Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, June 2, 202306/02/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 18
AT S.A.V.R. THEY ADDRESS CRIMINOGENIC FACTORS WITH MINDFULNESS TRAINING
Bruce Willis, THE Actor, has a quote, ‘You Can’t Undo The Past, But You Can Certainly Not Repeat It’. Many people residing behind the wall have experienced disciplinary issues in their past. A mindfulness program developed at the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, by program manager Dan Cavanaugh, in 2019, is experiencing dramatic results for those participants who are currently incarcerated. The program, aptly named, S.A.V.R., Stress, Anger, Violence Reduction, not only teaches meditation and mindful behavior but addresses topics like anger management, cognitive-behavioral therapy skills, parenting, and domestic violence.
Friday, June 2, 202306/02/2023
Perspectives
6/2/23: MTA President Max Page on debt-free higher ed; Salman Hameed on the origins of the universe and UFOs; Community Action Exec. Dir. Clare Higgins on the debt ceiling deal’s impact on poor & working people; Claudia Lefko and Rutherford Platt on Monday’s Humane Urbanism panel at the Forbes.
Thursday, June 1, 202306/01/2023
Everything Possible
6/1/23: Florence-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “Wild by Law” and his recent adventures on the Colorado; “Everything Possible” with Rev. Andrea Ayvazian and iconic singer-songwriter and UU minister Fred Small; it’s for the birds with GCC prof. Brain Adams and Hampshire Bird Club Veep Josh Rose; UMass jazz with Ruth Griggs and the great Avery Sharpe.
Wednesday, May 31, 202305/31/2023
Crafts and Art
5/31/23: Antisemitism in Massachusetts with State House News reporter Alison Kuznitz; GRADUATION! with the Literacy Project’s Judith Roberts, Tim Lovett & Amos Johnson; Diane Harr & Fran Kidder on their new show at the Oxbow; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra on Bombyx and budgets, schools and police; the Cancer Connection with E.D. Chelsea Kline; Paul Sustick of Paul & Elizabeth’s on teaching you delicious cooking.
Tuesday, May 30, 202305/30/2023
Performances including Bombyx
5/30/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver; Sci-Tech Café — breast milk with UMass. nutrition scientist David Sela and MHC prof Kirsten Nordstrom; Bombyx lives—with founders Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead; the debt ceiling with UMass economics prof Gerald Friedman; 12th Night — Shakespeare & Co @AOM with actor- director- rapper Julian Findlay.
Saturday, May 27, 202305/27/2023
Western Mass Business Show on 5.27.23
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Chris Fournier (Engagement and Development Director) and Tom Willits (Co-Founder and Executive Director) from MAPS. Music and Poetry Synchronized. This nonprofit is making music, poetry, and art in a school environment but going far beyond the classroom setting. They are inspiring social justice through artistic collaboration. By getting outside classroom and bringing the school to other schools so that a cross pollination of ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives emerges. Join us as we talk about doing this important work and creating voices and images to be seen and heard outside of the classroom.
www.mapsmusic.org
Friday, May 26, 202305/26/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 17
FROM ROSIE’S HOUSE TO A FUTURE BLOOMING WITH POSSIBILITIES
Finding the possibilities in life, after incarceration, and with a forever criminal record, is a daunting task, but since 2004 when Jacqueline Velez was released from the women’s section of Rikers Island, her mission has been driven by the love for her daughter, a passion for sharing her experiences through her poetry, and the courage to become a voice for so many others who have faced similar obstacles.
Friday, May 26, 202305/26/2023
Forward and Back
5/26/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on affordable housing & free menstrual products on public college campuses; MTA Pres. Max Page and 5th grade teacher Brenda Dunn on kids and reading; Donnabelle Casis with Easthampton Film Festival’s Chris Ferry; Bombyx Center founders Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead on the City’s order to cease and desist; Jeff Napolitano – reflections on W. Mass activism and WHMP.
Thursday, May 25, 202305/25/2023
Rights, Wrongs, Music, and Life
5/25/23: ACLU of Mass. Exec. Dir. Carol Rose on LGBTQ+ rights, drag performances, and government surveillance; Rev. Carol Bull and filmmaker Amber Bemak on life; law professor Ahmed White on “Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers;” Glenn Seigel and “Jazz a la Mode” host Tom Reney rock the house.
Wednesday, May 24, 202305/24/2023
The Future Now
5/24/23: CBI Rabbi Justin David on his activist past and future – and ours; Larry Hott and Chris Ferry on “Greyland” in Easthampton tomorrow;” sex educator Dr. Jane Fleishman; environmentalist Karl Meyer on this weekend’s rally/protest to save the Connecticut River; UMass Biology Professor Paul Katz on the neuroscience of ageing, AI, and memory.
