Podcasts
Podcasts
Friday, September 15, 202309/15/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 34
$50 & A BUS FARE WON’T GET YOU FAR, BUT CHERI GARCIA BELIEVES OTHERWISE
The Dalai Lama defines compassions as “a sensitivity to the suffering of others, with a commitment to do something about it”. Cheri Garcia, a social innovator and Founder of the second chance staffing firm, Cornbread Hustle, knows all too well about addiction, recovery and the challenges those with a record face upon re-entering society. Cheri’s trajectory to launch Cornbread Hustle, and become recognized as a leader in second chance recruiting and staffing was definitely not a straight line, and although now a seven-figure company, Cheri says she still has her bad days, but she is always driven to help more because as she says, “…One can’t find their future success with $50 and a bus fare upon reentering society….”
Friday, September 15, 202309/15/2023
On Point & On Strike!
9/15/23: Lindsay Sabadosa on physics and weaponized robots; MTA Pres. Max Page and labor organizer Nellie Taylor on the UAW strike & the Cherish Act; ArtBeat — tattoos with Betsy Stone & Lucky’s Patrick McDonald & Ian Healey; Noelle Janka on “Rebel Healing: Transforming Ourselves & the Systems that Make Us Sick;” the Doozy Doo with Kelsy Flynn, Mark Karpel, & Kelsey Flynn.
Thursday, September 14, 202309/14/2023
Lessons
9/14/23: Atty Rebecca Jacobstein on the MA. Supreme Judicial Court & police misconduct; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on the high holidays; Brian Adams with Ed Hamel & Tim Beaudry of Glendale Ridge Vineyard on winemaking; Schools activists Ali Wicks-Lim, M.J. Schwartz & Maxine Oland (Title IX complainant) on the Amherst controversy.
Wednesday, September 13, 202309/13/2023
Just Past, Very Present & Immediate Future
9/13/23: Sen. Jo Comerford on our solar future; Dr. Ruth Folchman on your meditation future; Dr. Roy Eidelson on “Doing Harm,” psychologists’ recently promoting torture; Easthampton City Arts’ Pasqualina Azzarello on the Art Walk & Porchfest; Glenn Seigel on Jazz Shares & upcoming gigs.
Tuesday, September 12, 202309/12/2023
Firearms and Fatherhood
9/12/23: Rep. Patricia Duffy on proposed firearms and health care laws; Duke Goldman on the Red Sox, the Yankees, and the Negro Leagues; Loretta Ross on “Women Who Change the World: Stories from the Fight for Social Justice;” Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane, with Stacey Nee from the Children’s Trust, on the Sheriff’s Award for the Nurturing Fathers Program.
Monday, September 11, 202309/11/2023
Remembrances and Romance
9/11/23: A 9/11 remembrance; then, UMass Amherst Afro-Am Chair Amilcar Shabazz on diversity, equity & inclusion; constitutional law expert Bruce Miller on whether the 14th Amendment bars Trump from running; Megan Zinn on romance novels, what they are now and why.
Friday, September 8, 202309/08/2023
What a Show!
9/8/23: Talking Trash with State Rep. Natalie Blais; MCAS headed for the trash? with UMass. education prof Jack Schneider & MTA Pres Max Page; fabulous” Art in the Orchard” with Donnabelle Casis, Jean-Pierre Pasche, & Alanae Hartley; the Amherst school controversy with Indy editor Art Keene, PCA Exec. Bd. Chair Pat Ononibaku and APEA reps. Meka Magee & Claire Cocco; the Care Center and Comedy with Anne Teschner, Kim DeShields and Tim Lovett ((this is really funny!!).
Friday, September 8, 202309/08/2023
The Hustler Files Ep 33
THEY MAY BE DAVID’S SIZE, BUT THEIR DETERMINATION IS THAT OF GOLIATH
The percentage of women incarcerated is minute in comparison to that of men, but their struggles to overcome the traumas that led them to drug addiction, anger or alcoholism is equal if not greater than the same wounds of their male counterparts. Meet Ashley and Sarah, one is still behind the wall in the pre-trial treatment unit and the other is now post release and working to create the new life of becoming sober. Both their journey’s share a common thread, the determination to not slip back into their old ways of life.
Thursday, September 7, 202309/07/2023
Our House, Our Home, Books & All That Jazz
9/7/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on national politics; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra, HHS head Merridith O’Leary, & Div. of Community Care (DCC) Director Kristen Rhodes on the launch of DCC; Brian Adams with Forbes Librarian Sarah Johnson on children and YA books; Ruth Griggs with Jazz Fest star Ryan Hollander.
Wednesday, September 6, 202309/06/2023
Mass. Disbarment
9/6/23: DA David Sullivan on prosecutors here and in Georgia; Larry Hott on “Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV;” LIVE in the studio Matt Lorenz (“Suitcase Junket”) & Jonah Keane on the Arcadia Folk Fest; Educational Collaborative Exec. Dir. Todd Gazda on school superintendents..
