Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Wednesday, December 27, 202312/27/2023

Why Trump Is Winning 

In Talk The Talk

12/27/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver. Sex Matters with Jane Fleishman.  The global lurch to the right with Dan Torres. Northampton downtown redesign and the looming school budget crisis with Bill Dwight.

Tuesday, December 26, 202312/26/2023

Happy Kwanza

In Talk The Talk

12/26/23: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz illuminates Kwanzaa. Duke Goldman examines income inequality in sports today. Amherst Town Council Pres. Lynn Griesemer & Jones Library Trustees Chair Austin Sarat explain borrowing $10 million (more !!) for the renovation.

Friday, December 22, 202312/22/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 44

In The Hustler Files

THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER PATH IF YOU LOOK FOR IT

 While Stephanie and Corey have vastly different backgrounds and stories, the common thread for both is not only their association with the AISS program at the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, but their passion to use their past to help change other’s futures.  The paths they chose to lead after overcoming lifestyles that ran the gamut from false accusations and wrongful arrests to domestic violence will not only inspire but hopefully activate change for those who may be looking for their better path as they unlock their past and rewrite their future.

Friday, December 22, 202312/22/2023

2023 & 2024 Wins & Losses

In Talk The Talk

12/22/23: Rep. Mindy Domb: 2023 legislative actions & inactions. MTA’s Pres Max Page: MCAS, Fair Share & strikes. Rev. Michael McSherry: Christmas’ meaning. Reproductive rts activists Carrie Baker & Odile Gogibu on abortion bans. Outgoing Mayor Roxann Wedegartner: Gfld’s present & future.

Thursday, December 21, 202312/21/2023

LIVE IN THE STUDIO X 2

In Talk The Talk

12/21/23: The amazing Northamptones sing! DHG & Recorder editor Dan Crowley on local aspects of today’s big stories. Brian Adams & Smith prof, astronomer Kimberly Ward, explain the solstice and the universe. Glenn Sigel with percussionist legend Tony Vaca, who also plays LIVE.  

Wednesday, December 20, 202312/20/2023

Bomb Threats

In Talk The Talk

12/20/23: Globe journalist Brooke Hauser & Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on bomb threats here. Larry Hott recommends “The Mission” & “A Courageous Assemblyman’s Stand for Reproductive Rights.” Timmon Wallis And Vicki Elson on “Warheads to Windmills.” GCC President Michelle Schutt on affording college.

Smith prof Naila Moreira

Tuesday, December 19, 202312/19/2023

The Forest from the Trees

In Talk The Talk

12/19/23: Northampton immigration atty Megan Kludt: saving DACA. The Comedy Quiz (on dinosaurs!) with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Mandy Anderson. Solar power v. forests with Smith prof Naila Moreira. Gwen Agna & Shelley Rotner: “Finding Home:Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary.”

Monday, December 18, 202312/18/2023

Sheroes

In Talk The Talk

12/18/23:  Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: the superintendent search. MLRI atty Judith Liben: subsidized affordable housing — for the rich?  Reproductive Rights hero, Dr. Giovannina Anthony: the fight for abortion.  Megan Zinn with John Sheirer on “For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories”

Friday, December 15, 202312/15/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 43

In The Hustler Files

THE FEAR OF TOO MUCH JUSTICE

When a legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts, the result is an absolute MUST READ aptly named The Fear of Too Much Justice.  While this is not the first book for authors Stephen Bright and James Kwak, it is their first collaboration that offers a heart-wrenching overview of how the criminal legal system fails to live up to the values of equality and justice.  “- their goals are to protect the poor and innocent, expose the truth behind capital punishment and wrongful convictions, and call out corrupt prosecutors and incompetent judges, along with any other bad actors who have ruined our system”. – John Grisham

Friday, December 15, 202312/15/2023

Guns & Cherish

In Talk The Talk

12/15/23: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: legislative wins & the gun bill. MTA Pres. Max Page & GCC prof Phyllis Keenan on CHERISH. ArtBeat: Donnabelle Casis & Pulp Gallery’s Dean Brown. Drs. Shane Taylor & Kate Atkinson: concierge medicine. Gregory Gibson: his new book & his son’s murder.

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