Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 11.17.21- Preserve Social Security & Medicare

Web Phillips of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare will answer commonly asked questions.

The Afternoon Buzz 11.16.21 John Bonifaz and Jackie Walsh

John Bonifaz, President of Free Speech for People talks about voting rights.  Playbill with Jackie Walsh and her guests Lucinda…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.15.21- Reading for Change Project

Professors Brian Kapitulik, David Lanoie, and Dr. Peggy Martalock discuss GCC’s Reading for Change Project, and Thursday’s presentation by author…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.12.21

Bill Newman, substitute for Dan Torres, as he and Buz chat with Greenfield mayor Mayor Roxann D. Wedegartner.

The Afternoon Buzz 11.11.21- Michael Kowalchuk and Celina della Croce talk Venezuela and Take Five with Ruth Griggs

Michael Kowalchuk, PhD student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.10.21- Talking and Thinking with Nan Parati

Nan Parati, Dan, and Buz discuss Cancel Culture. 

The Afternoon Buzz 11.09.21-Deb Markowitz, the MA State Director of The Nature Conservancy and Playbill with Jackie Walsh

Deb Markowitz, the MA State Director of The Nature Conservancy and former Vermont Secretary of State, on how Massachusetts fits…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.8.21- Social justice activist Hector Figarella and Community Legal Aid Rachel Shannon Brown

Buz chats with social justice activist, Hector Figarella, to discuss the US blockade and its effects on the Venezuelan people,…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.05.21

Hampshire College President Edward B Wingenbach.  

The Afternoon Buzz 11.04.21- Phoebe Walker

FRCOG Community Services Director Phoebe Walker discusses Public Health.  

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