Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Smith prof Naila Moreira

Tuesday, December 19, 202312/19/2023

The Forest from the Trees

In Talk The Talk

12/19/23: Northampton immigration atty Megan Kludt: saving DACA. The Comedy Quiz (on dinosaurs!) with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Mandy Anderson. Solar power v. forests with Smith prof Naila Moreira. Gwen Agna & Shelley Rotner: “Finding Home:Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary.”

Monday, December 18, 202312/18/2023

Sheroes

In Talk The Talk

12/18/23:  Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: the superintendent search. MLRI atty Judith Liben: subsidized affordable housing — for the rich?  Reproductive Rights hero, Dr. Giovannina Anthony: the fight for abortion.  Megan Zinn with John Sheirer on “For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories”

Friday, December 15, 202312/15/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 43

In The Hustler Files

THE FEAR OF TOO MUCH JUSTICE

When a legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts, the result is an absolute MUST READ aptly named The Fear of Too Much Justice.  While this is not the first book for authors Stephen Bright and James Kwak, it is their first collaboration that offers a heart-wrenching overview of how the criminal legal system fails to live up to the values of equality and justice.  “- their goals are to protect the poor and innocent, expose the truth behind capital punishment and wrongful convictions, and call out corrupt prosecutors and incompetent judges, along with any other bad actors who have ruined our system”. – John Grisham

Friday, December 15, 202312/15/2023

Guns & Cherish

In Talk The Talk

12/15/23: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: legislative wins & the gun bill. MTA Pres. Max Page & GCC prof Phyllis Keenan on CHERISH. ArtBeat: Donnabelle Casis & Pulp Gallery’s Dean Brown. Drs. Shane Taylor & Kate Atkinson: concierge medicine. Gregory Gibson: his new book & his son’s murder.

Thursday, December 14, 202312/14/2023

A2Z

In Talk The Talk

12/14/23: John Pucci on Trump & the Supreme Court. Rabbi Riki Kosovske & Pastor Marisa Egerstrom on the bomb threat to Beit Ahavah. Brian Adams & Andre Boulay of A2Z Science & Learning Toy Store. Ruth Griggs with Edwards Church’s new Dir. of Music, Adam Simon.

Michael Klare

Wednesday, December 13, 202312/13/2023

“Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism”

In Talk The Talk

12/13/23: “Class, Race, Gender…(and) Capitalism” with activist, organizer professor Michael Zweig. Larry Hott recommends “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” and “Lift.” Michael Klare on Israel-Hamas & Ukraine. Schools, money & the election with Greenfield Councilor Marianne Bullock. 

Todd GAZDA

Tuesday, December 12, 202312/12/2023

Schools

In Talk The Talk

12/12/23: We Fishwrap Harvard. Duke Goldman on Shohei Ohtani’$700 million contract. Jay Fleitman, Massachusetts Campaign Co-Chair of Desantis for President. Educ. Collaborative’s Todd Gazda on school superintendents.

Monday, December 11, 202312/11/2023

The Western Mass Business Show on 12.9.23 — Marshall Escamilla and Lindsay Patterson from Tumble Science Podcast

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we welcome Marshall Escamilla and Lindsay Patterson from Tumble Science Podcast for Kids to the show. They founded Tumble Media to serve kids and families with a podcast to entertain and inform their curiosity about science. For over 10 years they have been influencing what kids are listening to and draw on their work as educators and musicians to draw audiences in. After moving from Barcelona they have found a home in Greenfield, lucky us. Find out more about them on tumble.media. Thanks for tuning in.

Monday, December 11, 202312/11/2023

Dark Days & Bright Lights

In Talk The Talk

12/11/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: more cops & the City Council fight.  Amherst activists Amilcar Shabazz & Andrea Battle: community & CRESS. Sarah Pirtle, Tim Van Egmond & Rochelle Wildfong: the Ashfield Winter Solstice Celebration. Center for New Americans’ Laurie Millman & Sarah Sullivan: 30 Poems/30 Days at Smith College. Megan Zinn & Ana Reyes, local, NYT bestselling author of “The House in the Pines,” at the Odyssey in S. Hadley

Friday, December 8, 202312/08/2023

Community Action

In Talk The Talk

12/8/23: MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS initiative. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the Big Whack! Donnabelle Casis & Kelly Silliman: the fab new community art space. Clare Higgins: giving & taxes. Central West Justice attys Marion Hohn & Catherine Ady-Bell: the emergency shelter crisis.

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