Picture This

7/31 Hosts: Josh Silver & Buz Eisenberg

Max Page of The Mass Teachers Assoc w/ Jim Baude of Boston Public Radio & Renee Loth of The Boston Globe: Reforming the ballot process & rules that effect election ethics

David Detmold: Walking for social change

Carolyn Misch, Northampton Director of Planning & Sustainability: Picture Main Street Project

Artbeat w/ Donnabelle Casis & guests Danielle Amodeo of Arts Equity Group and Multimedia artist Angelica Olstad: The current exhibition, Music for Healing, at PaperCity Clothing Gallery in Holyoke

Governmental Overreach

7/30/26 Host Buz Eisenberg

Dr Caitlyn Pierce & Donald Snyder political scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: measuring judicial appeasement in the U.S. Supreme Court

Carol Rose Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts: Police & Government Surveillance and challenging the military as immigration judges

Nate Clifford & Jade Jump Co-owners of Cornucopia Market on their move to Dwight St in Holyoke & their recent grand opening

All That Jazz w/ John Anz & Musician Jason Scwartz on his musical journey and monthly performance series at Theodore’s in Springfield

I Can Hold On

7/29/26 Host Brian Adams

Karen Foster – Executive Director All Out Adventures: Kayakathon Sept 13th & closing out disability pride month

Jay Sefton – therapist and playwright – “Unreconciled”: surviving abuse & seeking solace in theater

Karla Bonoff – Singer & Songwriter: Playing at The Iron Horse July 31st & her musical career

Bill Danielson – Gazette Columnist: Speaking of Nature & looking for hints that things are actually ok

Raising Awareness

7/28/26 Host Amilcar Shabazz

Manou Africa, Activist & Founder of Rebelle: African Liberation & Rastafari Movement

Lora Wondolowski, Greenfield City Council President: Greenfield legislative matters & her campaign vision for Franklin County towns

Fairplay w/ Duke Goldman: On Ray Elliot and the importance of Negro League baseball history to the quest for oneness of humanity

Authors & More

7/27/26 Host: Megan Zinn

Josh Weill, author of What Came West

Juliet Faithfull, author of Liar’s Dice

Deb Christakos, Pioneer Valley Food Tours

Paul Bockelman, Amherst Town Manager, Samantha Giffen, Communications Manager for Amherst & Summer interns: Liana and Emily

The Return of Reality

7/24: Hosts Josh Silver & Larry Hott

Max Page, Former President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association:   Billionaire tax and newly freed up millions for public education, but when will it get to the schools?

David Bollier, Author of the book “How to Think Like a Commoner”. The commons, a parallel social economy helping millions take charge and escape the predatory state order.

Abbe Spector & Jess Dawson of the Northampton Information Hub: Get real, honest, true, fact-checked information on everything to do with Northampton’s Government.

Evan Goodchild: Tells prospective podcasters all they need to know to record, produce, & reach millions of listeners with a compelling show.

Artbeat w/ Donnabelle Casis: Nikki Bassette & Dan Jones owners of Abracadabra Film Lab & Trevor Powers Artist and wrestling fan and the return of analog photography.

Sustaining Ourselves

7/23/26 Host Buz Eisenberg

Dr David Gottsegen: local retired Pediatrician on RFK Jr & Trump’s war against children’s health

Director Ben Weil: Northampton Climate Action & Project Administration on local efforts to achieve net zero emissions

Have Faith w/ Local Progressive Interfaith Pastor Carole Bull – Living Humility

All That Jazz w/ Carol Abbe Smith: local jazz giant on upcoming Litchfield Jazz Festival & the local jazz scene

Questions Answered

7/22/26, Co-Host Brian Adams

Center for New Americans Ex Dir Laurie Millman & paralegal Ursula Wolanska-Fettes: taking the citizenship exam, what are the questions, surviving the citizenship interview, and can you correctly answer the questions?

Dr Cory Harris, CHD urologist: how is your prostate performing? What can you do about it?

“Professor Emerita of Anthropology Dr. Marge Bruchac on the “Native Strategies” project at Historic Northampton, examining which side(s) Native people fought for in the Revolutionary War and why, and the historical consequences.”

Cool Films: Larry Hott speaks with filmmaker Allen Moore: “The Shepherds of Berneray” (1981) & his return to this film, this story, this remote island, part of Scotland, 45 years later—a story and lesson for all of us.

Voices that Guide Us

7/21/26, Co-Host — Carrie Baker

Nathaniel Malloy, new Hadley Town Administrator: Rt 9 development, the Overrides, regional planning & what will happen with Hampshire College’s land, 260 acres in Hadley.

Hannah Williams, Chester Theatre Managing Director and the playwright Mark St Germain on “Amchitka,” the atomic bomb explosions, isolation, knowing the unknowable & the uniqueness of Chester Theatre.

Millicent Jackson, Ex Dir, Voices from Inside: living and writing inside and outside the razor wire.

Governor’s Councilor Tara Jacobs: what and why is the Governor’s Council, its advise & consent role in confirming judges, clerk-magistrates & parole bd members and consideration of commutations & pardons.

What a Ride and an Override

7/20/26, Co-Host Megan Zinn.

Lexi Walters Wright, owner of High Five Books & 2026 Commonwealth Heroine Award recipient, on supporting the LGBTQ youth, community & readers.

Local author Morgan Thomas on their acclaimed and innovative debut novel “Mad Eden”- about “late-diagnosed autism, gender-affirming care, queer family, & dragon.”

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on how to win an Override, the World Cup Watch Parties, and a fight with City Council.

Educator Doug Selwyn on Gov Healy’s proposal for MCAS 2.0 & what you can do.