Covering The Crowds During COVID

6/3: Brooke Hauser, editor-in-chief, and Carol Lollis, photo editor, of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, on the large and impassioned demonstrations this week in Northampton, Holyoke and Amherst and what it felt like to be there.

Damaged Heritage

6/2: Chester Johnson, author of “Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation;” then, Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies, on the new Cold War with China and the possibility of armed conflict.

Do Black Lives Matter on Beacon Hill?

6/1: State Senator Jo Comerford on the death of George Floyd and the Commonwealth’s equity and social justice agenda; the Senator also discusses recent legislative responses to the pandemic. Caroline McCaffery, cyber security, privacy and ethics expert and founder and CEO of ClearOPs, on contact tracing as a means to try to control covid-19.

How Much Did Billionaires Make During The Pandemic?!?!?

5/29: Max Page, MTA Vice-President and Kurt Wise, Senior Policy Analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, on changing laws to tax the rich fairly to raise needed money for the state; Laurie Millman, Director of the Center for New Americans, and Patricia Crosby, Executive Director of MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board, on fighting back against unemployment in the Valley; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis.

The Continuing COVID Saga at The Holyoke Soldiers Home

5/28: Natalia Munoz, News Director of Holyoke Media, on the covid-19 deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers Home and the continued receivership of the city’s schools; then “The Reverend and the Rabbi:” Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on paying tribute to the lives lost to covid-19

How Well Is Northampton & Its Mayor Recovering from Coronavirus?

Rescuing Democracy

5/26: This weekend is the Take Back Our Democracy Summit. We speak with organizers Elaine Fronhofer and Christina Maxwell; then, Richie Davis, author of “Inner Landscapes: True Tales of Extraordinary Lives–40 Years of Writing in the Recorder.”

Rep. Domb on Phase I of The Reopening of The Commonwealth

5/22: State Representative Mindy Domb on the reopening (or not) of Massachusetts; MTA VP Max Mage on the state’s need to tax the very rich now; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Jean-Pierre Pasch of Big Red Frame and Pasqualina Azzarello, Easthampton Arts Coordinator, on “The Flower Arrangement.”

Snowden & The Surveillance State

5/21: Barton Gellman, author of “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State;” Reverends Peter Ives and Andrea Ayvazian on spirituals and songs for hard times.

When We Can’t Sing Together…

5/20: Eveline MacDougall, founder of Amandla and Fiery Hope Choruses, on her new project, “Serenade for Heath,” bringing joy through music to people in the Valley during this time of Covid-19; Adrienne Lawrence, attorney, former ESPN anchor, and author of “Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment.”