Tuesday, June 20, 202306/20/2023

Demonstrate! Save Reproductive Freedom!

In Talk The Talk

6/20/23: The organizers of Saturday’s Life Without Roe rally: high school junior Alice Jenkins and MHC student Naoise Grybko; Comedy Quiz (on nutty sports) with Maddy Benjamin, Christina Stevens & David Millgram; “Feminist Futures” with Professor Carrie Baker, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Rex Hanneke; Shutesbury teacher Kimberly Salditt Poulin on the art of teaching reading. 

Monday, June 19, 202306/19/2023

Fareforward with Love, Reverend and Rabbi

In Talk The Talk

6/19/23: Chris Appy, Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy at UMass, on Ellsberg’s legacy; The Reverend & the Rabbi with Peter Ives, Justin David, Carol Bull, Andrea Ayvazian, Mike McSherry & Riqi Kosovske; Atty John Pucci on Trump’s Mar-a Lago cases; Megan Zinn plays “Watcha’ Reading?” with UMass educator Kate Hudson.

Saturday, June 17, 202306/17/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 20

In The Hustler Files

RECOVERY IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T GET A DAY OFF, EVER

The opinion of this weeks guests, based on their daily hands on experience, is that addiction in the United States is sadly becoming the norm. The good news is that if you live in an area that is pro-recovery then you’re more likely to locate state or federally funded programs like the Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Services that are inside the Hampshire County Jail in Northampton, Massachusetts, where incarcerated individuals are treated for their addiction by a team of certified medical professionals. As Dr. Katie, the head of the MOUD in-jail program, in this weeks episode states, ‘….if someone has Diabetes we don’t ask how long they will need to be on medication…we know it’s a forever treatment….the same should be the norm for those who are suffering from drug or alcohol addition…’. As this weeks topic relays, recovery is something that doesn’t get a day off, ever.

Friday, June 16, 202306/16/2023

No Ifs, Ands, or Butts

In Talk The Talk

6/16/23: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on demonstrations and legislation; MTA Pres Max Page on affirmative action; Donnabelle Casis with Mike Medeiros on the Story/Sound Arbor at A.P.E.; CISA E.D. Phil Korman on saving local farms; Sports,Man! Scott Coen on the Red Sox & Yankees.

Friday, June 16, 202306/16/2023

All That Jazz

In Talk The Talk

6/15/23: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on “Retracing the Journey of Slavery;” Rep. Jim McGovern on craziness and dysfunction in Washington; GCC Prof Brian Adams with Hilltown Land Trust’s Sarah Welch on hikes and beauty here; Glenn Siegel with Jazz a la Mode’s Tom Reney.

Wednesday, June 14, 202306/14/2023

The Flow of Life

In Talk The Talk

6/14/23: LIVE in the Studio — Django in June—the music is amazing! Astronomer Salman Hameed and Josh Silver on UFOs! Travel company CEO Peter Jones on planes, trains, automobiles, Paris & London. Former Northampton  City Council President Bill Dwight on city life, country squiring and flowing toilets.

Tuesday, June 13, 202306/13/2023

Execution

In Talk The Talk

6/13/23: Robert & Jenn Meeropol on this anniversary of the execution of Robby’s parents; Ethel & Julius Rosenberg; Duke Goldman on the recent revolution in baseball; Todd Gazda, Educ Collaborative Exec. Dir., on combatting hate in schools; Norman Solomon on “ War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine.”

Monday, June 12, 202306/12/2023

Author Author Mayor Professor

In Talk The Talk

6/12/23: Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia on the Victory Theater, & the police; UMass prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth; Elizabeth Loudon on “A Stranger in Baghdad” at the Broadside; Megan Zinn with Jeremy Bushnell on “Relentless Melt” at the Odyssey.

Monday, June 12, 202306/12/2023

Presidents and Representatives

In Talk The Talk

6/9/23: MTA Pres. Max Page on fair taxes; Rep. Natalie Blais on activist kids, libraries & public transit; Donnabelle Casis and Kim Carlino on Tiny Art for All; Atty Terry Lodge on nuclear waste sites; constitutional law expert Bruce Miller on SCOTUS’s voting rights decision and Trump’s indictment.

Saturday, June 10, 202306/10/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 19

In The Hustler Files

ONLY SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THOSE WHO SEE GREATNESS WITHIN YOU

Craig Stevens may be a Landscape Architect with a thriving business but he also stands outside his story and unashamedly admits to a 20-plus-year struggle to overcome drugs and alcohol. One of the secrets to his success is that he only hires formerly incarcerated or those in recovery. Having like-minded employees allows him to not only give back for all those people who lifted him up when he was down but also to help those who are in need of a livelihood and not afraid to get their hands dirty, literally!