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The Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy's Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin and Jem O'Hara: the topic is state and county fairs-- what do you know about fried ketchup and sculpting butter?

2

UMass Economics Prof and Co-Director OF PERI, the Political Economy Research Institute, on "Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America"-- the progressive agenda for 2029 and now—30 proposals to save the country.

3

"Her Final Hour," the scene -- death row in South Carolina: a play about life and death, discovery and hope, at the Northampton Center for the Arts.

4

Meghana Mysore, author of “Let All Our Ghosts Depart” on our own ghosts and speculative fiction. Her book launch is tomorrow at the Odyssey.

5

Avital Norman Nathman, author of “The Perfect Birth Myth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry.” The title says it all. Panel discussion with the author and birth workers on Sunday, Sept 27.

6

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the lock-down at the high school last week, a swatting incident, and the community debate that has ensued—what about phones in schools? How about metal detectors?

7

Tom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and some history we didn’t know.

8

The Hustler Files Ep 177

9

Western Mass Business Show on 9.12.26 - Nicole Blais ED of HCS Head Start Inc.

10

ArtBeat: Donnabelle Casis & Pasqualina Azzarello from Easthampton City Arts on Art in the Meadow and other events—Eho(!!??) is a happening place.

11

We commemorate 9/11 with Sam Holleran, author of “Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center,” and explore memorials and memory.

12

Unpaved Trails for All. Meg Bandarra, Founder of Unpaved Trails for All, and Brian Westrick, from the Trustees of Reservations, on creating accessible trails for all at the local golf courses being rewilded

13

Political Gold with Josh Silver. We discuss this week’s revelations about how NYC officials lied about the air quality after 9/11 and consider the political effect of Trumpapalooza in Texas

14

The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History.

15

The Taste of Northampton –this Saturday and Sunday! We speak with Karen Carswell, DNA (Downtown Northampton Ass’n) Board Member and Chair of the Taste, about the food, the merch, the bands, the fun.

16

The Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn

17

Northampton Jazz Fest Pres Ruth Griggs w/ alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan

18

The Jewish High Holidays. Beit Ahavah Rabah Riqi Kosovske shares the joys, obligations, meaning and history of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

19

Representatives Aaron Saunders and Priscilla Sousa: The Protect Act

20

Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor, on new affordable housing, home ownership, and the future of Hampshire College’s land.

21

Dave Wattles, Black Bear Biologist from Mass Wildlife, on bears in your backyard and how the 4,500 of them in Massachusetts get along with us.

22

Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: Rail Tail Safety; a $12.2 million grant for new affordable housing on Crafts Ave behind City Hall & rehabbing Meadowbrook Apts.

23

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “The Soul Patrol”(a unit of Black Soldiers in Vietnam) and “The Warrior Tradition” (Native Americans serving in the U.S. military).

24

Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: we continue the conversation about cell phone-free schools and explore AI in schools—the good the bad & the ugly and then discuss new graduation requirements –are we facing MCAS 2.0?

25

Talkin Baseball: Negro League expert, baseball historian, Duke Goldman: How about those Red Sox!!

26

Wayfinders President and CEO Keith Fairey: new housing in South Hadley (the Clover), Amherst and Holyoke. The laws and town support that make new housing possible.

27

Rep Patricia Duffy: unions make us strong; cannabis policy & the marijuana ballot question; cell phone-free schools; data privacy & Flock; and more.

28

The Hustler Files Ep 176 - Ron Waddell – The Men He Refuses To Give Up On

29

Western Mass Business Show on 9.5.26 - Hampshire County Farm Bureau

30

ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Chloe Torri on Flo Fest—the community celebration in Florence

31

Fishwrap: UMass football Wins & the lawsuits involving Trump’s taking over mail-in voting and deciding who can vote.

32

Celebrate discovery. Breaking news from outer space. Astronomer Salman Hameed on the demotion of Pluto from its status as a planet—the injustice of it all; the launch or the Nancy Grace Roman telescope—the secrets of the universe that will be revealed.

33

Community Action Pioneer Valley Ex Dir Lev BenEzra and Marianne Bouthilette, Dir of Head Start, on the Trump administration’s attack on the program

34

Jen Nery: Northampton Information Hub—coffee and donuts w/ Northampton elected officials.

35

More breaking news from outer space: dark matter particles discovered? Wow.

36

District Attorney David Sullivan on Tuesday’s primaries, who he endorsed and why.

37

Congressman Jim McGovern -- the stakes couldn’t be higher: dark money, gerrymandering, Trump’s control of the USPO

38

“All that Jazz” with Northampton Jazz Festival President Ruth Griggs and jazz legend, vocalist and pianist, Johnny O’Neal. No set lists and playing with love.

39

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker, Chair of the Program for the Study of Women and Gender and Contributing Editor of Ms. Magazine, shares a heartfelt remembrance of Gloria Steinem.

40

“Your Good Death: Why End-of-Life Healthcare Is So Difficult and How to Make It Work for You.” We speak with the author—the book was published this week-- Professor Karen Lutfey Spencer.

41

Sarah LaValley and Tom Annese: $2.8million state grant for rewilding the Pine Grove Golf Course

42

We Fishwrap yesterday’s votes: Markey v Moulton; Neal v Whalen; Jacobs v Fenton; the South Hadley override; and Wondolowski & Coryat down to the wire

43

Cool Films with Florence-based filmmaker Larry Hott and Smith College Professor of Shakespeare and the Apocalypse (really!) Gillian Kendall: the world is coming to an end—too much fun!

44

Owen Wormser from Abound Design on lawns into meadows, your home, your planet, your choices.

45

Sen Ed Markey: his age, his issues, accomplishments, fears & hopes.

46

Mass Fair Housing Ex Dir Vineeth Hemavathi: non-profit in Holyoke, nationwide lawsuit against the U.S. Dept of Housing

47

Eric Ross, UMass grad student & Co-Founder of Massachusetts Cuban Solidarity: conditions on the island; protesting and organizing against Trump’s policies.

48

Sen Paul Mark: election day issues, union solidarity, GOTV, your vote matters, gerontocracy, local races.

49

Michel and Leyla Moushabeck, founders, writers, editors and publishers of Northampton-based Interlink Publishing: Read and Resist; the Interlink Foundation; cookbooks; the world at War; Gaza.

