Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 1.31.22 – Bill Dwight and Cabin Fever Roundtable with Naomi Shulman

Bill Dwight imagines Northampton 15 years from now. Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn chats with Naomi Shulman about using puzzles and games to get through a pandemic.

The Afternoon Buzz 1.28.22 – Former Mass Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Downing

Buzz and Bill Newman spend the hour with former state senator and gubernatorial candidate Ben Downing.

The Afternoon Buzz 1.27.22 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby Activists & Take 5 with Evan Artzen and Scout Opacut

Science and Sustainability Correspondent talks with Citizens’ Climate Lobby activists about the need for Carbon Fees and Dividends. Take 5 with Ruth Griggs and her guest Evan Artzen and Scout Opacut (jazz musicians, jazz writers, jazz club managers – tres cool young couple).

The Afternoon Buzz – 1.26.22 Mass Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Danielle Allen and John Klondike Koehler

Professor Danielle Allen, candidate for Governor of MA and Nan Parati with John Klondike Koehler, the Harry Potter of sound.

The Afternoon Buzz – 1.25.22 Karl Meyers and Trump’s legal problems

Karl Meyers on rescuing our Connecticut River from being ravaged by greed and Buz informs us about the impending legal troubles for former President Donald J. Trump.

The Afternoon Buzz 1.24.22 Senator Hinds and Cabin Fever Roundtable w/ musician Katryna Nields

Senator Adam Hinds and Cabin Fever Roundtable with Megan Rubiner Zinn and musician Katryna Nields.

The Afternoon Buzz – 1.21.22 UMass Professor Alexander Theodoridis & Michael Sakamota from UMass Fine Arts Center

UMass Associate Professor Alexander Theodoridis discusses Results of UMass Amherst Poll Detail Increasing Dissatisfaction with President Biden’s First Year in Office and Michael Sakamota from UMass Fine Arts Center

The Afternoon Buzz 1.20.22

Brian Adams, Science and Sustainability Correspondent, spends the full hour with Climate Activists Ollie Perrault & Naia Tenerowicz

The Afternoon Buzz 1.19.22 — Wedegartner Wednesday and Roberta Wilmore

Bill Newman chats with Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner and The Interesting Thing with Nan Parati & Roberta Wilmore of Make-It Springfield

The Afternoon Buzz 1.18.22 — Playbill with Jackie Walsh with Julianne Boyd

Buzz starts off the show with an exceptional rant about politics and then Playbill with Jackie Walsh with Julianne Boyd, the longtime artistic director for Barrington Stage, who is retiring.

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