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Doran Duke Goldman

Tuesday, April 9, 202404/09/2024

Bet on This

In Talk The Talk

4/9/24: Rep. Patricia Duffy: Holyoke getting its schools back. Duke Goldman with Keith O’Brien: sports gambling and “Charlie Hustle.” Michael Klare:  the wars in Gaza & Ukraine. Forbes Library Director Lisa Downing & Trustee Debin Bruce on the world’s new stage.  

author Margot Douaihy

Monday, April 8, 202404/08/2024

Roil the Waters, Calm the Waters

In Talk The Talk

4/8/28: Schools freed from state control: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia. Doulas, midwifery & unequal health care: Amilcar Shabazz, Laconia Fennell-Yarde & Jharna Harvey-Ahmai. Save the Connecticut w/ CRC’s Nina Gordon- Kirsch. “Blessed Water” w/ author Margot Douaihy & editor Megan Zinn.

Friday, April 5, 202404/05/2024

The Hustler Files Ep 56

In The Hustler Files

WHEN YOUR VOICE BECOMES AN ECHO THAT CHANGES LIVES

For three decades, Jean Trounstine has dedicated her life to being a storyteller, activist, educator, and theatre Director in the criminal legal system.  She came upon her calling while working as an educator at the Women’s Prison in Framingham, Mass, where over the course of a decade she directed eight plays for the incarcerated women, groundbreaking work that resulted in her highly praised book, Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women’s Prison.  From her next non-fiction, Boy with a Knife: A Story of Murder, Remorse, and a Prisoner’s Fight for Justice to her first foray into the fictionalized book, Motherlove, just released by the Concord Free Press dot com, (check out for a free copy!),  Jean brings to life and light stories that will leave you spellbound while acknowledging that the U.S. criminal justice system is not, and never has been,  black and white.

Friday, April 5, 202404/05/2024

The Eclipse is Coming! The Eclipse Is Coming! Also an Earthquake.

In Talk The Talk

4/5/24: Hampshire College prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the total solar eclipse. Donnabelle Casis & Lisa Iglesia: Las Hermanas Iglesias – WOW!! Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins on housing, budgets & mayoral memories. The CARE Center: new E.D. Oona Cook & Bd. Chair Sylvia Galvan.

Thursday, April 4, 202404/04/2024

Hearing Connections

In Talk The Talk

4/4/24: Congressman Jim McGovern on Gaza & Israel. Reverends Andrea Ayvazian & Terrilyn Curry-Avery on dismantling racism. The Cancer Connection Bed-In with Exec. Dir. Chelsea Kline. All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist (playing live in the studio!) Steve Bulmer.

Tim Fisk

Wednesday, April 3, 202404/03/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 3.30.24 — Tim Fisk, Salon Herdis and Plum

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tim is no stranger to the 413, having grown up here and deciding to ultimately remain here after a short hiatus elsewhere, we are sure glad that he is here. In his 50th year, Tim owns two businesses, Salon Herdis and Plum in downtown 01060. He is also a Coach and Trainer at Summit Salon Business Center, traveling the world to train salon owners and employees on how to make money in their businesses. Tim very clearly knows his why and if you listen in you can hear what he has in store for us for his next 50 years. 

Joe Bednar

Wednesday, April 3, 202404/03/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 3.23.24 — Joe Bednar, senior writer of Business West

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Please join us as we talk with Joe Bednar about his long and storied career in journalism. Unlike most of us, Joe knew from an early age what he wanted to be and followed that track his entire life. As Business West turns 40 Joe looks back on a career in journalism, with over 20 years at Business West specifically. He is most proud of the stories he can tell for entrepreneurs and business owners in western mass. He says it has been an honor to be able to do this work alongside of so many other amazing storytellers. 
Join us as we turn the mic (or pen) on one of the great writers of the 413. 

Wednesday, April 3, 202404/03/2024

Authors, Frogs & Unions

In Talk The Talk

4/3/24: DA David Sullivan on guns & drugs. Amherst prof Ilan Stavans on Dan Brown & “The DaVinci Code”. Ernie Brill, NHS teacher & poet — his book launch. GCC prof emeritus Brian Adams on frogs, salamanders & peepers.
Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: unions winning at Smith College.

Red Fire Farm

Tuesday, April 2, 202404/02/2024

Trial and Fire

In Talk The Talk

4/2/24: Atty John Pucci on Trump’s NY trial. Ryan & Sarah Voiland: the fire at Red Fire Farm — devastation & resilience. Dwayne Breger, UMass clean energy expert: Biden’s new EV regs. Musicians Charlotte Malin & Sophie Lippert on The Connections Concert at Bombyx.

Monday, April 1, 202404/01/2024

Dignity

In Talk The Talk

4/1/24: Sen. Jo Comerford on Death with Dignity & prohibiting Native people’s images as mascots. POP goes Northampton’s Main Street Redesign with Mayor GL Sciarra. Monte Dukes it out on baseball. Megan Zinn with Ilyon Woo: “Master-Slave, Husband-Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.”

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