50

Raymond LaRaja, UMass Prof of Political Science and Co-Director of the UMass Poll: the poll released today: how under water is Trump?

51

Nationally known local author Suzanne Strempek Shea: “Composition: A Memoir in 42 Essays by 1 Kid on Her 8 Years in Catholic School, Handed in 60 Years Late.”

52

Michael Klare: Prof of Peace & World Security Studies and Visiting Fellow at the Arms Control Council: the Wars in Iraq and Ukraine, NATO, the U.S running low on missiles, a possibility of nuclear weapons?

53

Western Mass Business Show on 8.29.26- Ruth Griggs Northampton Jazz Festival

54

The Hustler Files Ep. 175 - Esther & Eve – An Unwavering Belief In Her Innocence

55

Art Beat with Trevor Powers and Hannah Brookman on the upcoming Northampton Print and Book Fair.

56

Congressman Seth Moulton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, on the biggest issues, the polls, and what distinguishes him from Sen Markey.

57

Tatishe Nteta, Dir of the UMass Poll: Poll #'s for State Primary

58

Andrew Munson from the Florence Civic and Business Ass’n: Florence is a happening place! -- upcoming events and free concerts.

59

Rep Mindy Domb on What the Flock!! Massachusetts responds to nationwide ALPR surveillance. Also, the Protect Act—safe places for all

60

All that Jazz: John Anz with truly extraordinary musician and composer Champian Fulton—live from the North Sea, coming to the Northampton Jazz Festival.

61

Dan Crowley, Ex Editor, Daily Hampshire Gazette & Greenfield Recorder, on Tuesday’s elections

62

Rev. Carole Bull on our spirit and values and the power of prayer and meditation in troubled times and as impetus for social action and fighting for justice.

63

Ilan Stavans “A Nation Wrestles with God”

64

Dr. Sunny Shukla & Meredith O’Leary: the scourge of opioids

65

Eric Nakajima, Holyoke Dir of Planning and Development, pulls back the tofu curtain and shares a vision for regional planning and cooperation.

66

Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council on considering and confirming the Governor’s nominees for the all the courts in the Commonwealth

67

Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator, on the Override –what’s at stake; what happens if it passes; what happens if it is defeated.

68

Lora Wondolowski, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the First Franklin District

69

Duke Goldman, Northampton-based Negro League expert, on Monte Irvin, the New York Baseball Giants first Black player, and challenging racism.

70

Eric Reeves, Northampton-based expert on Sudan and Darfur, on how to change the narrative about the world’s response to the starvation and genocide in Sudan.

71

Jeromie Whalen, candidate for Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Rep 1st Mass District

72

Ehmptn Mayor Salem Derby: a bike path for all Also, new housing and the budget after the override.

73

Mass Head Start Ex Dir Michelle Haimowitz: Trump’s threats to Head Start and what you can do to help

74

Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Juliet Faithfull, author of “Liar’s Dice” -- family secrets, class struggle, and overcoming enormous odds -- illiteracy and disability –her debut novel with a major publishing house.

75

Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman and Comms Dir Samantha Giffen: the new Amethyst Brook Elementary School & more

76

Western Mass Business Show on 8.22.26 - Dawn Creighton/Liberty Bank

77

The Hustler Files Ep 174 - Elias Husamudeen : A Rikers Reset For America’s Most Infamous Jail

78

Max Page w/ Ray Madoff, Prof & Dir of the Forum on Philanthropy, author of “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.”

79

Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat: Todd Blanche’s confirmation as Attorney General – why the country is in even deeper trouble

80

Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: why is $1Billion in Fair Share money—for education and transportation—just sitting in a state bank account?

81

Political Gold with Josh Silver: can the Democrats win control of the Senate in 2026?

82

ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Emma Chubb, Assoc Dir of Curatorial Affairs at the Smith College Museum of Art: the extraordinary exhibit of works by Alma Thomas,

83

Mafer Bandola , one of the Ladama’s three absolutely amazing women musicians from across the Americas –high energy, soul-restoring joy and music –- coming to Whately this Saturday.

84

Righting Wrongs: Carol Rose, Exec Dir, ACLU of Mass, on fighting Flock city by city and town by town; victories in important voting rights and immigrants’ rights cases!

85

Tara Jacobs, Governor’s Councilor and candidate for re-election

86

Ruth Griggs with Ken Longstreeth and Jeff Gavioli, members of Bad News Jazz and Blues Orchestra

87

Courtney Andre, Dir, Mass. Ctr for the Book: anti-book banning, law in Massachusetts

88

Cool Films with Larry Hott and Smith Professor Gillian Kendall: the apocalypse is coming, the apocalypse is coming, the apocalypse is here -- films and books on climate fiction, vampires, zombies, cauliflower heads and Shakespeare.

89

Allison Bell, co-owner of Quonquont Farm, & Laurie Sanders, naturalist & Co-Dir of Historic Northampton, on “Valley Wild”—raptors, caterpillars & snakes—closeup encounters of an unforgettable kind—this Sunday.

90

Julie Sanders, Dir of Clinical Practice at Tapestry Health: the state of reproductive health care

91

Carrie Baker, NEPM's Nancy Cohen & Atty Laura Mangini: investigations of sex abuse clergy cases

92

The Comedy Quiz with Happier Valley Comedy’s Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Scott Braidman. Come play with us — too much fun! The topic is rivers.

93

Amherst-Pelham School Supt Dr Xiomara Herman: a new school, a new school year, incredible offerings at the high school, & where 6th graders belong.

94

Trevor Dayton, Noho Recov. Ctr & Taylor McDonough, Noho Dir of Prevention: Overdose Awareness Day

95

Republican Francis Rooney, former amb. to the Vatican on the midterms, Trumpism & the future of the Republican Party.

96

Nathaniel Malloy, Hadley Town Administrator, on new housing developments, low-income and senior housing,

97

Jonathan Edwards, founder of Whately-based Virtual Wayback: using AI to make history alive

98

Michelle Ong-Hendrick, Chester Theatre Co-Artist Director and Director of the current production “Dear Alien.”

99

Max Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators need more funding

100

Sen Paul Mark: what the legislature is doing this month, the Markey-Moulton race, & all the ballot questions.

