Podcasts: Panorama

Panorama

Panorama – Episode 61 – Trader’s Joe Union Organizers

Dan and Sarah discuss unionizing efforts at Trader Joe’s in Hadley, MA and Minneapolis, MN.

Panorama – Episode 60 – Grace Bannasch, Shutesbury’s Town Clerk

Dan Torres and Sarah Robertson talk to Grace Bannasch, Shutesbury’s Town Clerk about local elections and frivolous records requests,

Panorama – Episode 59 – Cambridge University Researcher Luke Kemp discusses Climate Catastrophe

Originally aired on October 15, 2022. Dan and Sarah talk to Cambridge University researcher Luke Kemp about the possibility of climate catastrophe.

Panorama – Episode 58 – Jody Shaw, local activist and former Smith College employee and student

Originally aired on October 8, 2022. Dan and Sarah talk to Jody Shaw, a former Smith College employee about her experiences working for the Northampton college and the current state of higher-education and culture.

Panorama – Episode 57 – Frank Oglesby Jr. (The Voice of the MBTA) & Betsy Frederick, the owner of The Raven Used Books

Originally aired on September 24, 2022. On this local spotlight episode, host Dan Torres talks to the “Voice of the MBTA” Frank Oglesby Jr. and Betsy Frederick, the owner of The Raven used bookstore.

Panorama – Episode 56 – Dusty Christensen on the Holyoke Police Department

Originally aired on August 27, 2022. Dan and Sarah talk to The Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Dusty Christensen about his reporting on the Holyoke Police Department.

Panorama – Episode 55 – Westfield State Professor George Michael on the Far Right in America

Originally aired on August 20, 2022. Dan and Sarah talk to Westfield State professor George Michael about Curtis Yarvin and the rise of the Far Right in America.

Panorama – Episode 54 – Daniel Cantor Yalowitz, the Chair of Greenfield’s Human Rights Commission

Originally aired on August 6, 2022. Dan Torres talks to Daniel Cantor Yalowitz, the chair of Greenfield’s Human Rights Commission (GHRC), about its existence, the police department, the politics of the city, and Greenfield’s future.

Panorama – Episode 53 – Jerry Lund from the Franklin County Opioid Task Force

Originally aired on July 30, 2022. Dan and Sarah chat with Jerry Lund from the Franklin County Opioid Task Force about the addiction crisis in Greenfield (MA).

Panorama – Episode 52 – Meg Sheehan on Big Solar in Massachusetts

Originally aired on July 2, 2022. Dan Torres and Sarah Robertson talk about the rise of Big Solar in Massachusetts.

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