Monday, August 28, 202308/28/2023

Running For, From, & Around

In Talk The Talk

8/28/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on human remains, the police, and her re-election campaign; Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach on students escaping Ron DeSantis — transfers from New College; Red Gate Educational Farm’s Sydney Treuer & CISA’s Jacob Nelson on kids, nature, & learning; Megan Zinn with J. Vanessa Lyon, author of “Lush Lives.”

Friday, August 25, 202308/25/2023

Making a Difference By Design

In Talk The Talk

8/25/23:  MTA Pres. Max Page on the Amherst Schools and liberal arts defunding; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, playwrights Tayla Kingston (Wam Theater) & Patrick Gabridge (Plays in Place) on “Pulling at the Roots” three plays about Northampton; Conway School trustees Bill Dwight and Mollie Babize, on its 50th anniversary and our future.

Friday, August 25, 202308/25/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 31

In The Hustler Files

TO HELP OTHERS WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JOURNEY ENTAILS

Back at Episode 26, Ed Hayes and Levin Schwartz of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Western Massachusetts stopped by to share some snippets of their work behind the wall, their travels and education of best practices to states and counties that are not as forward moving as Franklin County, and the factual research behind the high levels of incarceration. With much left on the table, Ed and Levin return to continue the conversation and discuss the upcoming Federal Medicaid that will be available to incarcerated individuals in 14 states starting in 2025.

Thursday, August 24, 202308/24/2023

Abundance

In Talk The Talk

8/24/23: ACLUM ‘s Carol Rose on Trump & the First Amendment; Rev. Carole Bull on progressive Christianity and whose bible?; Brian Adams & Nili Simhai on CBI’s Abundance Farm; Ruth Griggs with bandleader & drummer Joe Farnsworth on the upcoming Max Roach Centennial Celebration.

Wednesday, August 23, 202308/23/2023

Wars: in Ukraine, on Drugs, in Politics

In Talk The Talk

8/23/23: Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael Klare on the War in Ukraine, Russia, & BRICS; Holyoke Media News Director Natalia Munoz on the Northampton police; Franklin Co. former Rep. & Register of Probate John Merrigan on his death penalty vote, opioids, & Greenfield’s mayoral race; Buz & Bill on POST.

Tuesday, August 22, 202308/22/2023

POSTing Up

In Talk The Talk

8/22/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver on the Republican debate and Trump; Sex Matters with Dr Jane Fleishman; Fair Play with Duke Goldman on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team –victorious despite their World Cup loss; reporter Dusty Christensen on cop discipline — the POST report, and unionizing Hadley’s big-box stores.

Monday, August 21, 202308/21/2023

The Shows and Tells

In Talk The Talk

8/21/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on alternatives to the armed police response; Senator Jo Comerford on her health care reform victory, finally the law! Gary Levine and Naia Tenerowicz on fighting the local gas pipeline; Isaac Mass, co-owner, Greenfield Garden Cinema, on 50th anniversary films—now showing!

Friday, August 18, 202308/18/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 30

In The Hustler Files

WHEN YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEA IS LITERALLY UNDER YOUR BED

You might not think incarceration and entrepreneurship have a common thread, but they do. Many who become incarcerated were arrested for illegal activities, for which, an entrepreneurial mindset was part of their ill begotten success. Even once behind the wall, many continue with their nefarious activities. Eli was just such a person, and thus was put on 24/7 house arrest to attempt to curb his entrepreneurial ways. But Eli has the entrepreneurial gene, initially ignited by candy sales in grade school, and as Eli himself says, ‘with all that time locked inside at home, I had to find something to keep busy and make money…’. It was there and then that Eli created Filthy Kicks and with the help of Social Entrepreneur, Max, his entrepreneurial cohort, Greenspace, and Eli’s very supportive attorney named Kevin, Eli’s business idea and hard work has changed the trajectory of Eli’s life. Visit Filthy Kicks shoe store or FilthyKicks777 on Instagram.

Friday, August 18, 202308/18/2023

Abortion, MCAS, Covid, Hoops Fame & Bears

In Talk The Talk

8/18/23: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on abortion rights; MTA Pres. Max Page on MCAS; Donnabelle Casis with photographer Richard Getler; immunologist Jonathan Bayuk on covid now; Amherst College hoops coach Dave Hixon – now in the Hall of Fame! MA Wildlife’s Todd Olynyk & Joseph Rogers on saving our wildlife and ourselves – and bears! 

Thursday, August 17, 202308/17/2023

A Moon Shot & All That Jazz

In Talk The Talk

8/17/23: Astronomer Salman Hameed on moon missions and distant stars; a preview — “Performance 33,” Tuesday at the Pines; Rev. Michael McSherry on the death penalty; Brian Adams with Karen Foster, Exec. Dir., All Out Adventures –for all; Ruth Griggs with world famous trumpeter and bandleader Danny Jonokuchi.