An unvarnished look at JFK

5/10: Mark Updegrove, presidential historian whose newest book is “Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency;” Michael Klare, author, scholar, Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies and Nation Magazine Defense Correspondent, on Putin’s speech yesterday and the War in Ukraine; and then, “Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke” — Duke Goldman, SABR star, author, and baseball historian on the season so far—How about those Red Sox?

Fighting Houselessness in Holyoke

5/9: Mayors Monday with Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on persons without housing, the State of the City, and the police and other audits. Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks on Mothers’ Day. Bill Newman on SCOTUS and Justice Alito’s draft opinion.

Hamp New Dep. of Health & Human Services

A fountain of youth?

Time for men to stand up for Roe v Wade

5/4:Eric Lesser, State Senator and candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, and John Pucci on the leaked Alito anti-abortion opinion and related issues; superstar commercial jet airline Captain, Bailey Parks, on her story and women in aviation.

The End of The Road for “Roe”?

5/3: Mary Cowhey, a teacher at Jackson Street School for 22 years, on “Families with Power.” (Book launch is Tuesday, May 10, at 5:00 at Florence Civic Center.) Jacquelyn Sheehan and Rebecca Olander on the Straw Dogs Writers Guild and Writers Night Out.

Who is betting on betting in Massachusetts?

5/2: Sen. Jo Comerford on the pending sports betting legislation in Massachusetts and the upcoming vote on the Work and Family Mobility Act. Then, from Nuclear Ban U.S., Timmon Wallis, Director, and Vicki Elson, Creative Director, on the nuclear threat present in the War in Ukraine and relevant proposed legislation in Massachusetts.

Burn The Page

4/29: Danica Roem, the first out and seated transgender state legislator, on “Burn the Page: Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change.” Michael Mechanic on “Jack Pot: How the Super-Rich Really Live –and How Their Wealth Harms Us All.” ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Rachel Cyrene Blackman and Rebecca Hart. Olander.

On Defense

4/28: Criminal defense attorney and Northampton City Councilor-at large, Marissa Elkins. The Reverend and the Rabbi: Florence Congregational Church Reverend, Averill Elizabeth Blackburn, and Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi, Justin David, on the bible and the War in Ukraine.

Are diverse democracies doomed to die?

4/27: Professor Yascha Mounk, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, on “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.” Caroline Heller on her parents surviving the Holocaust, including Auschwitz, and her family’s new life in the United States–the book is titled “Reading Claudius: A Dual Memoir.”