Podcasts
Podcasts
Thursday, May 9, 202405/09/2024
Justice
5/9/24: Alice Levine: W. Mass. Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: Palestinians & Israelis together. GCC prof Brian Adams w/ UMass Entomologist Tawny Simisky: good & bad local bugs. Bike Day, Week & Month w/ Karl Ahrendsen & Mass Bike Comms Director Jes Slavin.
Wednesday, May 8, 202405/08/2024
Bagels and the Existential
5/8/24: Welcome to Chester Theatre w/ Chris Rohmann, James Barry & Hero Marguerite: Larry Hott w/ Sokhen Mao: “Rebuilding the Temple” in Amherst. Hampshire prof Michael Klare: the Gaza & Ukraine wars. Shutesbury’s Michael DeChiara: sites for solar, wind farms and battery storage.
Tuesday, May 7, 202405/07/2024
Stormy?
5/7/24: Atty John Pucci on Trump’s hush money trial. Environmentalist Sarah Lamagna: “Swimming Holes New England.” Sen Paul Mark: budget fights. Tapestry Health CEO Mavis Nimoh: STIs, harm reduction & reasons for hope.
Monday, May 6, 202405/06/2024
Monarchs
5/6/24: Sen Jo Comerford: $ for K-12 and higher ed. Smith prof & author Naila Moreira: “The Monarchs of Winghaven.” Live in Studio: Ukes for Ukraine w/ Terry Nagel & Jimmy Burgoff. Megan Zinn w/ prof Cathie Mercier, curator, “Pictures at Play …” at the Carle.
Saturday, May 4, 202405/04/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 5.4.24 — Lora Wondolowski, Peace Development Fund
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we listen to Lora Wondolowski speak about her journey from Leadership Pioneer Valley (LPV) to the Peace Development Fund as Director of Advancement and Communications (soon to be interim ED). The Fund which was formed in 1981 by anti-nuclear activists to fund grass roots movements has become a major donor-funded public foundation over the past 43 years. The Fund distributed over 4.7M last year to largely small organizations doing work on the front lines. Hear from a grantee, Danielle Squillante, a volunteer from Decarcerate Western MA about how important the fund is to them. Thanks for listening to the show.
Friday, May 3, 202405/03/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 60
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A WORLD-WIDE EPIDEMIC, AND THERE’S NO CURE IN SIGHT
Kristy Norbert may look like a typical soccer Mom, but ask her about her non-profit organization the Empower HER Network, it’s 11 locations across the U.S. and how every day, she and her team which includes trauma-informed Advocates and former Survivors (the name given to those who have found their way out of a human trafficking situation), are operating from the exit ramp for those who are still caught in the web of human or even labor trafficking. Luckily for some, the Empower HER Network has been able to provide programming, housing, job opportunities and most of all a place of trust for those who have experienced this horrific way of life.
Friday, May 3, 202405/03/2024
Taking Flight
5/3/24: MTA Pres Max Page, VP Deb McCarthy & educator Kathy Greeley, author, ” Testing Education: A Teacher’s Memoir.” Astronomer Salman Hameed: flights to Europa & the far side of the moon, Donnabelle Casis w/ Chris Ferry: Easthampton Film Festival. Clay Pearson, Director, Northampton Pride. Clare Higgins: student protests. AANHPI Comm’r & UMass history prof Richard Chu: AANHPI Heritage Month.
Thursday, May 2, 202405/02/2024
Our House
5/2/24: Congressman Jim McGovern on antisemitism, Speaker? Johnson, & Ukraine. Atty John Pucci on Trump’s trial & contempt. Brian Adams w/ UMass Urban Agriculture expert, Ibrahim Ali: food for all. Ruth Griggs w/ Interstellar Medium’s Jahian Cooper-Monize: rhythm and jazz.
Wednesday, May 1, 202405/01/2024
Coming to Western Mass? A HUGE Toxic Waste Dump!
5/1/24: Lee Select Bd Chair Bob Jones: the GE & Monsanto toxic dump. Atty Richard Cole: innocent people serving 25 years in Mass. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman on the police, CRESS, the (doomed?) library & schools. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: two local corruption stories.
Tuesday, April 30, 202404/30/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 4.27.24 — Geoff Naunheim, the Executive Director of the United Way of the Franklin and Hampshire region
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Geoff Naunheim is the Executive Director of the United Way of the Franklin and Hampshire region. He has been at the organization for almost 7 years and has grown his role over those years. After seeing Franklin and Hampshire County United Way merger through, he has developed the organization to do more and be more, based on the needs that exist within the region. Join us as we talk about workplace campaigns, Diaper drives, and read learn and succeed a literacy program for Western MA children. You will want to donate when you get done hearing about the great work that they do towards eleviating conditions of poverty.
