Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, April 12, 202404/12/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 57
THE PEN IS TRULY MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
To be a paid journalist writing about prison life and the barriers of justice impacted individuals is one of the two pillars that Ryan Moser represents. The other pillar is that Ryan also has the lived experience of incarceration. After 8 years in prison for a property crime due to his addiction, Ryan has emerged from behind the wall to use his lived experience and unique writing skills to advocate for all aspects of prison reform, including the needs of so many, post incarceration. It was while incarcerated that Ryan attended a writing class with Exchange for Change, a prison writing program. That program and its mentors led Ryan to his journalistic path and appearances on NPR’s All Things Considered, News Nation and CNN. As Ryan himself says, “I’m fighting for social justice through the medium of writing for changes.”
Friday, April 12, 202404/12/2024
Messes & Hope
4/12/24: Rep. Natalie Blais: housing & gaming. Barbara Diamond Goldin: “Benjy’s Messy Room.” MTA Pres Max Page: state ed. funding. Artbeat with Donnabelle Casis, Kelly Silliman & Joie Gonzalez. Smith’s Carrie Baker & Trans Health CEO Dallas Ducar (fabulous!). Amherst Town Council Pres Lynn Griesemer on schools & PILOTS.
Thursday, April 11, 202404/11/2024
The Financial Fitness 4.6.24 — Life Insurance?
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
Maybe. Maybe not. That’s the answer to “Do you need life insurance?” So, how do you know? Are you overpaying? What kind of coverage is best and how much death benefit should you buy? Are guaranteed issue policies any good? Learn the most valuable thing you need to know about Term insurance! In 30 minutes you’ll get real answers, in straight talk, from The Money Doctor.
Thursday, April 11, 202404/11/2024
The Financial Fitness 3.30.24 — John Sosville on mergers and acquisitions
In Financial Fitness with the Money Doctor
Guest John Sosville, mergers and acquisitions consultant of Platform Brokerage joins The Money Doctor today. What’s your exit strategy? What’s your business worth? Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’re right.” The same may be true about selling your business. Join us for 30 minutes that just might change your business exit strategy.
Thursday, April 11, 202404/11/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 4.6.24 — Beth Tascione, Yoga and Reiki
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Beth Tascione has always followed her heart. After finding yoga in high school she knew that she needed a way to have yoga in her lifelong term. After acting for many years, she finally decided to enroll in teacher certification in NYC. While her practice has evolved she has remained a believer in the benefits and opportunities that yoga and reiki present to the body, mind, and spirit. You can find Beth locally and online at www.thisisyourbliss.com
Listen in to find out why Beth donates 25% of her Restorative Yoga class to the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasia. You’ll be glad you did.
Thursday, April 11, 202404/11/2024
Darkness and Light
4/11/24: Becky Field focuses on refugees, immigrants, & asylum seekers. Rev. Carole Bull on the unspeakable. Brian Adams with Smith prof of computer science Jordan Crouser on Artificial Intelligence. Atty John Pucci: picking the Trump jury.
Wednesday, April 10, 202404/10/2024
Breaking Down Bars
4/10/24: Johnny Memphis & Patrick Callinan, perform in studio. Larry Hott on the Gilda Radner & Gene Wilder movies. Susan Todd & Daryl McGraw of Formerly, Inc.: revolutionizing criminal justice. Amherst Asst Town Mgr. David Ziomek: housing, CRESS & solar.
Tuesday, April 9, 202404/09/2024
Bet on This
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.
Monday, April 8, 202404/08/2024
Roil the Waters, Calm the Waters
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
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.
