Podcasts
Podcasts
Monday, March 18, 202403/18/2024
Justice
3/18/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: school funding. Atty Luke Ryan on erroneous convictions. Hon. Michael Ponsor, federal judge and novelist, on “Point of Order.” Northampton School Superintendent Dr. Portia Bonner: schools teetering on a fiscal cliff.
Friday, March 15, 202403/15/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 53
THE HUMAN IMPACT FROM A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE X 5
In 1989 two horrific crimes took place in New York City. The first was the rape and almost death of the woman who would be come to know as the Central Park jogger. The second was the arrest, interrogations, and ultimate prison sentencing of five Black and Latino teenagers, for that crime. A crime they would later be exonerated for, in 2002. It was during her senior year of college in 2003, while interning for a law firm, that Sarah Burns began the arduous process of unearthing the entire story, initially for her college thesis, to understand why and how these five teenagers could have been so falsely convicted. Almost a decade later, Sarah, simultaneously, along with her husband David McMahon, not only published the book, The Central Park Five; A Chronicle of a City Wilding, but along with her father, documentarian, Ken Burns, produced, wrote, and directed a film by the same name. The Central Park Five documentary received numerous awards in 2012/2013 and is still available to watch via streaming.
Friday, March 15, 202403/15/2024
Occupations
3/15/24: Activists Paki Wieland, Priscilla Lynch & Nick Mottern: occupying Rep Jim McGovern’s Northampton office. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on Gaza & permissible use of earned sick time. Donnabelle Casis w/ Lucia Monge: the natural world recycled. Kennedy Institute for U.S. Senate CEO Adam Hinds. David Knowles w/ Producer-Director Jean Koester on “The Cemetery Club.”
Thursday, March 14, 202403/14/2024
Million Dollar Questions
3/14/24: Greenfield Acting Police Chief Todd Dodge: the $1Million+ race discrimination verdict against the Dept. Rev. Michael McSherry on the afterlife. Brian Adams with forester Lincoln Fish: our trees, ourselves. Ruth Griggs w/ UMass Professor of Trombone Dave Sporny.
Wednesday, March 13, 202403/13/2024
Our Foundational Foundations
3/13/24: Trivia, not trivial, w/ Northampton Education Foundation bd. members Lisa Papademetriou & Megan Zinn. David Mazor, founder of Reader to Reader. Larry Hott on “Zone of Interest” & “20 Days in Mariupol”. Nation magazine Michael Klare on nuclear war. Mary Lyon lives –with foundation founder Sue Samorinski & Exec. Dir. Kristen Tillona-Baker.
Tuesday, March 12, 202403/12/2024
Lots of Green, Lots of Red
3/12/24: Rep. Pat Duffy: St. Patrick’s Day & housing. Duke Goldman: hope for the Red Sox? Todd Gazda, Ex. Dir., Ed. Collaborative: schools, lacking cash, experiencing bullying and racism. Sarah & Ryan Voiland — the catastrophic fire at Red Fire Farm – the community’s response & how you can help.
Monday, March 11, 202403/11/2024
Panorama — Episode 78 — CULOMBA a professional vocal ensemble specializing in harmony folk singing
In Panorama
Originally aired on March 9, 2024: Co-host Dan Torres talks to Sophie Michaux, Lysander Jaffe, Adam Simon, Lexi Ugelow, and Daniel Fridley, members of Culomba, a professional vocal ensemble specializing in close harmony folk singing. We discuss the meaning of Culomba, the ensemble’s origin, the struggles of being an artist, and the regions that inspire them.
Monday, March 11, 202403/11/2024
Our Awards Go To
3/11/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on schools, decent housing & St. Paddy’s Day. Amilcar Shabazz w/ award winning community activists Pat Ononibaku & Councilor Ellisha Walker. Tapestry Health’s CEO Mavis Nimoh on reproductive rights & safe sites. Megan Zinn on commas that divide us.
Friday, March 8, 202403/08/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 52
THE COURAGE TO BREAK THROUGH THE SOUNDS OF PRISON SILENCE
Noelle Hanrahan was 57 when she attended law school. As a founding member of Prison Radio dot org, Noelle realized that it wasn’t enough to just be a journalist and broadcast the voices of those incarcerated individuals who were brave enough to speak out about prison treatment and conditions, she needed to find a way to get their release. Prison Radio stories serve as catalysts for policy changes, public awareness campaigns and community activism aimed at addressing systemic issues within the justice system. Across the U.S. there are approximately 5.5 million people under a form of correctional control.
Friday, March 8, 202403/08/2024
State of the Union on Int’l Women’s Day
3/8/24: MTA’s Max Page: Biden, unions & MCAS. Scott Coen: UMass & the MAC. Donnabelle Casis w/ MHC prof Dixon Williams on Anila Quayyum Agha. Carrie Baker w/ Merle Hoffman: “Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto.” Megan Zinn w/ poet Carolina Hotchandani (“The Bookeaters”) & Perugia Press’ Becky Olander.
