Friday, October 13, 202310/13/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 37

In The Hustler Files

WE ARE NOT CONDEMNED TO REPEAT OUR FATHER’S MISTAKES

How many times has someone said, ‘I did the best I could with what I had…it’s not like I had a parent manual to follow’.  But, in actuality, there is a manual. Since its publication in 1988, A Nurturing Father’s Journal/Workbook by Mark Perlman, has been adopted by jails and prisons across the U.S. These workbooks are the basis for a 12-week Nurturing Father’s program that is taught by certified trainers to both incarcerated men and those men in aftercare, finding their way back into the community and a new life.  The Nurturing Father’s program is entirely voluntary, but many men who attend the program while incarcerated, attend a second time, once released from jail.  As Mark Perlman writes, “we are not condemned to repeat our father’s mistakes, we can choose to be the father we want to be”.

 

Friday, October 13, 202310/13/2023

War

In Talk The Talk

10/13/23: Filmmaker Larry Hotte on “Little Richard…” and “Desperate Souls…Midnight Cowboy.” Donnabelle Casis & Maggie North on the women artists exhibit, “As They Saw It.” Zeina Ashrawi Hutchinson (Arab-American Anti-Discrim. Comm.) on Hamas’ invasion & the War. Sen. Paul Mark on saving the environment.

Thursday, October 12, 202310/12/2023

Panorama — Episode 72 — J.M. Sorrell, the director of Massachusetts Death with Dignity

In Panorama

Originally aired September 30, 2023. Dan and Sarah talk to J.M. Sorrell, the director of Massachusetts Death with Dignity, columnist with the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and Northampton resident. They discuss the organization’s push to pass a death with dignity act in Massachusetts, the importance of dissent, and life in Northampton.

Thursday, October 12, 202310/12/2023

Our Ensemble

In Talk The Talk

10/12/23: Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on the Israel-Hamas War. Marjorie Kelly on “Wealth Supremacy.” Rev. Peter Kakos, Nick Mottern & Bill Dwight on war, peace, the police & the Chief. Glenn Seigel with Michele Rosewoman, leader of the 11-piece New Yor-Uba Ensemble.

Wednesday, October 11, 202310/11/2023

Live from River Valley Co-op: Getting Us Out of This Pickle

In Talk The Talk

10/11/23: Lynn Benander (Co-op Power), Suzette Snow-Cobb (Valley Co-op. Bus. Ass’n), Beth Spong (Dean’s Beans), Lloyd Miller (Old Creamery), Jeff Burdine (Gfld Farmers Co-op. Exch.) Craig Boivin (UMass Five Coll. Credit Union), Angie Facey (Our Family Farms), Kristin Howard (Real Pickles), & Rochelle Prunty (River Valley Co-op)

Tuesday, October 10, 202310/10/2023

Walk with Us

In Talk The Talk

10/10/23: Rep Patricia Duffy on gun violence. Rich Michelson & former Vt Gov. & poet Madeleine Kunin on “Walk With Me.” Todd Gazda on challenges to school library books. Ann Walsh & friends on Big Bros. Big Sisters’ Three Ring Ruckus. Aschleigh Jensen on affordable housing in Amherst.

Monday, October 9, 202310/09/2023

Heritage

In Talk The Talk

10/09/23: Aaron Vega on gun violence in Holyoke. Amilcar Shabazz & Justin Beatty on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Duke Goldman on the passing of Tim Wakefield & Brooks Robinson & the playoffs. Megan Zinn with Amy Chua on “The Golden Gate.”

Saturday, October 7, 202310/07/2023

Western Mass Business Show on 10.7.23 — Bob Lowry of Bueno Y Sano

In The Western Mass. Business Show

“Bueno Bob” also known as Bob Lowry has made quite the name for himself since opening the first Bueno y Sano (Good & Healthy) in Amherst in 1995. Bob has been working on making a great product better thru employing hard working employees (95% of them from El Salvador), using fresh products, and putting family first in business decisions (his brother, his sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and more are involved in operations). Tune in as we discover some interesting unknown facts about Bob and his feelings about life and how to be in community for the benefit of others. A true gem of WMA, we are lucky to have Bob in the 413. Join us to celebrate a local hero.

Friday, October 6, 202310/06/2023

2 MTA Leaders, 1 Astronomer, 2 Artists, 1 E.D., & 2 Newmans

In Talk The Talk

10/6/23: MTA ‘s leaders Max Page & Deb McCarthy on MCAS & Cherish; Hampshire College prof. Salman Hameed — live from the New Mexico space launch site; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & SCMA’s Emma Chubb on visual artist Deborah Jack; Clare Higgins, Community Action E.D., on $ for home heating; Mauritian Kenny Newman on climate change, the U.S. Navy base, and his last name.

Friday, October 6, 202310/06/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 36

In The Hustler Files

BEHIND THE WALL THERE IS HOPE

To understand the healing and opportunity behind the wall in the Franklin County Jail in Massachusetts, one must only sit with those who are serving time despite their confinement. The Franklin County Jail may be a rural jail, but the programs for the incarcerated men and women, whether they be serving short- or long-term sentences, offer stability, connection and a pathway to a brighter future when they return to the community. It takes a village of compassionate and educated individuals to ensure that the various programs within the jail are offered to the incarcerated population based on the needs of the incarcerated individual to assist in their recovery and forward movement before reentering the community.