Wednesday, February 14, 202402/14/2024

Fights!

In Talk The Talk

2/14/24: Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans:”Point-Counterpoint”.  Alpinist Christian Beckwith: the 10th Army Div’s victory over Hitler. Scott Coen: NHS b’ball star Ava Azzaro’s 1000th point. Amherst BID’s Liz Larson: “Take a Dino to Dinner”. Amherst educators Alex Lopez & Claire Cocco: unfounded Care & Protection complaints. 

Tuesday, February 13, 202402/13/2024

What’s the Rap?

In Talk The Talk

2/13/24: Rep Patricia Duffy: school funding & receivership. SABR star Duke Goldman: Red Sox, NYY & the first woman MLB umpire. Ed. Collab’s Todd Gazda: our schools need money. UMass prof. Amilcar Shabazz w/ spoken word artist & Black Artistic Freedom (AF) Conf. organizer, Amani Wallace.

Monday, February 12, 202402/12/2024

Western Mass Business Show on 2.10.24 — Dee Dice and Kasey Corsello

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Dee Dice and Kasey Corsello are two consultants who have individual practices and who have discovered that teaming up often produces better results. They are both entrepreneurs and have an impressive track record in facilitation and coaching. Join us to listen to why you should hire someone (them) to help you through the stuck parts of yourself and your business. How shifting your mindset can unlock the why in what you do to bring you joy and success. 

Monday, February 12, 202402/12/2024

Schools, Beer, Prison & Romance

In Talk The Talk

2/12/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: school receivership & more. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Black Business Assoc Amherst Chair Pat Ononibaku & White Lion Brewing’s Ray Berry. Prison Radio’s Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal. Megan Zinn with romance writer Susan Elizabeth Phillips: “Simply the Best”.

Friday, February 9, 202402/09/2024

The Hustler Files Ep 48

In The Hustler Files

EMPLOYERS ARE RE-SHAPING BOTH HOW THEY HIRE AND HOW THEY MANAGE FOR AN A-HA MOMENT

 With 10 million job roles open, employers today not only need to broaden their search parameters, but they need to retain the employees they hire.  Across the U.S. there are organizations popping up to assist employers by re-imagining how they hire and teaching them how to combat the biases that political unrest, structural racism, and increased mental health conditions have levied on the workforce.  To the rescue in Chicago is the Chicago Resiliency Network, an initiative of the Corporate Coalition of Chicago.  Heralding their charge to help employers, across their region, create workplaces that are better for employees and better for business, is Program Director, Marcos Gonzalez.  Marcos and his team lead the employer cohorts through training and simulations that address the hiring of justice involved individuals and explore the root causes of trauma and toxic stress.  The outcome, new knowledge, better training, and stronger resiliency practices that best suit their business. 

Friday, February 9, 202402/09/2024

More than 3 Rs: Reparations, Resiliency, Reproductive Rights, Road Repairs, Revenue, Teachers Right (?) to Strike

In Talk The Talk

2/9/24: Rep Natalie Blais: road repairs, revenue & reparations. MTA Pres Max Page: teachers’ right(?) to strike. Donnabelle Casis with Karen Webb: the exhibit “Queer Voices.” Smith profs Carrie Baker & Loretta Ross – freedom fighters!  SCMA Dir. Jessica Nicoll: amazing exhibits — now free.

Thursday, February 8, 202402/08/2024

Leaving House and Home

In Talk The Talk

2/8/24: Rep Dan Carey on leaving the State House, running at home. Rabbi David Seidenberg on the Israel-Hamas War. Celebrate the Asian Lunar New Year with Emma Chen-Banas, Michelle Woo & Clifford Larsen. The City’s Alm House with Historic Northampton’s Laurie Sanders & Fred Morrison.

Wednesday, February 7, 202402/07/2024

Food for Thought

In Talk The Talk

2/7/24: DA David Sullivan: local opioid settlement funds going unused. Cool Films with Larry Hott: the Oscar nominations. Brian Adams with Maggie D’Amour on Big Y & sustainability. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: pesticide (mis) use locally & public workers’ right (?) to strike.

Tuesday, February 6, 202402/06/2024

No Immunity!

In Talk The Talk

2/6/24: John Pucci explains the federal cases against Trump. Dan and Buz schooling on the budget shortfall. Sen Paul Mark explains how the sausage gets made. Big Bro Big Sis fundraiser with Anne Walsh, Tara Brewster, & Silas Kopf. Wes Blixt on GCC’s Senior Symposia.

Monday, February 5, 202402/05/2024

Panorama — Episode 76 — Social Critic and Greenfield Recorder Columnist Jon Huer

In Panorama

Originally aired on February 3, 2024. Dan and Sarah talk to Jon Huer, a social critic, retired professor, and Greenfield Recorder columnist about his most recent column, Trump’s New American Revolution. Jon Huer shares his critiques of American consumer culture and of tenure at universities.

Jon Huer received his Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA in 1974 and is the author of a dozen books, including THE DEAD END (1977, which TIME Magazine’s Lance Morrow called “an important and often brilliant book, and I admire it very much.”), His current books, just completed, are SOMBODY ELSE’S LIFE: America’s Social Progress from Eden to Dystopia and 1:99, Why 99 Percent Cannot Win. Dr. Huer taught at many universities across the U.S. and joined University of Maryland University College in 1994, retired from his teaching position, and is currently a columnist for the Greenfield Recorder.