101

ArtBeat -- Donnabelle Casis w/ Lydia Rivera-Early, UMass prof & organizer of the Latino Arts Festival at the Springfield Museums on August 28.

102

UMass Prof Chang Liu, awarded $1.3million from NIH for his AIDS research

103

WRSI’s Steve Sanderson and NEPM’s Monte Belmonte have too much fun previewing Transformance—next Tuesday at Look Park.

104

Beit Ahavah Rabbi Riqi Kosovske, who has just returned from Israel, on progressive activism and anti-Netanyahu politics there and here.

105

Northampton Jazz Festival Pres Ruth Griggs with jazz educator Ben Young on Jazz 101

106

Collaborative for Educational Services Dr Desiree Lalbeharie: youth mental health grant

107

Exec Dir of Valley Community Development Corp Alex Breiteneicher: affordable housing

108

Paul Spector, political activist and founder of Friday Action, on the upcoming event with environmental superstar Bill McKibben, the Maine race for the U.S. Senate, and keeping hope alive in dark times.

109

Cool Films with Larry Hott and Nina Kleinberg on “Casablanca"

110

Jenny Powers, Director of the Springfield Science Museum: Today's Partial Eclipse

111

Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor on the Jones Library, Hampshire College, Wildwood Elementary and the September return of the city called UMass.

112

Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke, Duke Goldman: How About those Red Sox? The owners are greedy and acting stupid—what else is new? How to enjoy this season with a lock-out pending.

113

“Sweet Prince” with Hilary Dennis—her one-woman Hamlet, coming to the Center for the Arts.

114

Rep Pat Duffy: Freedom to Read law, the abortion bill, the Protect Act & Child Welfare legislation—all passed by the legislature and signed into law.

115

Rev. Carlos Anderson of Hope Community Church in Amherst: from a Black Congregational Church with a white pastor to the present day—the strange journey of race and faith in the Valley.

116

Corrine Corryat, candidate for the Democratic nomination for First Franklin Representative: the issues and the race.

117

Mayors Monday with Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the Peace Walkers, CAFO finally!, schools & data centers.

118

Mount Holyoke College Professor Joshua Hotaka Roth: his new graphic memoir, co-authored with his father, titled “Lifelines: Art, Memory , Relationship.”

119

Northampton’s new school superintendent Annie Azarloza

120

Western Mass Business Show on 8.8.26 - Easthampton Neighbors

121

Community Action Pioneer Valley Exec Dir Lev Ben Ezra and Family Center Director Kia Burton-King on joy in a backpack and wrap-around services for families.

122

Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals & priorities, the strike in Andover that Matt led, and his history as a history teacher.

123

Documentary Filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh: the world premiere of “I Was a Hurricane” on the Amherst Common tomorrow evening -- the story of the 2003 Amherst High School National Champion Ultimate Frisbee Team, a story of belonging, friendship, and trust.

124

ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Ava Harper on Ava’s new and moving solo exhibition at 33 Hawley, “Familial Bestiaries.”

125

Astronomer Salman Hameed: the critically important and under-reported story of the Trump administration’s combined attack on science, medicine, universities, and our future.

126

Congressman Jim McGovern on the corruption in Washington, the wars in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, the slush fund for Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the Midterms and how Democrats should run.

127

Taylor Haas, Ex Dir, the Three County Fair: no horses races but don’t miss the school bus demolition derby, the horse and oxen pulls, agriculture exhibits, the fun animals, the midway and much more.

128

Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position.

129

Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival on Jazz in the Valley and the fabulous artists in our midst.

130

Western Mass Clean Energy Network’s John Pepi and Keith Hastie

131

Disability Rights Advocate & Northampton City Councilor Jeremy Dubbs on Picture Main Street and is the City addressing the needs of persons with disabilities?

132

District Attorney David Sullivan, advocate for the Protect Act, which prohibits ICE enforcement in sensitive locations in Massachusetts, e.g., court houses, medical facilities, and schools -- on his way the signing ceremony with the Governor.

133

ServiceNet’s Dr Elaine Campbell on AI in therapy

134

Hannah Rechtshaffen, Ex Dir, Greenfield Business Ass’n, on the new Passport Program & so much more

135

Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator: the town’s cannabis ban, food trucks, agricultural entertainment zones, Mount Holyoke College and the PILOT, and the Override vote on Sept 1.

136

Black in the Valley w/ the founders-- Professors Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks & Carlie Tartakov -- & Amilcar Shabazz on Frederick Douglass’ “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” -- applying that statement here and now.

137

FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans rights—her piece in today’s Gazette.

138

Sen Jo Comerford on the Freedom to Read bill, the Protect Act, long-term care legislation, data privacy, workplace violence, energy affordability, economic development, funding for higher ed, and more.

139

Joanna Rubiner, Voiceover Artist: the real and the reel.

140

Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you.

141

Writers Block: Whatcha readin’? Sister talk with Megan Zinn and Joanna Ryan.

142

SportsMan Scott Coen on the Red Sox rebound and what they’ll do today-- the trade deadline.

143

Western Mass Business Show on 8.1.26 - Tides for Reproductive Freedom

144

The Hustler Files Ep 173 - BRIAN KOEHN – FROM WARDEN TO CORRECTIONS REFORMER

145

Max Page of The Mass Teachers Assoc w/ Jim Baude of Boston Public Radio & Renee Loth of The Boston Globe: Reforming the ballot process & rules that effect election ethics

146

Artbeat w/ Donnabelle Casis & guests Danielle Amodeo of Arts Equity Group and Multimedia artist Angelica Olstad: The current exhibition, Music for Healing, at PaperCity Clothing Gallery in Holyoke

147

Carolyn Misch, Northampton Director of Planning & Sustainability: Picture Main Street Project

148

David Detmold: Walking for social change

149

Dr Caitlyn Pierce & Donald Snyder political scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: measuring judicial appeasement in the U.S. Supreme Court

150

Nate Clifford & Jade Jump Co-owners of Cornucopia Market on their move to Dwight St in Holyoke

151

Carol Rose Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts: Police & Government Surveillance and challenging the military as immigration judges

152

All That Jazz w/ John Anz & Musician Jason Scwartz on his musical journey and monthly performance series at Theodore’s in Springfield

153

Karen Foster - Executive Director All Out Adventures: Kayakathon Sept 13th

154

Bill Danielson - Gazette Columnist: Speaking of Nature & looking for hints that things are actually ok

