Panorama – Episode 64 – Tiarra Fisher & Rachel Katz on the Opioid Crisis

Here’s the full episode with Rachel Katz, the Director of Addiction Services for the Community Health Center of Franklin County, and Tiarra Fisher, a coordinator for the Opioid Task Force, talking about the National Institutes of Health’s HEAL Initiative. The study comes with a $500,000 grant for the Opioid Task Force to spend in the communities of Greenfield, Montague, Athol and Orange to assess how community-based interventions can reduce overdose deaths.

Panorama – Episode 63 – Iranian Revolution?

Originally aired on 12.17.22. Dan and Sarah discuss the social and political milieu fueling the Iranian protests with Amherst College Professor Monica Ringer.

Panorama – Episode 62 – Donna Stern, Bay State nurse and former chair of the bargaining unit

Dan and Sarah talk to Bay State nurse, Donna Stern, former chair of the bargaining unit.

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.