Vaya Con Muñoz 12.12.20

This week our panel of political pundits includes our regulars, Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright Hanna, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring. We discuss the newly elected members of the MA legislature from Springfield, State Senator Adam Gomez and State Representative Orlando Ramos and their respective decisions not to step down from their Springfield City Council seats; Joe Biden’s administration’s picks for agriculture and housing and urban development and who might replace them; How administrators decide who to nominate for different cabinet positions, and what role their experience – inside the political sphere and out – plays in their qualifications; And the police reform bill that’s on the Governor’s desk and what it does and doesn’t do to address the epidemic of police violence in America

Vaya Con Muñoz 12.5.20

This week we are joined by our panelists Kate Albirght-Hanna, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring. We discuss Alex Morse’s recent announcement that he will not seek reelection as Mayor of Holyoke; How the incoming Biden/Harris administration will deal with Trump as they try and transition to the White House, and how so many people, especially those who are marginalized in America, could vote for Trump and Republicans; How capitalism is inherently designed to push narcissists to the top, and how we need to start discussing being a billionaire in the terms we use to talk about poverty; And who might replace Alex Morse as Mayor of Holyoke, and how new faces – both locally and nationally – effects the political landscape.

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.21.20

This week our panel – Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, Dan Torres, and Nathaniel Waring – Discuss the results of the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s leadership election, and what it means for the future of the party in the commonwealth; What kind of barriers there are to becoming involved in the democratic party, and if those barriers are part of the politics, or something that needs to be changed; The complicated history of the infamous crime bill, and what Joe Biden’s voting for it means in the context of the time; And if what the trump camp is doing currently counts as a coup, and whether the mainstream media should be treating it as such.

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.14.20

This week our panelists – Matt Szafranski, Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hanna, and Nathaniel Waring – talk about the ongoing drama around the presidential election, and what it means if Trump refuses to step down; How 70 million of our fellow Americans could vote for a man like Trump, and what that says about who we are as a country; The divide between rural and urban America and how that plays into Trump’s candidacy; and the Massachusetts democratic party’s leadership and how this week’s election of a new party chair is related to the Alex Morse candidacy and the handling of the College Democrats’ scandal this election cycle.

Vaya Con Muñoz 11.7.20

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.31.20

Happy Halloween from our panelists – Nathaniel Waring, Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, and Dan Torres – as we talk about republicans for joe biden, and how the Lincoln Project are using social media videos to influence voters; the supreme court and it’s modern role as a super legislation and how Amy Coney Barrett fits into the conservative agenda; what an incoming democratic senate can do to fix things, and the history of how we got ourselves into this mess; and Jon Ossoff’s total annihilation of Senator Perdue in a recent debate (https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/1321791393551970305)

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.24.20

This week, our panel – Kate Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafanski, Tanisha Arena, Dan Torres, and Nathaniel Waring – discuss Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker’s recent suspension following his inappropriate exposure of his genitals to his coworkers on a zoom call; Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination proceedings, and what the Biden administration will likely be doing to address the issues in our court system; the upcoming Nov 3rd election, and what the period between then and the inauguration in January will look like.

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.17.20

On this week’s show, our panel our political commentators – Nathaniel Waring, Kate Albright-Hannah, and Matt Szafranski – talk about the the sham of an ongoing nomination process for the supreme court currently going on in the Senate; Matt’s profile of Adam Gomez on wmasspi.com and the historic nature of his win in the state senate primary this september; the casino and what it’s shortfalls mean for the city of Springfield; the two ballot questions this Nov 3rd, and why you should vote yes on both; and how ranked choice voting would change the political landscape in Mass and nationally.

Vaya Con Muñoz 10.10.20

This week we are joined by our regular panelists: Tanisha Arena, Kate Albright-Hannah, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring. We discuss this week’s vise presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, and how the latter used his white male privilege to go over his time, not answer questions, and lie and gaslight in almost every breath; how our panelists feel either of the candidates would fair if they are called up to become president; and what could be done in the future to maintain more order during these debates.

Vaya Con Muñoz 9.26.20

On this week’s show, our panel, Kata Albright-Hanna, Matt Szafranski, and Nathaniel Waring, discuss Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death and the ramifications it has caused; the upcoming debates between Trump and Biden, and if it’s even a good idea to put the two of them in the same room together; Matt’s article in wmasspi.com about the flubbing of the Holyoke Soldiers Home fiasco by the Baker administration; and the life and death of Briana Taylor, and how the lack of accountability for the officers who murdered her is part of the larger problem in policing.