155

Karla Bonoff – Singer & Songwriter: Playing at The Iron Horse July 31st & her musical career

156

Jay Sefton - therapist and playwright - “Unreconciled”: surviving abuse & seeking solace in theater

157

Manou Africa, Activist & Founder of Rebelle: African Liberation & Rastafari Movement Part 2

158

Manou Africa, Activist & Founder of Rebelle: African Liberation & Rastafari Movement Part 1

159

Lora Wondolowski, Greenfield City Council President: Greenfield legislative matters & her campaign vision for Franklin County towns

160

Fairplay w/ Duke Goldman: On Ray Elliot and the importance of Negro League baseball history to the quest for oneness of humanity

161

Paul Bockelman, Amherst Town Mngr Samantha Giffen, Summer interns: Liana and Emily

162

Juliet Faithfull, author of Liar’s Dice

163

Josh Weill, author of What Came West

164

Deb Christakos, Pioneer Valley Food Tours

165

The Hustler Files Ep 172 - Sunlight Is The Greatest Disinfectant

166

Max Page, Former President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association: Billionaire tax and newly freed up millions for public education, but when will it get to the schools?

167

Artbeat w/ Donnabelle Casis: Nikki Bassette & Dan Jones owners of Abracadabra Film Lab & Trevor Powers Artist and wrestling fan and the return of analog photography.

168

Evan Goodchild: Tells prospective podcasters all they need to know to record, produce, & reach millions of listeners with a compelling show.

169

David Bollier, Author of the book “How to Think Like a Commoner”. The commons, a parallel social economy helping millions take charge and escape the predatory state order.

170

Abbe Spector & Jess Dawson of the Northampton Information Hub: Get real, honest, true, fact-checked information on everything to do with Northampton’s Government.

171

All That Jazz w/ Carol Abbe Smith: local jazz giant on upcoming Litchfield Jazz Festival & the local jazz scene

172

Dr David Gottsegen: local retired Pediatrician on RFK Jr & Trump’s war against children’s health

173

Ben Weil: Director of Northampton Climate Action & Project Administration on local efforts to achieve net zero emissions

174

Have Faith w/ Local Progressive Interfaith Pastor Carole Bull – Living Humility

175

Center for New Americans Ex Dir Laurie Millman & paralegal Ursula Wolanska-Fettes: citizenship exam

176

Prof Emerita of Anthropology Dr. Marge Bruchac: Native Strategies project at Historic Northampton

177

Dr Cory Harris, CHD urologist: how is your prostate performing? What can you do about it?

178

Cool Films: Larry Hott speaks with filmmaker Allen Moore: “The Shepherds of Berneray” (1981) & his return to this film, this story, this remote island, part of Scotland, 45 years later—a story and lesson for all of us.

179

The Hustler Files Ep 171 - The Women of Dying On The Inside

180

Millicent Jackson, Ex Dir, Voices from Inside: living and writing inside and outside the razor wire.

181

Nathaniel Malloy, new Hadley Town Administrator: Rt 9 development, the Overrides, regional planning & what will happen with Hampshire College’s land, 260 acres in Hadley.

182

Governor’s Councillor Tara Jacobs: what and why is the Governor’s Council, its advise & consent role in confirming judges, clerk-magistrates & parole bd members and consideration of commutations & pardons.

183

Hannah Williams, Chester Theatre Managing Director and the playwright Mark St Germain on “Amchitka,” the atomic bomb explosions, isolation, knowing the unknowable & the uniqueness of Chester Theatre.

184

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on how to win an Override, & a fight with City Council.

185

Local author Morgan Thomas on their acclaimed and innovative debut novel “Mad Eden”

186

Educator Doug Selwyn on Gov Healy’s proposal for MCAS 2.0 & what you can do.

187

Lexi Walters Wright, owner of High Five Books & 2026 Commonwealth Heroine Award recipient

188

Political Good with Josh Silver: Rep Sabadosa stays with us, and we discuss ICE on the streets and in court houses and other sensitive locations in Massachusetts. Plus the Rep’s take on the ballot questions.

189

MTA rank-and-file member Max Page w/ Anthony Clough from the Mass Budget and Policy Center: should Massachusetts opt into the federal school voucher program?

190

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa takes on the most contentious issues before the state legislature now.

191

Amherst College Prof Austin Sarat on Trump’s speech last night. Will the President try to rig, and can he sabotage, the Midterms?

192

Dan Crowley, Ex Ed, Daily Hampshire Gazette & Greenfield Recorder, on today’s biggest stories

193

All That Jazz with Ruth Griggs and Ryan Hollander, Northampton Jazz Fest bd member & producer: behind the scenes, his remarkable music & Summer on Strong.

194

Silverthorne Theater’s Ezekiel Baskin, Ash Governman & Mary Beth Brooker on “Deep Blue Sound”—tonight is opening night & this play will be their last production at Hampshire College.

195

Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on health threats from the fires, cyclosporiasis & the lone-star tic. Also finding a doc & securing medical care.

196

Cool Films with Larry Hott: Larry reviews “John Candy: I Like Me” and the recent documentaries on Steve Martin and Martin Short and their focus on home and fathers.

197

“Hatfield on the Home Front” w/ Meg Baker, curator, Hatfield Historical Museum: the beginnings of the Revolutionary War – here, in 1774.

198

Jim Johnson, Smith College Prof Emeritus (after 52 years as a professor!) of Sports and Exercise Science: preparing for the World Cup, the heat, the competition & caring for yourself—his most recent Gazette column.

199

Carolyn Misch, Northampton’s Director of Planning and Sustainability: rewilding land in the City and an update on Picture Main Street.

200

Duke Goldman, Negro League expert and BIG baseball fan on why the All-Star Game is ridiculous

201

Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: the federal tax credits that will support private schools, part of Trump’s “BBB” legislation -- how it will work, what effects it will have, the arguments for and against.

202

Rep Pat Duffy: the commemoration for the airmen who died when their B17crashed into Mt Tom –why she attends, what it says & why it matters; also, the Economic Development Bill the House just passed.

203

Milan Clark, Amherst Media’s Media & Broadcasting Mananger: the League of Women Voters show (League Talk), community engagement, & how you can become a producer.

