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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.

Monday, October 23, 202310/23/2023

As We Remember Dee

In Talk The Talk

10/23/23: G’fld Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on the impending election. On Black in the Valley, we mourn the passing and celebrate the life of Demetria (Dee) Shabazz with Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Carlie Tartakov and Amilcar Shabazz. The Lava Center’s Matthew Barlow on “Geological Research for Marginalized Communities,” and Megan Zinn with— coming to the Odyssey — Kim Coleman Foot on “Coleman Hill.”

superstar journalist Stryker Maguire and Buz Eisenberg

Friday, October 20, 202310/20/2023

Guns and Roses. Swimming the entire Connecticut. Talking with Stryker.

In Talk The Talk

10/20/23: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on yesterday’s gun bill; MTA’s; Max Page with Hildreth Institute’s Dr. Bahar Akman Indoden & Hiba Agha on higher ed. falling enrollments; Donnabelle Casis & Amanda Morgan on the Art Salon; Kari Kastango on swimming the Connecticut Rivers’s 410 miles; superstar journalist Stryker Maguire on the present & future of his profession.

Dan Crowley

Thursday, October 19, 202310/19/2023

War and a Piece

In Talk The Talk

10/19/23: DHG & Recorder editor Dan Crowley on p.1 stories, e.g., Northampton’s Main St Redesign. Rev. Michael McSherry on biblical teachings about war. Brian Adams with Northampton Climate Director Carole Collins. Ruth Griggs with musicians’ Guy Friday, Jack Frisch.

Left to right: Jessye Deane, Hannah Rechtschaffen, Kirsten Levitt, and Tara Brewster.

Wednesday, October 18, 202310/18/2023

Western Mass Business Show on 10.14.23 — Jessye Deane, Executive Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, and Hannah Rechtschaffen, Director of the Greenfield Business Association and Relationships Manager for Double Edge Theatre

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tune in to find out what is happening in Franklin County from the experts. Jessye Deane is the Executive Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and Hannah Rechtschaffen is the Director of the Greenfield Business Association and Relationships Manager for Double Edge Theatre. Both powerhouses explain how to navigate the region and why FC is a place to stop and stay and play. Join us as we learn about the best kept secrets and what makes these go getters keep getting.

Quaverly Rothenberg

Wednesday, October 18, 202310/18/2023

Healing Across the Divides & Quaverly’s Cello

In Talk The Talk

10/18/23: The Israel-Hamas War with Dr. Norbert Goldfield, HAtD founder. Quaverly Rothenberg, candidate for N’mptn Ward 3 City Councilor. Filmmaker Larry Hott on “The Holly.” Megan Zinn on the NEF Spelling Bee. JM Sorrell, Exec. Dir. of MA. Death with Dignity. Phil Korman, Exec. Dir. of CISA, on food & farms.

Emily Monosson -book BLIGHT

Tuesday, October 17, 202310/17/2023

Blight

In Talk The Talk

10/17/23: Mass. Review’s Jim Hicks on war & peace. The Comedy Quiz with funny!! Maddy Benjamin & Scott Braidman. Smith prof. & Ms. magazine’s Carrie Baker with Reproductive Equity Exec. Dir. Rebecca Hart Holder. Emily Monosson on “Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic.”

Megan Zinn with GCC’s Laura Tilsley Garcia & Smith’s Velma Garcia.

Monday, October 16, 202310/16/2023

Charged

In Talk The Talk

10/16/23: L3 Harris peace demonstrators Clara Wagner & Zehra Parvez on the charges they now face. Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on housing. Black trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams on why “The Bodies Keep Coming.” Cancer Connection’s Chelsea Kline on the Harvest Dinner. John Berkowitz & Tom Weiner on the Ukraine War forum. Whatchya Readin’? Megan Zinn with GCC’s Laura Tilsley Garcia & Smith’s Velma Garcia.

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