Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

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The Afternoon Buzz 8.3.22 – CCR’s Shane Kadidal & Nan Parati talks Newport Folk Festival

Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights discusses the killing of al Zawahiri and the Doha agreement with the Taliban. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati chatting about Newport Folk Festival where she worked Joni Jam and Paul Simon’s amazing appearance.

The Afternoon Buzz 8.2.22 – Special Sheriff Dave Lanoie & Jennifer Johnson and Amanda Miller

Special Sheriff Dave Lanoie discusses Transition from Jail to Community and the MOUD Health Re-entry Expansion Project. Playbill with Jackie Walsh and Double Edge Theater’s Jennifer Johnson and Amanda Miller.

The Afternoon Buzz – Professor Bruce Miller & Amy Cahillane from the DNA (Downtown Northampton Association)

Professor Bruce Miller argues that we’re in a constitutional crisis with Buz and Dan. On the second-half, Amy Cahillane from Downtown Northampton Association (DNA) talks to Megan Zinn about the state of downtown Northampton.

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The Afternoon Buzz 7.29.22 – Fair Play with the Duke & The Director of CRESS Earl Miller

Fair Play with Duke Goldman discusses the troublesome ownership of Daniel Snyder. On the second half of the show, Dan and Buzz talk to Earl Miller, the Director of Community Responders for Equity, Safety & Service (CRESS) in Amherst (MA).

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The Afternoon Buzz 7.28.22 – Blanche Derby & Ruth Griggs and Al Blankenship talk to John Jorgenson

Brian Adams chats with local forager Blanche Derby. On Take 5, Ruth Griggs and Al Blankenship talk to John Jorgenson about gypsy jazz and his performance tonight at Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity.

The Afternoon Buzz 7.27.22 – Mayor Roxann Wedegartner & Hope Hutchings

Buz returns to the show to talk to Mayor Roxann Wedegartner about policing and marijuana in Greenfield. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati has on Hope Hutchings, who works in creative music strategies for Paramount.

The Afternoon Buzz 7.26.22 – Paul Spector, Organizing the Electorate & Ezekiel Baskin, director of Grail Knights

Paul Spector – Organizing the Electorate. Playbill with Jackie Walsh talks to Ezekiel Baskin director of Grail Knights: An Immersive Play.

The Afternoon Buzz 7.25.22 – Peace Development Fund’s Emily Serafy-Cox and Lora Wondolowski & Cabin Fever with Theo Zinn & Sydney Schulze

Brian Adams in for Buz talks to Peace Development Fund’s Emily Serafy-Cox, Foundation Officer, and Lora Wondolowski, Director of Advancement and Communications.
Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Zinn, Theo Zinn & Sydney Schulze discuss graduating high school and starting college during the pandemic.

The Afternoon Buzz 7.22.22 – Mariza Pizii and Kate Glynn & Bob and Monica Leverett

Mariza Pizii and Kate Glynn – Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts. And Bob and Monica Leverett on old-growth forest.

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The Afternoon Buzz 7.21.22 – Jeff Olmsted, Neal Robinson, and Ben Malynoski

Ruth Griggs is in for Buzz and she talks to Jeff Olmsted, from Valley Jazz Voices, Neal Robinson, a partner at Race St. Live in Holyoke, and Ben Malynoski, a young jazz saxoponist who led the weekly (or bi-weekly) jazz jam at Bombyx this summer and student at The Hartt School (University of Hartford).

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