Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 3.14.22 – Northampton Arts & Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn

Northampton Community Arts Trust, housing Northampton Center for the Arts, received a federal Grant for $2.5 million. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and guest Jenny Kass discussing parenting during covid and how to prepare for return to “normalcy.

The Afternoon Buzz 3.11.22

First Franklin Representative Natalie Blais. At the UMass Fine Arts Center tonight Danú performs – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

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The Afternoon Buzz 3.9.22 – State Senator Eric Lesser & An Interesting Thing with Nan Parati and her guest Scott Saltzman

MA Senator and candidate for Lt. Governor of MA Eric Lesser. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati and Scott Saltzman, professional photographer of musicians, festivals and films

The Afternoon Buzz 3.8.22 – International human rights lawyer Joanna Naples-Mitchell and neurologist Altaf Saadi

International human rights lawyer Joanna Naples-Mitchell and neurologist Altaf Saadi discuss their Physicians for Human Rights report, “Excited Delirium.” Buz and Dan discuss the Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Decision to overturn Bill Cosby’s conviction and other legal cases.

The Afternoon Buzz 3.7.22 – Smith College Professor Sergey Glebov & Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and Pete Nelson

Smith College Professor Sergey Glebov, historian of the Russian Empire/USSR, discusses the Ukrainian crisis and Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and Pete Nelson talking about exercise during the pandemic

The Afternoon Buzz 3.4.22

Attorney Margaret Sheehan discusses the Supreme Judicial Court case challenging the ban on municipalities from zoning solar installations. President Max Richtman of the committee to preserve social security and Medicare gives an update on important pending legislation.

Ruth Griggs and her guest guitarist Charlie Apicella

The Afternoon Buzz 3.3.22

Brian Adams, Science and Sustainability Correspondent with Amherst College’s Fred Venne of the Beneski Museum of Natural History talking Dinosaurs! Take 5 with Ruth Griggs and her guest guitarist Charlie Apicella

The Afternoon Buzz 3.2.22

Tim Bragg, military historian and former Recorder Editor-in-Chief on Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati and her 15 year-old Goddaughter Lola Cameron who inspired our “Weird Talks With Lola” pretend radio show.

The Afternoon Buzz 3.1.22 – Trump’s Legal Woes & Playbill with Jackie Walsh and Exit Seven’s Production of The Curious Incident of the Dog

Buzz rants about the rule-of-law and Trump’s legal woes. Then Playbill with Jackie Walsh on Exit Seven’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

Recent Headlines

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The owners of Camp Mystic say they plan to partially reopen next summer the all-girls camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed during catastrophic floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.

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Three people have been shot at an Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency's director said.

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The man who was charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday.

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ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and his show will return Tuesday

ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel's late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.

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