Remnants and Echos

5/1/26: Fishwrap: Hampshire closing, Celts losing.

Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Lev Ben Ezra & Skylah Colon: food insecurity here & the Healthy Family Home Visitors Program.

Astronomer & Hampshire Prof Salman Hameed: the Trump Administration v Science & Save Hampshire—at least its ideals.

ArtBeat w/Donnabelle Casis & MHC prof Ligia Bouton: ‘The Remnant and the Echo.”

Take Pride

4/30/26 ( co-host Josh Silver):

Clay Pearson, Director of Hampshire Pride, on Saturday’s celebration and protest.

A political Fishwrap with Bill and Josh.

Jen Nery on “Let’s Go Downtown.”

Theresa Lynn and Sarah Penna from the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Mass:
the “Art & Soul” event.

Josh Silver: Trump’s poll numbers, SCOTUS’ decision yesterday & gerrymandering

Ruth Griggs w/ Paul Arslanian on his musical journey, last night’s concert and being honored as a Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association.

Keeping It Together

4/29/26 (co-host Brain Adams)

Amy Newshore, relationship coach: need help?

Lynn Hersey, Smith BBall Coach, & star player Hannah Martin: women’s sports and what it takes to win.

Gretchen Savenson from the Rich Earth Institute: Peecycling.

Larry Hott w/ Roger Sorkin on “The Burden” & “Tidewater:” fossil fuels & the military.

A Journey of 1,000 Miles begins with 10,000 Steps

4/28/26 (Co-host Amilcar Shabazz)

Reparations: a discussion w/ Dr Shabazz.

Sci-Tech Café: MHC Prof Kirsten Norstrom w/ UMass Kinesiology Prof Amanda Paluch: keep on walkin’.

Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondolowski: health insurance costs, layoffs? Baystate nurses’ strike, a green city.

Duke Goldman: Why so few Black coaches in the NFL?

Swimming Against the Tide

7/27/26: Co Host: Megan Zinn

Tony Giardina w/ Francis DeBernardo: New Ways Ministry and Catholics for Inclusion.

Megan Zinn w/ Emma Copley Eisenberg: “Fat Swim.”

Prison Policy Initiative’s Mike Wessler: the Just Income Program & $445 billion/yr to lock people up.

 Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: Hampshire Coll closing, the budget & ed funding.

Hyperlocal

Hyperlocal
4/24/26: (Co-host Buz Eisenberg):
MTA Pres Max Page: bell to bell cell phone bans & controlling exploitive social media.
Rep Mindy Domb: a violent death at UMass & Hampshire College’s closing.
UMass Professor of Chinese History & Guggenheim Fellow (& NHS grad) Stephen Platt.
Fishwrap on Ruth Suyenaga’s powerful DHG and Recorder piece on ICE and internment camps.
Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat: the Easthampton Film Festival.

“All Are Interested in All”

“All Are Interested in All”
4/23/26: Local historians Steve Strimer & Tom Goldscheider: worker coops in Florence the 1840s and now.
ACLU of Mass Exec Dir Carol Rose: Trump v. the fourth estate.
Rev Carole Bull: Trump as Jesus & “The Cloud of the Unknowing.”
All that Jazz: John Anz with trumpeter and composer Ralph Alessi.

Life, Death & Sports

Life, Death & Sports
4/22/26 (co-host Brian Adams):
Alison Keller, end-of-life doula.
Karen Miller, Cooley Dick & VNA Hospice Manager: National Health Care Decisions Month.
Forbes Library’s Priya Charry & Smith College journalism prof Naila Moreira: “Ecological and Climate Fiction for All Generations.”
Smith Prof Erica Tibbetts: Sport for Social Change.

Indivisible?

Indivisible?
4/21/26 (co-host Carrie Baker): Ehmptn Mayor Salem Derby: the Override & the World Cup.
Rob Weir: sports celebrities not necessarily legends.
The Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy: meteorological messiness-come play.
Deb Klemer, Nhmptn City Council VP: founding Indivisible -Northampton & misogyny in politics.

Caring About Others & Killing Your Darlings

Caring About Others & Killing Your Darlings

4/20/26: Dr. Anne Markes, executive director of Well on Their Way, medical outreach in northern Uganda
Writers Block w/ Megan Zinn: Kate Senecal creator and co-host of Kill Your Darlings reading series at Darlings Bar in Easthampton
Lindsi Sekula, executive director of the Easthampton Housing Authority, taking on a new position
Prof. Michael Klare on Iran, energy prices, and the use of AI for war.