Podcasts
Podcasts
Thursday, August 31, 202308/31/2023
Former Chair of Amherst School Committee Speaks
8/31/23: A Fishwrap; then, Rev. Michael McSherry & Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on the death penalty; recently resigned. Chair of the Amherst School Committee, Allison McDonald, on the swirling controversy; Healing Across the Divides (of Israel & Palestine) with Exec. Dir. Dr. Norbert Goldfield.
Wednesday, August 30, 202308/30/2023
Is the Past, Past?
8/30/23: Larry Hott on two great films: “It Ain’t Over,” the Yogi Berra story, and “The Invention of the Other,” the Amazon’s isolated indigenous people; Amherst School Committee member Peter Demling on why he resigned; tomorrow’s news today with the Old Farmer’s Almanac Associate Editor Tim Goodwin – the 2024 edition launched yesterday.
Tuesday, August 29, 202308/29/2023
“Woketopia?”
8/29/23: Prof Amilcar Shabazz with Amherst Town Councilor Michele Miller on reparations; GCC’s Linda Desjardin on MassReconnect, the new free community college program; Amherst School Committee Chair Ben Herrington on why he resigned; National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, Les Bernal, on predatory gambling on MGM Springfield’s 5th anniversary.
Monday, August 28, 202308/28/2023
Panorama — Episode 71– Todd Gazda, the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services
In Panorama
Originally aired on August 26, 2023. Todd Gazda from the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services talks to Dan Torres and Sarah Robertson about the state of public education in Massachusetts and America. They debate the needs of schools in western Massachusetts and the need for reform.
Monday, August 28, 202308/28/2023
Running For, From, & Around
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
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
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
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.
