Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 4.25.22 – Jake Krain & Jessye Kass

Jake Krain of Red Gate Educational Farm talks about the farm’s mission, the summer camp program, and its capital campaign. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Zinn and guest Jessye Kass, talking about living through the pandemic as someone in her late 20s/early 30 trying to launch a career.

The Afternoon Buzz 4.22.22 – The Good Work & Voting Rights

The Good Work with Jeff Napolitano discussing foreclosures and evictions with Rose Webster-Smith of Springfield. Aditi Juneja promotes Movement Voter Project’s event: ‘Voting Rights: New Solutions. Unprecedented Challenges.’

The Afternoon Buzz 4.21.22 – Grow Food Northampton & the Northampton Jazz Workshop

Brian Adams, Science and Sustainability Correspondent with Grow Food Northampton Executive Director Alisa Klein. Take Five with Ruth Griggs and Bruce Niemczyk celebrating the 10 year Anniversary of the Northampton Jazz Workshop.

The Afternoon Buzz 4.20.22 – Wedegartner’s Wednesday & An Interesting Thing with Nan and Tague

Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner talks Greenfield. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati and site director Tague Richardson of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for nearly all of its 51 years

The Afternoon Buzz 4.19.22 – We the People competition & Tom Geha and Jimmy Murphy

Easthampton High students discuss the We the People competition in Washington D.C. Playbill with Jackie Walsh with Tom Geha, chairman of the Greenfield Community College theater department and director of “the Elephant Man” and Jimmy Murphy, who plays John Merrick (the “elephant man”), in the play.

The Afternoon Buzz 4.18.22 – Dale Melcher & Karen Bayne

Dale Melcher discusses the upcoming climate change protest in front of Bank of America in Amherst (Thursday, 4/21 at 12pm). Buzz rails against the massive inequality of wealth of the richest 20 individuals. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and Karen Bayne talk about navigating celebrations and family/friend gatherings during Covid at this time of Easter, Passover, and Ramadan.

The Afternoon Buzz 4.15.22 – Mireille Bejjani and Monte Pearson & Lawyer and author Amy Gajda

Mireille Bejjani and Monte Pearson discuss the FERC process unfolding. Amy Gajda speaks about their book Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy.

Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates

The Afternoon Buzz 4.14.22 – Green Builders Jonathan Wright & Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates discuss The Drake on Take Five

Brian Adams, Sustainability Correspondent with Green Builders Jonathan Wright and Seth Slabas. Take Five with Ruth Griggs and her guests Paul Arslanian and Amy Gates talking about The Drake opening on April 26th.

The Afternoon Buzz 4.13.22 – UMass’s Elizabeth “Betsy” Cracco discusses Fresh Check Day & An Interesting Thing Nan Parati and Chef Michelle Nugent

UMass Amherst to Host Fresh Check Day Program April 19 in Campus Center Auditorium. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati and Chef Michelle Nugent, in charge of food at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival!

The Afternoon Buzz 4.12.22

Craig Della Penna discusses the housing market, the impact of rising interest rates, and what we should expect in housing inventory and sales in the coming months. Playbill with Jackie Walsh chatting with Director Mark Dean and Actor Stephen Eldredge from Silverthorne’s play, Admissions.

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