Podcasts
Podcasts
Tuesday, December 10, 202412/10/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 89
BELIEVING THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE BEHIND BARS
You have to love a person who has spent 43 years in a career and when asked ‘When are you retiring’ their response is, ‘When I don’t have anything else to learn’. Sheriff Karl Leonard of Chesterfield, Virginia, is that person. For his entire career, he’s been a public servant; from a military career to the Chesterfield Police Department to the Pentagon and now the Sheriff of Chesterfield County, and despite all he’s experienced, he continues to understand the human condition and find ways to be progressive to help those under his watch. His transparency in taking over the Sheriff’s office is refreshing, as he’s the first to admit that there was no Sheriff’s instruction book. When his jail was inundated, daily, with locals, addicted to Heroin he trusted his instincts and felt that a higher power was guiding him. This led to the creation of the HARP program, a peer mentor-run program that over the last eight years has successfully helped 3500 people, overcome not just Heroin but other drug or alcohol addictions. As Sheriff Leonard says, ‘There’s a lot of good people behind bars, and there are bad people too, that deserve to spend their lives there, but that’s a small percentage of incarcerated people, and when you learn about (the good people) and their life and the challenges they grew up in, since birth, these are good people with bad circumstances presented to them…’
Tuesday, December 10, 202412/10/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 88
FEAR HAS NO END DATE
Sadly domestic violence is a 365-day-a-year issue, but the more survivors step forward, ask for help, and share their stories, the more aware society becomes of this ongoing epidemic. Liz Dineen, CEO of the Western Massachusetts YWCA, has been one of many organizations across the country to take up the protection sword to help women and men, of domestic violence. In conjunction with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, a recent media campaign drew hundreds of calls and walk-ins, to her YWCA facility. Every story of domestic violence is unacceptable, and many survivors wish to keep their stories secret out of fear of retaliation, but also out of embarrassment and shame. This was the case with Stephanie of Idaho. Her story is one of beatings, kidnapping, starvation, broken bones, and being stabbed repeatedly with a chisel, to within a literal fraction of her femoral artery. Stephanie’s story is chilling, but her bravery in sharing her abuse is to be applauded! For 13 1/2 years she has rebuilt her life while her abuser has been serving a 15-year prison sentence. But despite her new lease on life, and a 100-year protection order from the courts, Stephanie is terrified of what might lie ahead.
Tuesday, December 10, 202412/10/2024
Hello, Goodbye
12/10/24: Michael Klare: Assad’s fall & Ukraine’s future. Duke Goldman: the Mets’Juan Soto, the Yankees’ & Red Sox’ futures. Todd Gazda: Trump’s ed policies and Secretary of Ed nominee, Linda McMahon. Smith’s rocker-scholar Steve Waksman says goodbye.
Monday, December 9, 202412/09/2024
Financial Fitness on 12.7.24
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
Jess Tyler and the Money Doctor on 12.7.24
Monday, December 9, 202412/09/2024
Looking Forward & Back
12/9/24: Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia on the city’s new Police Chief. Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Reparations Now! Ctr for New Americans’ Laurie Millman, Jean Blakeman & Christine Mirabal: the poetry of our & immigrants’ lives. Megan Zinn w/ author Rachel Zimmerman: “Us, After: A Memoir of Love & Suicide.”
Saturday, December 7, 202412/07/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 12.7.24 — Britt McGrath, Owner of My Health Matters Fitness
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we hear first-hand from Britt McGrath on how she approaches her first year in business and why your health matters. Learn how and why she started the company and how she and her team approach fitness, nutrition, and body image. Britt, Tiff, and Jamie help to make clients feel comfortable and welcome in the space at 1 Mill Valley Road in Hadley. Their team of trainers are aligned to guide clients to wellness and fitness based on their own personal goals. This anti-diet culture studio (body positive/body neutral/weight inclusive) is a welcome respite from the stress of other gyms and training regimens. Follow along with us or on www.mhmfitwell.com for more information. Thanks for joining us. Happy December.
Friday, December 6, 202412/06/2024
Fair?
12/6/24: MTA Pres Max Page: $2.4B!! from Fair Share. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the moon, Mars, Elon Musk & China. Donnabelle Casis w/ Maddie McDougall & Libby Keller of Resilient Community Arts. Community Action’s Clare Higgins: heat for poor people. “The View from Gaza” w/ Mass. Review editors Jim Hicks & Michel Moushabeck.
Thursday, December 5, 202412/05/2024
Awakening?
12/5/24: Representative Jim McGovern to progressives: we can’t pull down the shades, we must continue the struggle. Rev Andrea Ayvazian on what progressive Christian pastors can do. Immigration Atty Aleksandra Peryeva bracing for attacks on immigrants. Ruth Griggs w/ drummer/educator Richie Barshay.
Wednesday, December 4, 202412/04/2024
Revolutionary
12/4/24: Continuing the Political Revolution w/ Susan Triolo & David Greenberg. Healing Across the Divides w/ Norbert Goldfield & Israeli-Gaza…
Wednesday, December 4, 202412/04/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 11.30.24 — Mischa Roy, Founder of Spill the Tea Sis Apothecary
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we chat with Mischa Roy, CEO and Founder of Spill the Tea Sis Apothecary as we learn about Holiday Trends and How to Gift Give Intentionally. The Importance of Thoughtful Gift Giving and How to Be Mindful with Your Purchases focuses on local shopping and supporting your community and neighbors. Listen in as we hear predictions for retail in 2024 and why local is the best gift of all. What are some options that you can find locally and how can you make a difference in your community and family this holiday season. From Bag Day to candles, Holiday Strolls to jingle bells, as my Grandma used to say “oh but we had fun”. Thanks for being a part of the WMBS magic.
