Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, May 13, 202405/13/2024
Aspirations & Arrests
5/13/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Paper City’s present & future: the arts, police & schools. UMass profs Amilcar Shabazz & Toussaint Losier: encampments, the Chancellor’s “last resort” & arrests. THE Lesléa Newman: her new books “Joyful Song: A Naming Story” & “Like Father, Like Son.” CSO’s Geoffrey Oldmixon: Wednesday’s Wellness Fair. Megan Zinn w/ Christopher Carlisle: Pickett’s Dream.”
Friday, May 10, 202405/10/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 61
FROM DECARCERATION TO KIDS WITH FLOPPY EARS
Sheriff Patrick Cahillane will tell you that as an elected official of the people, his first responsibility is to the community. But as part of that citizen responsibility, Sheriff Cahillane is also progressive in his thought processes and actions, and as such implements programs and opportunities that will not only help those in his charge, behind the wall, but also those who are released and are in the process of re-entering the community, and like on part of this day, it’s all about creating a human connection between the incarcerated men and a handful of floppy eared Nubian goats.
Friday, May 10, 202405/10/2024
Protest
Rep Natalie Blais: saving the Connecticut River. MTA Pres Max Page: turmoil at UMass. Cassandra Holden, Exec. Director Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity. Smith Prof Carrie Baker w/ Jackson Katz, co-founder, Mentors in Violence Prevention.
Thursday, May 9, 202405/09/2024
Justice
5/9/24: Alice Levine: W. Mass. Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: Palestinians & Israelis together. GCC prof Brian Adams w/ UMass Entomologist Tawny Simisky: good & bad local bugs. Bike Day, Week & Month w/ Karl Ahrendsen & Mass Bike Comms Director Jes Slavin.
Wednesday, May 8, 202405/08/2024
Bagels and the Existential
5/8/24: Welcome to Chester Theatre w/ Chris Rohmann, James Barry & Hero Marguerite: Larry Hott w/ Sokhen Mao: “Rebuilding the Temple” in Amherst. Hampshire prof Michael Klare: the Gaza & Ukraine wars. Shutesbury’s Michael DeChiara: sites for solar, wind farms and battery storage.
Tuesday, May 7, 202405/07/2024
Stormy?
5/7/24: Atty John Pucci on Trump’s hush money trial. Environmentalist Sarah Lamagna: “Swimming Holes New England.” Sen Paul Mark: budget fights. Tapestry Health CEO Mavis Nimoh: STIs, harm reduction & reasons for hope.
Monday, May 6, 202405/06/2024
Monarchs
5/6/24: Sen Jo Comerford: $ for K-12 and higher ed. Smith prof & author Naila Moreira: “The Monarchs of Winghaven.” Live in Studio: Ukes for Ukraine w/ Terry Nagel & Jimmy Burgoff. Megan Zinn w/ prof Cathie Mercier, curator, “Pictures at Play …” at the Carle.
Saturday, May 4, 202405/04/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 5.4.24 — Lora Wondolowski, Peace Development Fund
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we listen to Lora Wondolowski speak about her journey from Leadership Pioneer Valley (LPV) to the Peace Development Fund as Director of Advancement and Communications (soon to be interim ED). The Fund which was formed in 1981 by anti-nuclear activists to fund grass roots movements has become a major donor-funded public foundation over the past 43 years. The Fund distributed over 4.7M last year to largely small organizations doing work on the front lines. Hear from a grantee, Danielle Squillante, a volunteer from Decarcerate Western MA about how important the fund is to them. Thanks for listening to the show.
Friday, May 3, 202405/03/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 60
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A WORLD-WIDE EPIDEMIC, AND THERE’S NO CURE IN SIGHT
Kristy Norbert may look like a typical soccer Mom, but ask her about her non-profit organization the Empower HER Network, it’s 11 locations across the U.S. and how every day, she and her team which includes trauma-informed Advocates and former Survivors (the name given to those who have found their way out of a human trafficking situation), are operating from the exit ramp for those who are still caught in the web of human or even labor trafficking. Luckily for some, the Empower HER Network has been able to provide programming, housing, job opportunities and most of all a place of trust for those who have experienced this horrific way of life.
Friday, May 3, 202405/03/2024
Taking Flight
5/3/24: MTA Pres Max Page, VP Deb McCarthy & educator Kathy Greeley, author, ” Testing Education: A Teacher’s Memoir.” Astronomer Salman Hameed: flights to Europa & the far side of the moon, Donnabelle Casis w/ Chris Ferry: Easthampton Film Festival. Clay Pearson, Director, Northampton Pride. Clare Higgins: student protests. AANHPI Comm’r & UMass history prof Richard Chu: AANHPI Heritage Month.
