Podcasts

Podcasts

Podcasts

Glenn Siegel and Professor Darryl Harper

Thursday, November 2, 202311/02/2023

Sounds and Silence

In Talk The Talk

11/2/23: Hampshire Prof. Salman Hameed on Islamophobia and Antisemitism. Atty John Pucci on Trump’s legal travails today. Brian Adams with Mass Wildlife’s Dave Wattles on black bears (super fun!). Glenn Seigel with superstar clarinetist & Amherst Coll prof Darryl Harper.

Thursday, November 2, 202311/02/2023

Sentences and Fragments

In Talk The Talk

11/1/23: DA Dave Sullivan on protesters’ arrests and Cara Rintala’s sentence. Vietnam War poets Doug Anderson & Preston Hood on Lost War/Found Souls. Reporters Dusty Christensen on local police acting illegally and Sarah Robertson on the emergency shelters crisis. UMass prof & PERI Co-director Robert Pollin on low wage workers power.

Wednesday, November 1, 202311/01/2023

Western Mass Business Show on 10.28.23 — Carla Cosenzi interviews Tara Brewster

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Carla Cosenzi (Tommy Car Auto Group) was on a few months ago and said that she wanted to come back and interview me, and she followed thru. So, tune into the WMBS to have the opportunity to learn more about the host Tara Brewster and how she came to be a 44-year-old living in WMA. As you know, this show is my love letter to the community and this interview will give a bit more background to my why and reasons for living the life that I do in service of other here in the 413. Join us. 

Larry Hott and Andrew Leland

Tuesday, October 31, 202310/31/2023

Teach Your Children? Well,

In Talk The Talk

10/31/23: Larry Hott & Andrew Leland on ”The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.” Claudia Lefko on her Ward 3 (N’hmpt) write-in candidacy. Professors Trevor Kearns & Joe Nardoni on our underfunded community colleges. Peter Whalen on insurance in a time of climate change.

Monday, October 30, 202310/30/2023

Two Unconstitutional

In Talk The Talk

10/30/23: Innovation Institute’s Pat Larkin & Sharron Wall on $5M UMass grant. Prof. Michael Klare on the Hamas-Israel War. Atty Tom Lesser on the unconstitutional federal marijuana law & Greenfield’s unconstitutional equity theft. UMass student Ava Hawkes on the protests & arrests. Writers Block with Megan Zinn & Suzanne Michelle Smith.

Friday, October 27, 202310/27/2023

Rights! and Rights?

In Talk The Talk

10/27/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on Hamas, Israel & Amherst. Teachers’ union leaders Max Page & Deb Gesualdo on strikes. Donnabelle Casis and Mollye Maxner on “A Stone’s Throw.” Scott Coen on the World Series. Rev. Carole Bull on faith in hard times. Amherst’s Paul Bockelman and Cat Newman on CRESS, police & dispatch.

Thursday, October 26, 202310/26/2023

Josh Silver Hosts Talk the Talk

In Talk The Talk

10/26/2023: ACLUM’s Carol Rose on money in politics & digital privacy; Northampton School Committee member Aline Davis & candidate Endamian Stewart; Brian Adams with John Berryhill, Smith College Botanical Gardens; All That Jazz with Ruth Griggs & Green Street Trio’s Paul Arslanian.

Left to right: Alison Berman, Tara Brewester and Molly Hoyt

Wednesday, October 25, 202310/25/2023

Western Massachusetts Business Show on 10.21.23 — Team Members Alison Berman and Molly Hoyt

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Join us as we take a deeper look into a well-known national organization with a local chapter. GOTR Team Members Alison Berman (Council Director) and Molly Hoyt (Program Director) join us to talk about how GOTR is not just a running program but one that incorporates positive self-expression, goal-oriented thinking, and team building into their 2 programs: GOTR (3rd-5th grades) and Heart & Sole (6th-8th grades). For more information go to www.girlsontherunwesternma.org and be sure to set the date of 11/19/23 @ 11AM in your calendars to attend their famous end of season 5K at WNEU in Springfield.

Wednesday, October 25, 202310/25/2023

Your Lying Eyes

In Talk The Talk

10/25/23: Leslea Newman on “Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard.” Poets Rich Michelson, Rabbi Ben Weiner & Jena Schwartz. Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman. Valley Light Opera’s Thom Griffin & Kathy Blaisdell on Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe.” Performance Project’s Julie Lichtenberg & Moise Jackobo on “Mother Tongue” – one night only! MHC psychology prof Mara Breen on your lying eyes—and ears.

Tuesday, October 24, 202310/24/2023

On Thin Ice

In Talk The Talk

10/24/23: Larry Hott on “Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey.” The Lyme Disease Resource Center’s Nellie Wilson & Maria Malaguti on keeping yourself safe. Sci-Tech Café on ocean ice disappearing, with professors Alice Bradley & Kerstin Nordstrom. Fair Play on fair pay in sports with Duke Goldman. Friends of Hampshire County Homeless Individuals Director Krystal Randall and volunteer Brit Albritton on the unhoused here.

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