A Klare and Present Danger

9/22: Professor Michael Klare, Director, Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, on the possibility of impending war; Pete Rogers, Vietnam Vet. and intelligence officer, on this weekend’s Vietnam talk back; Daniel Little, Director, Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum, on Inside/Out.

Rocket Man vs Madman Across The Water

9/21: Dr. Ira Helfand, Co-President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, on North Korea and this weekend’s symposium on climate change and nuclear war; “Of Soil and Tongues” with artist le thi diem thuy at Hampshire College.

The Beacon Hill Weather Report

9.20.17 State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on what the MA Senate has in store post summer vacation. And Natalia Muñoz on what’s happening on her home island of Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria.

The Fate of Football at UMass

9/19: Ryan Bamford, UMass Athletic Director, on his new contract, integrity in college sports, and UMass. football; Debra J’Anthony and Emily Curro from the Academy of Music preview “Building the Wall.”

The Death Of Cassini

9/18: Hampshire College professor and Five College professor of astronomy, Salman Hameed, on the life and death of Cassini and other life in our solar system; Amena Elashkar, coming to Northampton Tuesday, previews her and Khawla Hammad’s presentation on stateless Palestinians and life in a refugee camp; Black in the Valley with special guest Dr. Demetria Rougeaux Shabazz.

Your State U

9/14: UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy on DACA, college ratings, and money for public higher ed; then, “The Scarlet Professor” with director Ron Bashford and Bill Hite, who plays Newton Arvin.

Celebrating Citizenship

9/15: Mayor David Narkewicz and Center for New Americans Executive Director Laurie Millman on Citizenship Day (this weekend) in Northampton; then the Mayor on proposed surveillance cameras for Main street. Then, Smith professor Michael Thurston and author Jane Yolen, Smith College, class of 1960, share analysis and memories of Smith college’s firing two male professors because they were gay.

Silent Sky

Ken Burns On Vietnam

9/12: Filmmaker Ken Burns on “The Vietnam War;” author Barry Werth and professors Harley Erdman and Eric Sawyer on “The Scarlet Professor.”

Hillywood

9/11: From the Ashfield Film Festival—Tamara Sloan, Christopher Seward, and Harry Keramidas. From the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership—Rev. Andrea Ayvazian and Lilly Lombard. From the world of politics– Josh Silver, CEO of Represent Us.