Podcasts

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Friday, June 28, 202406/28/2024

Your Ballot Yourself

In Talk The Talk

6/28/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: THE debate & yesterday’s votes. MTA Pres Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy: replacing MCAS as grad req’t. Donnabelle Casis w/ Brantner DeAtley: visionary artists. Josh Silver autopsies the Biden’s debate performance. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Samantha Giffen: school & library funding.

Thursday, June 27, 202406/27/2024

FOR Women

In Talk The Talk

ACLU of MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: this week’s Supreme Court’s abortion decisions.  NOW co-founder Muriel Fox: “The Women’s Revolution: How We Changed Your Life.”  Science prof Brian Adams w/ GCC Engineering Prof Ted Johnson: more nukes now? Ruth Griggs w/ Kristen Neville: the Spfld Jazz & Roots Festival

Wednesday, June 26, 202406/26/2024

Good Grief Larry & Jane

In Talk The Talk

6/26/24: Larry Hott recommends “Hit Man”, “How to Rob a Bank” & “The Good Place -Aristotle & Ethics.” Sex Matters w/ Dr. Jane Fleishman & Edie Daly: “Old Lesbians.” State Auditor Diana DiZoglio: auditing legislators. The Garden’s Shelly Bathe Lenn: helping young people & families with the death of loved ones.

Tuesday, June 25, 202406/25/2024

Subject to Debate

In Talk The Talk

6/25/24: Political expert Josh Silver: the upcoming presidential debate. Hampshire prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the oldest galaxy ever seen was just seen; also, harvesting minerals from the far side of the moon. Duke Goldman: MLB banned Willie Mays’ & Mickey Mantle for casino pr and now is super-hyping gambling. Massachusetts Review Editor Jim Hicks: the summer issue, the Gaza issue and turning over the reins.

Monday, June 24, 202406/24/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 6.22.24 — Miranda Maguire and Ann Walsh of Big Brothers Big Sisters & Bob Lowry, Owner of Bueno y Sano

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we engage once again with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County. We talk about the Daffodil Run in 01002, Bueno Day, Lunch Buddies, and Matches that Work. Miranda Maguire Program Supervisor, Ann Walsh Development and Partnerships Manager, and Bob Lowry Owner of Bueno y Sano discuss how BBBS impacts them and the greater Hampshire County community. Since 1975, BBBS HC has been impacting the lives of Littles so that they may have meaningful adult relationships in their lives but they are not the only ones to benefit. Mentoring is proven to be an important factor in the development of youth and BBBS is fulfilling that need. Bob Lowry is a 3x Big and now major supporter of BBBS. Tune in to learn how you can give of your time or talent in order to make this program even more successful than it already is.

Monday, June 24, 202406/24/2024

Believe

In Talk The Talk

6/24/24: Pamela Adams, Commonwealth Heroine Award recipient: helping Haitians & other immigrants here. UMass Afro-Am Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Juneteenth – its history & our continuing commemoration. Nation Magazine Defense Corr & Hampshire Prof Emeritus of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare: Ukraine & Gaza — what now? Writers Block: Megan Zinn with author, Smith College’s Valerie Joseph & illustrator Michael LaRiccia: “This is What Mazie Believes.”

Friday, June 21, 202406/21/2024

The Hustler Files Ep 67

In The Hustler Files

THIS PLACE IS NO RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL

There are three comparisons one can make between the musical South Pacific and the Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay. Number 1, both involve islands, Number 2, both involve the U.S. Military and Number 3, both are created after a significant interaction with warring factions – World War II and September 11th.  Guantanamo Bay, also referred to as Gitmo, is in Cuba and the military prison there first opened after the September 11th attacks.  While the prison was created to house the worst terrorists, many detainees were not even Al Qaeda fighters, but villagers, turned in by their fellow countrymen, for large ransoms.  At one time there were 779 people detained, and the reports of torture and abuse were real.  Listen in as Attorney’s Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg share their own experiences on Guantanamo, where, of their own volition, traveled to give council and represent a handful of detainees.

Friday, June 21, 202406/21/2024

Rallying

In Talk The Talk

6/21/24: Amherst Young Feminist Party’s Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Alice Jenkins: tomorrow’s protest. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the maternal health bill. Baseball historian Duke Goldman: Willie Mays’ passing. Donnabelle Casis w/ “Pulling at the Roots” playwrights Patrick Gabridge & Talya Kinston. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Jack Schneider: the MCAS a graduation requirement. EM Kennedy Inst. Pres Adam Hinds: Congressional dysfunction.

Thursday, June 20, 202406/20/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 6.15.24 — Miana Hoyt Dawson and Terry Dawson of Pause and Pivot Farm

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Miana Hoyt Dawson and Terry Dawson decided to Pause and Pivot in the pandemic when their lives were spinning faster than they would have liked. When the forced pause happened, they decided to make a conscious decision to pause. Miana was in marketing and traveling around the country for work and Terry was an engineer working for a local manufacturer, but they lived on a farm in Williamsburg. With land and some animals, they imagined what life could be if they pivoted into a new way of work and life. Having 3 kids also helped guide their decisions and ultimately, they decided to pause and pivot to the farm that exists now. Join us as we discover the goods they grow hydroponically, by woodworking, baking, and holding events. By showing up for partnerships and support of community Miana and Terry have created a network of collaborators including Olivers Farmstand with whom they have created Season Celebration in September in support of the Northampton Survival Center/Hilltown Food Pantry. Join us as we learn how to roll with a personal need and create a community resource for others. Join us as we too learn to Pause and Pivot. www.pausepivotfarm.com

GCC Union Pres Trevor Kearns

Thursday, June 20, 202406/20/2024

Protests

In Talk The Talk

6/20/24: DHG & Recorder Editor Dan Crowley: the N’hmpton school budget fight. Duke Goldman: the great Willie Mays. Rev. Michael McSherry: civil disobedience in scripture. Activists Susan Triolo & Louise Antony: the “Bigger than Dobbs” rally. GCC Union Pres Trevor Kearns: the No Confidence vote on the College President.

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