204

Kemper Carlsen, Clinical Director, Fisher Home Hospice in Amherst: hospice & end-of- life care—what it is; also, their 20th anniversary & a $100,000 endowment campaign.

205

“And Death Shall Have No Dominion”— the community’s response this weekend.

206

It’s Mayors Monday w/ Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the ban/moratorium on data centers in his city & the $2million/yr in tax revenues one (!) could bring; then, summer in the City.

207

Nancy Gertner, U.S. Dst Ct Judge (ret) & Harvard Law Professor: what the recent Supreme Court’s recent decisions mean for democracy, the future, & all of us.

208

Daniel Mason, the superlative, award-winning novelist on a nationwide book tour -- tonight at the Odyssey Books in South Hadley-- on “Country People.”

209

The Hustler Files Ep 170 - You Can’t Change Tomorrow Until You Heal Yesterday

210

MTA President, about to become rank & file member, Max Page:

211

Political Gold with Josh Silver & his guest Joe Lyman: audit the legislature, the governor & the courts—really? Boston Globe investigations, transparency & public record requests. Touches a nerve.

212

Josh Silver on Maine’s U.S. Senate race—who will replace Graham Platner what qualities should the candidate have?

213

Community Action’s Lev Ben-Ezra (Exec Dir) & Lisa LaPierre (Dir, Youth & Workforce Dev): a win-win-win for the community—well-paying jobs, free training while providing good and safe housing.

214

ArtBeat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Kiah Tinkham of Waterway Arts in Turners Falls: “Please Touch”— we tell you why.

215

Helen Kahn, Farmers Market Manager for Grow Food Northampton – a feast for your eyes --the Tuesday Market, this week’s produce, HIP & your Bicycle Benefit.

216

Ruth Griggs & extraordinary musicians Ed Brainerd & Ethel Lee

217

Karen Giuliano, UMass Prof & Co-Director of the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation: her just-published break-through study at UMass that will make hospitals safer and improve patient care, using eye-tracking technology.

218

Rep Aaron Saunders: the ayes have it --approved by the legislature --money for UMass & research, the Bright Act, the Protect Act, and closing a criminal law loophole of sexual exploitation.

219

Richard Joyce, Conservation Biologist at Xerces Society: everything you wanted to know about fireflies here and now, lighting up our night sky.

220

Cool Films with Larry Hott: Larry recommends watching “Natchez,” an extraordinary film on heritage tours—whose heritage—slave owners or enslaved persons? And the names of streets in Northampton.

221

Hillary Caws-Elwitt, Nature and Environment Book Group Coordinator at Forbes Library: we start with “Total Garbage” and go from there.

222

Lynn Griesimer, Amherst Town Councilor: new schools, new library, new h.s. principal, a new school superintendent on the horizon. Welcome to Amherst, pop 17,000 (summer) 40,000 (when student are back).

223

Tom Weiner on “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.”

224

Amilcar Shabazz on freedom in our history, celebrating Juneteenth, & “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

225

Sen Paul Mark, Commission Chair of America 250 in Mass, on how and why we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence; also, freeing children from social media exploiters.

226

Noah Bullock, Ex Dir, Cristosal, the Central American human rts org, on human rts abuses & the death of the rule of law in El Salvador & the tight friendship between Pres Trump &, El Salvador’s authoritarian right-wing President, Nayib Bukele.

227

Monica Cage, owner of Crown by Cage & Sec of Black Business Assoc of Amherst Area on Black entrepreneurship in western Mass, community support & the road ahead.

228

Writers Block -- Megan Zinn interviews Cara Benson on “An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment” -- at Broadside Bookshop this Wednesday.

229

Sen. Jo Comerford: Reading Frederick Douglass Together, recent Supreme Court decisions, the legislature’s approval of bonds for our future.

230

Mayors Monday w/ Northampton’s Gina Louise Sciarra: the July 4 Naturalization Ceremony, the Declaration of Independence this Wednesday at Memorial Hall, and the FACT Force (Fiscal Assessment Community Taskforce) – the override in the City’s future.

231

Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst, Pelham & Amherst Regional School Superintendent: why is she leaving at the end of this school year?

232

The Hustler Files Ep 169 - Worthy Of Love, Dignity, And Hope

233

Poet Martín Espada on “Shame” – the story of, his poem on, Alligator Alcatraz

234

Max Page, Pres of Mass Teachers Ass’n: ballot questions on taxes and rent control stuck from November’s ballot—for different reasons; Trump’s school voucher program in Mass; more $ for our schools?

235

Kristin Neville, Ex Dir, Blues to Green, & Lorenzo Gaines, Social Media & Community Engagement Guru, on the next weekend’s joyous Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival – free and open to all—an amazing lineup of musicians.

236

Congressman Jim McGovern: celebrating the 250th, government dysfunction, the housing bill, wars in Iran, Ukraine & Gaza, USAID, Trump’s 2026 election-rigging plans, & reflections on the reflecting pool.

237

Western Mass Business Show on 7/4/26 – Easthampton Council On Aging

238

7.1 ServiceNet

239

7.1 Rosalie Starvish

240

7.1 Cool Films

241

7.1 David Sullivan

242

Laurie Millman & Urszula Wolanska-Fettes, from the Center for New Americans, on becoming a citizen & the July 4th ceremony.

243

Tara Jacobs, Governor’s Councilor, on pardons, commutations, judicial confirmations & parole board nominees.

244

Lisa Wong, So Hadley Town Administrator: overrides, budget-busting health insurance costs, what towns and cities are saying to each other.

245

Salman Hameed, professor and astronomer, on cotton-candy planets, signs of life, Project Hail Mary & airbags in space.

246

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Founder of National Martyrs Day, 7/5 honoring social justice warriors

247

Eric Nakajima, Holyoke Dir of Planning & Econ Devel: new data centers have been banned in the City—why?

248

Writers Block. Megan Zinn interviews Debra Curtis on “Laws of Love and Logic,” sisterhood, forgiveness, and the complicated nature of love. Smith College plays a part.

249

“A Stake in the Ground 1774”—opening soon in Historic Deerfield, the resonance of dissent and revolution, with Historic Deerfield’s Claire Carlson and Plays in Place Producing Artistic Dir Patrick Gabridge.

