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Saturday, May 18, 202405/18/2024
Hustler Files Ep. 62
COMPASSION IS THE #1 INGREDIENT FOR A 2ND CHANCE.
No one could ever accuse Liz Buxton, Director of Operations at the Western MA Food Processing Center, of having a small heart, especially when it comes to Fair Chance Hiring. Even her wife wrote about her on LinkedIn after this episode aired on @WHMP Radio. ‘My wife constantly amazes me. She’s an incredible human and inspirational leader. She leads with her heart. It’s what makes her, and her impact, so special.’ And her impact is special. Just ask her Floor Supervisor, Scott Savoie, who served five years behind the wall before finding work at the Food Processing Center. As he puts it, he wasn’t sure that he’d ever find a job once he returned to the community. In his former life he was a mechanic, but years of bending over an engine had taken its toll. With Liz and the Food Processing Center, Scott is able to take his mechanical skills and transfer them to the upkeep of the processing equipment. He’ll be the first one to tell you that having the opportunity to start a new career and work with Liz has been two of his greatest blessings.
Friday, May 17, 202405/17/2024
Talk The Talk: Subject To Debate
5/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: the House’s Health Care Bill. MTA Pres Max Page: the free community college bill. Donnabelle Casis w/ Leslie Ferrin & Adam Chau on APE’s Platitude: Queer Serviceware. SPRINGFEST w/ NCMC Exec. Dir. Jason Trotta. EM Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: presidential debates.
Friday, May 17, 202405/17/2024
Talk The Talk: Matters of Life & Death
DHG & Recorder Editor Dan Crowley: the flood of 1874, antisemitism in Belchertown schools, & defunding libraries. Rich Michelson w/ Emily Dickinson Museum’s Brooke Steinhauser, poets Al Salehi & Ivy Schweitzer on Emily Dickinson – today! GCC Prof Emeritus, Enviornmetnal Science, Brian Adams w/ Smith botanist Gabi Immerman & Historic Northampton’s Betty Sharpe: the 150th anniversary of the Mill River Flood. Ruth Griggs w/ band leader & vocalist Sarah Clay—live in studio—WOW!!
Wednesday, May 15, 202405/15/2024
Now Hear This, Watch This
5/15/24: Atty John Pucci: People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump — an update & analysis. Poet Martín Espada, Nat’l Book Award-winner & UMass prof, w/ Elisa New, Director – PBS’s “Poetry in America” — WOW! Joe Ricker, Director, Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra: this season’s last performance this weekend at Bombyx. Rev Michael McSherry: climate change, pastoral counseling and God.
Tuesday, May 14, 202405/14/2024
Here’s Our Pitch
5/14/24: Rep Patricia Duffy: the Soldiers Home, schools, & health care. SABR star Duke Goldman: pitching at 100+ mph. Educ Collab Dir Todd Gazda: middle & high school student protests. Caitlin Arnold Stephano: Farm Aid & its hotline. Cntr for New Americans Dir Laurie Millman: “Immigrant Voices.”
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.
