Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 11.03.21- Caroline Gear and Markus Jones from ILI and Aditi Subramaniam on Social Media

Caroline Gear, Executive Director of the International Language Institute of Massachusetts (ILIM), and ILI Board President, Markus Jones Aditi Subramaniam…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.2.21- Majestic Theatre’s Don’t Dress for Dinner and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

We start the show with Playbill with Jackie Walsh and her guests Elizabeth Pietrangelo  New York City-based actor. Plays Suzette;…

The Afternoon Buzz 11.1.21- Rachel Cleetus from Climate & Energy Program and Professor Rick Wolff

Buz talks to Rachel Cleetus, policy director and lead economist, Climate & Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, USA and…

The Afternoon Buzz 10.29.21 Author Karen Vorbeck Williams and The Witch of Northampton

Author Karen Vorbeck Williams celebrates Halloween by sharing the story of The Witch of Northampton, Mary Bliss Parsons.  Buz and…

The Afternoon Buzz 10.28.21

Professor of History Christian Appy discusses the Vietnam withdrawal in the context of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the upcoming November…

The Afternoon Buzz 10.27.21

Buz has on for the full hour Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead of Florence’s Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity. 

The Afternoon Buzz 10.26.21

Buz starts the show with gubernatorial candidate Ben Downing and then on this week’s Playbill Jackie Walsh is joined by…

The Afternoon Buzz 10.25.21

Buz discusses the upcoming infrastructure project and Kim John Payne – Founding Director of The Center for Social Sustainability and…

The Afternoon Buzz 10.22.21

Nora Borealis, Director and Founder of the WholeTone Music Academy, talks about the recent action of Extinction Rebellion in Swampscott…

The Afternoon Buzz 10.21.21

Buz starts the show with Jennifer Lee Native American Film Project documenting Native lives regionally.  Then Peg Sandeen, Executive Director…

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