250

Western Mass Business Show on 6.27.26 -Downtown Amherst Foundation/The Drake

251

The Hustler Files Ep 168 - Before We Called It Social Justice, There Was Frederick Douglass

252

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby: the BIG ongoing World Cup party and performances in his city w/ a sidebar on the Prop 2 ½ Override.

253

Rep Mindy Domb on Amherst Pride, the Blue Envelope legislation—now law! & the anti-book-banning bill.

254

Josh Silver on this week’s electoral victories for progressive Democrats & the influence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the midterms.

255

6.26 Cello Festiva LIVE in studio—Jeremy Harman and Stijn Kuppens, members of the Intergalactic Cello Quarter, workshop leaders at this week’s New Directions Cello Festival at Smith College, & the performances at Bombyx this weekend.

256

Political Gold with Josh Silver: the secret recording of RFK pushing to elect a loyal Trump Republican. A crime?

257

Carole Bull, Northampton-based UCC Pastor, on Paki Wieland, non-violent direct action, L-3Harris demonstrations, the necessity defense & the relevant lessons of scripture.

258

Nancy Talanian, Co-Founder, the western Mass-based Guantanamo Survivors Fund on her fund and tomorrow’s U.N. International Day In Support of Victims of Torture.

259

Carol Rose, Exec Dir of the ACLU of Mass, on the passing of 40+year ACLUM Legal Director John Reinstein, SCOTUS, birthright citizenship, and celebrating July 4 –"Beyond 250” and “Fired Up for Freedom.”

260

John Anz, host of All That Jazz, with pianist and composer Jen Allen on her life in Music & her upcoming performance July 13 at Bushnell Park in Hartford

261

Stephen Rich, UMass Microbiologist: everything you ever wanted and didn’t want to know about ticks & protecting yourself.

262

Kevin Whitney, Pres & COO Cooley Dickinson Hospital: emergency & urgent care, how the relationship with MGB actually works, keeping money loca,l & a shout-out for the new coffee shop!

263

Sonya Clark, Amherst Coll Art & Art History Prof & 2026 Guggenheim Fellow: Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye, marigolds, hair, ancestors, creativity, genius.

264

Stephen Platt, UMass History Prof & 2026 Guggenheim Fellow: China rising, isolated, capitalist, run by CCP, WWII internment camps, & more –a fascinating conversation.

265

Duke Goldman, Negro Baseball League expert, on ongoing discrimination in professional sports.

266

Ivy Meeropol -- her newest documentary film is “Ask E. Jean,” on E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump’s sexual assault of her— now at the Amherst Cinema.

267

Paul Newlin, founder and Director of Watermelon Wednesdays, on the upcoming concert of Skye Consort with vocalist Emma Bjorling and the quarter century history of Watermelon Wednesdays.

268

Lora Wondolowski, Gfld City Council Pres, on the state’s refusal to certify “free cash,” a tough budget year, & alarm over possible layoffs at Baystate Franklin Medical Center.

269

Harvard Law School Criminal Law Prof Alexandra Natapoff: “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance” – race, class & justice for sale.

270

Laura Zigman—coming to the Odyssey this Wednesday on her new work “The Author Weekend.” (Megan Zinn loves this author.)

271

Nate Woodard, recent Gfld H.S. grad; Co-Chair, Gfld Human Rts Comm’n; Student Trustee, Gfld Community College; Youth Leader, Communities that Care Coalition: his extraordinary journey from homelessness & his goal of becoming President.

272

Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Sam Giffen: Hampshire College update, the revised budget, celebrating Pride, upcoming fireworks, & Reading Frederick Douglass Together.

273

The Hustler Files Ep 167 - Invisible Cages: When Free Isn’t Free

274

MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot.

275

Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal

276

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision

277

Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy

278

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons

279

Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

280

Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Rocker June Millington on her upcoming performance at The Green River Festival Friday at 545 & Saturday at 430

281

All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs, Jennifer Schantz, & Brian Pinkney

282

DHG & Recorder Exec Ed Dan Crowley: Neal cancels debate appearance, no to data centers in Holyoke

283

Dr. Kathy Bullock Singer & Professor Emerita of Music Berea College: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Tour” a multi-state concert tour and musical pilgrimage retracing the paths of the Underground Railroad At Bombyx Sun June 21 Concert: 4:00pm

284

Pamela Petro: Guggenheim Foundation award winner & Smith College Professor: her future book Haunts & Haunting: ghosts on Cape Cod & beyond

285

Lexi Polokoff & Dan Ingram from Climate Action Now : Battling climate change by supporting local farmers

286

Coen from Demilitarize Western Mass: L3Harris in Northampton, confronting the military industrial complex.

287

Larry Hott & Kathy Mellon from Movement Voter Project: shifting culture, winning power, & shaping policy

288

The Happier Valley Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Banjamin, Scott Braidman & Allison Reding w/ Dr. Shabazz as scorekeeper—the topic --flags of the world.

289

Prof Michale Klare: War and Peace, Iran & Ukraine.

290

Michael Lawrence-Riddell, Self-Evident Ed, new film “Get a Mule, 40 Acres or So…” 6/20 Nohoarts.org

291

ReBelle’s Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: Juneteenth performance 6/20 Marigold Theater Easthampton

292

Lily Sexton- LIVE -a preview of her Splendid Torch Band’s performance Green River Festival 6/19

293

Sex Matters: Jane Fleishman w/ Karen Rayne, co-authors of a new book about young people with problematic sexual behavior, published by Unhushed.

294

The River’s Steve Sanderson previews this coming weekend’s Green River Festival.

295

Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Smith Prof Heather Able on her new novel “The Emilies,” set in Northampton. The book launch tomorrow, presented by the Odyssey.

296

Mayors Monday: Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on the Override, the possible recount, FIFA World Cup Watch Parties & interactions on Facebook.

297

Megan and Bill Fishwrap the just-announced ceasefire with Iran.

