

Friday, June 28, 202406/28/2024

The Hustler Files Ep 68

In The Hustler Files

FROM PRISON TO PRESIDENT

Terah Lawyer is the first to tell you that her lived experience as a formerly incarcerated woman, absolutely fell into the ‘wrong place, wrong crowd, wrong time’ adage.  Terah spent 15 years behind the wall, but realized early on, in her incarceration, that her mission was, as she states, “to love on the women” who were behind the wall with her.  Taking that leadership role in prison and continuing to educate herself, receiving two associate degrees, was pivotal in preparing her for the work she would take on, once released.  That work, in reentry and rehabilitation led Terah to advocate for other justice impacted individuals and not surprisingly it didn’t take long for her to take on the role of Associate Director of The Homecoming Project, an initiative that provides formerly incarcerated people with room to rent with matching housemates.  From there Terah was asked to join CROP (Creating Restorative Justice and Programs) and was just recently promoted from Executive Director to President.  Visit crop-org.squarespace.com to learn more about their holistic approach to reentry and services for those who are coming home from prison.