Podcasts: The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz

The Afternoon Buzz 8.24.21

Executive Director Todd Gazda of the Collaborative for Educational Services joins Mohawk Schools Superintendent Sheryl Stanton to discuss the evolving…

The Afternoon Buzz 8.20.21

Johanna Kaiser, Associate Director Of Public Relations at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and realtor Craig Della Penna. 

The Afternoon Buzz 8.19.21

Executive Director Yasmin Padamsee Forbes of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission discuss the Commission’s work and challenges to the Asian…

The Afternoon Buzz 8.18.21

Cynthia Pompa and Kathryn Hampton of Physicians for Human Rights, two asylum experts who led the recent PHR investigation into…

The Afternoon Buzz 8.17.21

Conway School of Landscape Design’s Mollie Babize discusses the school and its mission to teach both design and environmental sustainability.

The Afternoon Buzz 8.16.21

Representative Paul Mark and Notre Dame economics Professor Emeritus David Ruccio discusses the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure bill, as well as…

The Afternoon Buzz 8.13.21

Take Five with Music Correspondent Bruce Niemczyk. Buz speaks with musician and artist Khalif Neville and then with pianist and…

The Afternoon Buzz 8.12.21

Changethemassflag.com Coordinator David Detmold discusses the bill to rid the state  flag and seal of the iconography threatening a native…

The Afternoon Buzz 8.11.21

Deputy Washington Director Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch discusses global human rights Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner discusses Greenfield matters

The Afternoon Buzz 8.10.21

Karl Meyer shares his passion for the Connecticut River, the fish that inhabit it, and the humans that need to…

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