Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 6.21.22 – Dan Torres on American Democracy & Playbill with Jackie Walsh and Artistic Director Allyn Burrows

Dan, the producer, rants about the state of American democracy. Playbill with Jackie Walsh and Shakespeare & Company’s Artistic Director Allyn Burrows.

The Afternoon Buzz 6.20.22 – Billy Dwight / Angela Combest

Bill Dwight starts off the show. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Zinn & Angela Combest, talking about travel during the pandemic .

The Afternoon Buzz 6.17.22 – Jeff Napolitano talks to Kate Paarlberg-Kvam & Allen St. Pierre, Aaron Rubinstein, and Peter Grinspoon discuss cannabis

The Good Work with Jeff Napolitano featuring Kate Paarlberg-Kvam of the Community Asylum Project. Allen St. Pierre, Aaron Rubinstein, and Peter Grinspoon on cannabis and The Grinspoon Symposium: Keynote Address by Dr. Carl Hart, Ph.D. at UMass Amherst.

The Afternoon Buzz 6.16.22 – Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Carter Eleana Marks / Keyboardist Chris Haynes

Brian Adams chats with Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Carter Eleana Marks, two Amherst High students, who are active with Generation Ratify – the student led abortion rights group. Take Five with Bruce Niemczyk with keyboardist Chris Haynes, guest soloist Wednesday on Strong Avenue, and keyboard for the Young at Heart Chorus.

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The Afternoon Buzz 6.15.22 – The Economy & Nan Parati talks to Matthew Glassman

Dan and Buzz talk about the economy and inflation and then Nan Parati talks to Matthew Glassman about a laboratory for children’s imagination in Ashfield (MA).

The Afternoon Buzz 6.14.22 – Community Legal Aide & Playbill with Jackie Walsh and Debra J’Anthony, executive director of the Academy of Music

From Community Legal Aide, Alyssa Golden, Jennifer Dieringer, flower power growers partner John Stobierski, and attorney Luke Ryan discusses the $14M settlement on behalf of the 31,000 victims of the Commonwealth’s drug lab fiascos, and his efforts to have their costs covered and records cleared. Playbill with Jackie Walsh and Debra J’Anthony, executive director of the Academy of Music.

The Afternoon Buzz 6.13.22 – David Hoose & Meredith Ryan / The Roost’s Robyn Goodmark

David Hoose & Meredith Ryan discuss the shortage of lawyers to fulfill the constitutional guarantee of an attorney regardless of ability to pay. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Zinn & Robyn Goodmark, owner of The Roost, talking about small businesses surviving the pandemic

The Afternoon Buzz 6.10.22 – Sheriff Patrick Cahillane & President Max Richtman

Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane then President Max Richtman of the National Committee to Preserve Social; Security and Medicare.

The Afternoon Buzz 6.9.22 – Missy Novak and Glenn Siegel

Brian Adams chats with Missy Novak from Sleep Medicine Services of Western Massachusetts on the science of sleep. Take Five with Ruth Griggs and Glenn Siegel discuss Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares and all things jazz in the Valley.

The Afternoon Buzz 6.8.22 – Mayor Roxann discusses Greenfield & Nan talks to Jim Olson about the Green River Festival

Buzz chats with Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner and on the Interesting Thing with Nan Parati, she discusses the upcoming Green River Festival with Jim Olson.

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