298

The Hustler Files Ep 166 - At Coffee Creek, No Woman Walks Alone

299

Western Mass Business Show on 6.13.26 – Zoar Outdoor

300

Josh Silver: Easthampton Override & Easthampton’s World Cup Watch Parties

301

MTA President Max Page w/ Congressional Candidate Mariah Lancaster: running for an open seat for the 6th Congressional District, Primary in September

302

Director Jen Polins: The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought presents Hatchery Dance Company’s Asteroid B-612: A Love Story inspired by The Little Prince at The Workroom Theater in Northampton. June 12 (sold out) & June 13 2 & 730 pm

303

Director Rose Schwietz Malla, Assistant Director Hia Ghosh, Actor Caleb Koval: Silverthorne Theater Company’s Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Performances now through June 21 at Hampshire College Theater (Emily Dickinson Hall).

304

MTA President Max Page & Senator Ed Markey: Public Education, The Big Ugly Bill & Markey facing Seth Moulton for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the September 1 primary.

305

Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: war & peace, scripture & poetry.

306

Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival, on Eugene Uman’s Convergence Project @ the Vermont Jazz Center.

307

Amherst-Pelham School Superintendent Xiomara Herman: the accomplishments this year, the challenges and finances of the next.

308

Live in the studio -- Django in June in Northampton: Musicians Sam Farthing, Giacomo Smith & Sami Arefin -- their music is amazing -- and Andrew Lawrence, founder and director.

309

Jenny Green, Authenticity Chair of the Green Valley Homestead: dressing for the revolution, celebrating the 250th anniversary in style

310

Cassandra Holden Founder & Executive Director of Bombyx in Florence: Arts, Equity, & Eclectic performances

311

Cool Films w/ Larry Hott & Leslie Askew: In Search of Phyllis Wheatley, enslaved Genius Poet of the 18th century

312

Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: Budget, Overrides, Potholes & what to do with Hampshire College

313

UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth in Northampton.

314

Rep. Pat Duffy remembers Barney Frank, the first out gay Congressman, who recently passed. She attended the celebration of his life yesterday.

315

The IL (Injury List) grows. It includes baseball itself. Why don’t the owners care? We ask Duke Goldman, who also explains the masking tape over the NYY insignia on the Aaron Judge tee that Newman gave him.

316

Pat Ononibaku, Pres of Black Business Assoc of Amherst: the upcoming 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee & Black businesses in the Valley.

317

Third Graders at Hadley Elementary on their lobbying efforts to make asparagus the official state vegetable—meeting the governor, their state senator and rep. Civic engagement at its best!

318

The Easthampton Override -- the stakes are huge -- with teacher Kelley Brown, police lieutenant Andrew Beaulieu and firefighter and EMT Cody Potasky.

319

Yale Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn on “Gerontocracy in America: How thew Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth and What to Do About it.”

320

Author Danielle Crittenden on “Dispatches from Grief: A Mother’s Journey Through the Unthinkable” – the death of a child.

321

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor -- Smith History Professor, Richard Pryor’s daughter and author of “Something We Said: Richard Pryor, A Notorious Word, and Me.”

322

Western Mass Business Show on 6.6.26 - Mary Yun

323

The Hustler Files Ep 165 - Breaking Stereotypes Behind And Beyond The Wall

324

Max Page: last night’s U.S. Senate’s all-nighter and why the MTA is endorsing Ed Markey for re-election.

325

Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Lev Ben Ezra, Kara Peters, & Jodi McGahn: funding childcare, medical attention and wrap-around services for our children.

326

Astronomer Salman Hameed: the White House on aliens.

327

Political Gold with Josh Silver: the polls and the pols.

328

ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Madison Palffy & Rick Myers: the new Caesura Unit Art Gallery in Easthampton and the exhibit “Bad Time.”

329

Northampton-based poet and novelist Jendi Reiter on “Introvert Pervert” & his upcoming events at the Broadside and Odyssey Books.

330

We Fishwrap Hadley’s Override, & Kelsey Flynn talks turkey.

331

Nhtn Jazz Fest Pres Ruth Griggs, Grammy Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell & jazz vocalist Carol Abbe Smith on “The Girls in the Band”

332

Congressman Jim McGovern: the debate and vote on the Iran War and the War Powers Act. Any chance Congress can control Trump?

333

Eric Nakajima, Holyoke’s Dir of Planning and Econ Dev: a proposed data center; the city’s hydro-created power; transforming the dilapidated K-Mart Plaza; also, Framebridge Custom Framing -- opening & hiring soon.

334

District Attorney David Sullivan: do juries work, how juries work.

335

Larry Hott w/ Professor Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber: the great divides in Israel—ethnic, racial & political.

336

Hadley 3rd Graders are working hard to make asparagus the official state vegetable. Their idea, their effort! We speak with their teachers Charlene Desjardnis & Elaine Tudryn.

337

Sarah Welch from Hilltown Land Trust: what happened on the beaver dam—and why and WOW!

338

Deborah Snow, co-founder of Amherst-based Bridge for Unity: dialogue for fighting racism and discrimination—the June 13th event.

339

Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator, on overrides, the right number, creative solutions.

340

Garrick Perry, Nhmptn Reparations Commission member & Councilor-at-large: Juneteenth – the celebration in Northampton on June 6 –the stars are coming & the stars have aligned. Don’t miss this!

341

Sen Paul Mark: the 250th celebration – Trump v Massachusetts; state bonding authorization of billions for education, roads, vital infrastructure.

342

Author Tom Perrotta on “Ghost Town,” racism & a white town. In conversation with Martin Espada @ the Odyssey this evening.

343

Writers Block w/ Megan Zinn & Ruth Ozeki: “The Typing Lady and Other Fictions”— a preview of her upcoming event at the Odyssey Bookshop, in conversation with Kelly Link

344

Mayor GL Sciarra of Northampton: the schools, the budget, the fiscal stability plan, & an override in our future?

345

Watermelon Wednesdays w/Paul Newlin & world-renown musician Corey Pesaturo: a preview of this week’s amazing concert.

346

Senator Jo Comerford: the Protect Act, ICE in Massachusetts & the legislative process—getting it right.

347

The Hustler Files Ep 164 - One Question, Many Answers

348

Western Mass Business Show on 5.30.26 - Friends of Forbes Library

349

ArtBeat w/Donnabelle Casis & artist Mahwish Chisty and Ehmtn OOO gallery owners Emma Chubb & Matt Cummings on “Wounds” & how you can help repair the wounds of war.

350

Jim Nash, former Nhmtn City Council Pres on overrides in Easthampton June 9 & Northampton next year.

