Wednesday, March 29, 202303/29/2023

Love, Politics, & Poverty

In Talk The Talk

3/29/23: Author Rory Carroll on his new book There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History; Cool Films with Larry Hott with local filmmakers Lucy Munger and Elijah Stevens on their film Fire of Love; Feminist Futures with Carrie Baker and Marianne Bullock of UpTogether on poverty and its disproportionate impact on women and families; Greenfield City Councilor Ginny DeSorgher on her candidacy for Mayor of Greenfield and the Greenfield budget process.

Tuesday, March 28, 202303/28/2023

Women Poets, Singers, and Athletes

In Talk The Talk

3/28/23: Northampton Poetry Radio host Rich Michelson previews Wednesday’s event at Forbes with readings by poets Lesléa Newman and Martín Espada; Political commentator Josh Silver on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and the politicization of our courts; Vocalists Ann Chiara, Roxy Schneider, and Ellen Augarten of the Green Street Brew on the upcoming Local Vocal Chord Bowl; Sport Historian Professor Rita Liberti on her Wednesday presentation “A History of Women’s Basketball and Northampton’s early role in the sport.

Monday, March 27, 202303/27/2023

Fascism

In Talk The Talk

3/27/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on police and policing. Black in the Valley with segment hosts Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Carlie Tartakov, featuring Rev. Otis Moss, author of “Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times.” Professor Jason Stanley, author of “How Fascism Works.” Romances with novelist Sarah MacLean and editor Jen Prokop, hosts of the podcast “Fated Mates.”

Saturday, March 25, 202303/25/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 8

In The Hustler Files

A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE HOUSE, PART 2

“When we take the responsibility for cultivating our true self, we break the ties that bind us to the illusions of who and what we falsely think we are.” In part 1 of the interviews with incarcerated individuals finishing up their sentences in the Bridge to the Future House in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, you met Dakota, Matt, Sonny and Eric. In part 2, Eric speaks of how his alcoholism is tied to his self-esteem and self-love, but also how his ability to change is tied to having something bigger than himself to connect to. Future careers, after their time behind the wall is shared as is their final words of wisdom. Advice hard won.

Friday, March 24, 202303/24/2023

Two Presidents

In Talk The Talk

3/24/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on the fight against hunger here today; Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page on teachers’ right to strike and MCAS; Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat with Amy Halliday on the amazing “After Achieves” at APE Gallery; Jane Healey, author of “Good Night from Paris;”—WOW! G’fld Community College President Michelle Schutt on debt-free higher ed. and extraordinary new opportunities.

Thursday, March 23, 202303/23/2023

Free Speech & Maple Syrup

In Talk The Talk

3/23/23: Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass. Exec. Dir., on the recent free speech victory in Massachusetts and the nationwide threat to abortion rights; Rev. Carol Bull on faith in perilous times; Brian Adams with Eric Lively, from Sunrise Farm in Colrain, on all things maple syrup; Ruth Griggs with – from the UMass Fine Arts Center– Sean Glennon and Michael Sakomoto on Snarky Puppy, the Sean Jones Quartet & more!

Wednesday, March 22, 202303/22/2023

Fire the Police Chief?

In Talk The Talk

3/22/23: A Night Out for Ukraine—music, plays, dinner and discussion, this Sunday — with Serious Play’s Sheryl Stoodley, Marta Ostapiuk and John Feffer; Cool Films with Larry Hott and Matt Hixon; LGBTQI+ with sex educator Jane Fleishman; former Greenfield City Council President David Singer calls for the police chief to resign or be fired; Dr. Jonathan Bayuk, covid expert, on the vaccines you should have and, as Founder the One Roof Festival, on the festival and tiny homes for the homeless.

Tuesday, March 21, 202303/21/2023

Big Doings and Tiny Things

In Talk The Talk

3/21/23: Sci-Tech Café with physics professors Kerstin Nordstrom and Casey Berger on teeny tiny things; Economics Professor Andrew Zimbalist on the banks — should we worry? Feminist Futures with Carrie Baker and Lisa Clauson, Dir., Strategic Partnerships, Carpenters Labor-Management Program, on women in the trades; Natalie Love, from Shakespeare & Co., on its upcoming first sensory-friendly performance — Romeo & Juliet.

Monday, March 20, 202303/20/2023

Making History

In Talk The Talk

3/20/23: Tuesday’s hearing in Northampton on East-West Rail with Zane Lumelsky of Trains in the Valley; Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on re-envisioning her city; John Pucci on the impending indictments of Donald Trump; Rhonda Anderson, of the Ohketeau Cultural Center, will moderate a panel that includes author and activist Larry Spotted Crow Mann on the attempted genocide of indigenous people, the resurrection of culture, and this Sunday’s event at the Ohketeau Cultural Center; Megan Zinn and John Sayles on “Jamie MacGillivray: a Renegade’s Journey” and his upcoming reading at the Odyssey.

Saturday, March 18, 202303/18/2023

The Hustler Files Ep 7

In The Hustler Files

A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE HOUSE, PART 1

“Your mind and habits will create either barriers or bridges to a better future” – Dr. Al Siebert. While re-entry programs, 2nd chance hiring, education, and halfway houses are known to lower recidivism rates, it is still, sadly, not the norm. If there is an upside to being jailed in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, it is their 16-bed halfway house with community-based programming and educational opportunities called, most appropriately, The Bridge to the Future House. In part 1 of this two-part story, on location, in the kitchen at the house, incarcerated individuals, Dakota, Matt, Sonny, and Eric, share the stories of what put them behind the wall, and the steps they are taking to become better citizens, parents, and people once they have served their time.