Podcasts: Vaya Con Muñoz

Vaya Con Muñoz

Vaya con Muñoz is hosted by Natalia Muñoz, a multimedia journalist from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Interviews and rants and raves on politics, culture and media, in English and en español. Airs Saturdays 10-11am and Sunday nights at 7pm.

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.8.18

Journalist and filmmaker Kate Albright Hanna on how the press should cover the White House press briefings.
Democratic Socialist Nathaniel Waring on what the wide spectrum from left to right means at voting time.

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.1.18

Documentary filmmaker Kate Albright-Hanna on politics and pop culture.
Nathaniel Waring, a Democratic Socialist, on the spectrum of progressive ideals.

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.10.18

The Holyoke Community College Theater Department, in collaboration with Mount Holyoke College, brings “In the Heights” by Lin-Manuel Miranda to the stage for a full-scale production Nov. 8-10, and Nov. 15-17. Show times are 7 p.m. each night with a 2 p.m. matinee today, Saturday, Nov. 10, in HCC’s Leslie Phillips Theater.
Filmmaker Kate Abright-Hanna on pop culture and politics.
La crítica de cine Ariadna Goenaga habla sobre la oleada violenta contra inmigrantes, la massacre de esta semana en California, la preferencia por las armas por encima de las palabras.

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.3.18

Samira Bouina and Hatim El Otmani are among 16 Moroccans leaders from Morocco visiting Western Mass. organizations to learn how we create and foment civic engagement. They are participants in the Professional Fellows Program, which brings emerging leaders from around the world to the to broaden their professional expertise.
Kate Albright-Hanna is a filmmaker and was the video producer for the 2006 Obama presidential campaign. We launch a new segment where politics and pop culture intersect.
Holyoke Mayor Alex B. Morse offered hope at the vigil held this week in Holyoke led the United Congregational Church and the Sons of Zion Synagogue.

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.27.18

What does kindness sound like? Two men approach a woman in need.
“Salt Fat Acid Heat,” hosted by Samin Nosrat thunders over all the rest of the man-food shows. Finally.
En español, la Lic. María Martínez-Orabona , profesora de derecho en la Universidad Interamericana y directora del Instituto Caribeño de Derechos Humanos

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.20.18

You say Hispanic and I say Latino or Latinx, OK, cool. We’re all good.
Also, we remember Arky Markham, the great social justice warrior. Lindsey Peterson sings about her.
Nelson Román, executive director of Nueva Esperanza on how he turned the usual pro-forma annual Hispanic Heritage Month on its head, with engageing results.
De todo un poco con Lillian Torres y Emma Febo, empezando por cómo criar a las hijas y los hijos para eliminar del planeta hostigamiento sexual.

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.13.18

Professor Arlene Akavian on the anger of women.
De todo un poco con Agma Sweeney y Manuel Frau Ramos.
Trevor Noah gets it.

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.6.18

Dr. Marty Nathan on what, exactly, we can do to turn around the catastrophic consequences of climate change. More info here: CoopPower.coop and here: MassSave.com
Part 1 of a conversation with author and book publisher of Puerto Rican culture and history Barbara Tasch Ezratty. More here: ReadStreetPublishing.com

Vaya Con Muñoz 9.29.18

9.29.18 This is who we are. Whatever happened on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding a vote for or against US Supreme Court juustice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, today’s program is about the conversations leading up to that vote.
We reprise the Vaya segment from Wednesday with Bill Newman and Monte Belmonte; film critic Ariadna Goenaga, en español; and documentary filmmaker and news editor Mary Patierno

Vaya Con Muñoz September 22 2018

A year later after Hurricane María.
A Taste of Holyoke is today from noon to 10 pm on Cabot Street downtown.
A conversation about God and music with singer/songwriter Lindsey Peterson.
A hope for better days.

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