351

Chester Theatre’s Co-Artistic Directors Chris Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick on upcoming plays

352

Political Gold with Josh Silver: the mid-terms & what are the odds.

353

MTA Pres Max Page: Trump’s tax credits for private & religious schools, an attack on public education.

354

Chester Theatre’s Co-Artistic Directors Chris Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick on upcoming plays

355

ArtBeat w/Donnabelle Casis & artist Mahwish Chisty and Ehmtn OOO gallery owners Emma Chubb & Matt Cummings on “Wounds” & how you can help repair the wounds of war.

356

MTA Pres Max Page: Trump’s tax credits for private & religious schools, an attack on public education.

357

Political Gold with Josh Silver: the mid-terms & what are the odds.

358

Jim Nash, former Nhmtn City Council Pres on overrides in Easthampton June 9 & Northampton next year.

359

All that Jazz with John Anz and Liz Longley, coming to the Iron Horse.

360

Pastor Carole Bull: Having faith in a time of political turmoil.

361

Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass Ex Dir: the ACLU’s fight in Mass federal court against Trump’s Ex Order putting him and his Post Office in charge of voting. The hearing is Tuesday.

362

Eric Jay Dolin, author of “ The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair and Deliverance in the Age of Sail.” An amazing story.

363

Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass Ex Dir: the ACLU’s fight in Mass federal court against Trump’s Ex Order putting him and his Post Office in charge of voting. The hearing is Tuesday.

364

Eric Jay Dolin, author of “ The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair and Deliverance in the Age of Sail.” An amazing story.

365

Pastor Carole Bull: Having faith in a time of political turmoil.

366

All that Jazz with John Anz and Liz Longley, coming to the Iron Horse.

367

Dave Small, Dir of Conservation @ Mount Grace Land Trust: saving the Ebony Bog Haunter (really!), dragon flies and 40,000 acres.

368

Dr. Ethan Chapin, Cooley-Dickinson’s Dir of Emergency Medicine: It’s Stroke Prevention Month—save yr life & the life of a loved one—BE FAST.

369

Resilient Valley’s Julia Riseman & Lora Wondolowski: fundraising ideas & more

370

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby: the override vote on June 9th

371

The Leslẽa Newman on “Rainbow Cookies” and “Something Sweet: A Sitting Shiva Story;” also, censorship, love, & her upcoming reading for kids & parents at High Five Books.

372

Greenfield City Council President Lora Wondolowski: Greenfield is a happening place – Juneteenth & the Green River Festival; her job at the Peace Development Fund, public safety & balancing priorities.

373

Sports historians Duke Goldman & Keith O’Brien (coming to Broadside) on his new book “Heartland: A Forgotten Place, An Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird.”

374

Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman: Hampshire College’s closing—an update preserving services, school funding,layoffs?

375

Western Mass Business Show on 5.23.26 - John Bidwell Chief Development Officer at Way Finders

376

The Hustler Files Ep 163 - He Served 22 Years For A Crime He Didn't Commit

377

Alex Bowman from the new AAA -- All Ages and Abilities: shared use trails, electric bikes, the expanding bike trail network, new state regs and laws?

378

Rep Mindy Domb. The reveal—she’s a night owl and Stephen Colbert’s last show made her laugh and cry—for many reasons that she shares. Also, the Blue Envelope Bill is close to becoming law. Congrats Rep Dom and Sen Comerford.

379

Max Page, Mass Teachers Ass’n Pres: $ for schools & higher ed this year, and college in three years, not four—the debate is joined.

380

Political Gold with Josh Silver: Trump’s plummeting poll numbers portend what?

381

ArtBeat With Donnabelle Casis and Will Baczek: his 30th anniversary show featuring Scott Prior and Nanny Vonnegut and other stars and celebrating art here.

382

UMass Ph. D. & Post- Doc Researcher Yuzhen Zhang on UMass-developed new technology, BactiSee – using a smart phone to detect bacteria in commercial food facilities & in our home kitchens, on cutting boards & dishwashers.

383

All That Jazz Ruth Griggs, Paul Arslanian & Tap Dance percussionist Alexis Robbins

384

Extra!! Extra!! w/ Gazette and Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: the Northampton Housing Authority, the Overrides, & Picture Main Street.

385

Memorial Day – so much and so many to remember – with Central Hampshire Veterans Service Director Steve Connor.

386

Kate Buckman, Aquatic Ecologist with the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy: happening here – fish on elevators, the great migration, nest building male fish, shad’s return from their world tour, local sea lampreys – don’t call them eels or

387

From Transitions Through Motion in Hatfield -- Leora Barry, Ex Dir, and Theresa Fischer: horses helping people.

388

We Fishwrap Picture Main Street and the news on Hampshire’s closing.

389

Filmmakers Larry Hott and John Manulis on “Fortunate Sons” – highly recommended.

390

Paradise City Arts Festival at the Fair Grounds this weekend—we visit with the show Director, Mariah Swanson—200+ artists and craftspersons, musicians (new, larger stages) and perfect weather for the show.

391

Feminist Futures with Smith Coll Prof Carrie Baker. Carrie interviews Marianne Winters, Ex Dir of Safe Passage about the two recent domestic violence homicides in our community—at UMass and in Belchertown.

392

Comedy Quiz –on bugs and bees—with Happier Valley Comedy’s Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Ekus & special contestant Carrie Baker.

393

Sci- Tech Café with MHC Prof Kerstin Norstrom & Hampshire Coll Ecology & Global Change Prof Jennifer Van Wyk: bees (gender is a social construct!), No Mow May, and bugs v insects. Also, Hampshire College’s commencement and its closing.

394

The three not so little bears in Bill’s neighborhood.

395

Michael Klare, Five College Prof Emeritus of Peace & World Security Studies: War and Peace (?) -- China, Iran, Cuba & Ukraine.

396

Megan Zinn with Katie DeBonville on “Grace Notes: A Musical Memoir.”

397

Andrew Zimbalist, Smith Prof and sports expert: the World Cup coming to Mass -- an economic boondoggle?

398

Dr. David Gottsegen on plastics in our food and water.

399

The Hustler Files Ep 162 - Sounds Like Trouble to Me: From Prison Walls to Powerful Fiction

400

Western Mass Business Show on 5.16.26 - Paradise City Arts

401

ArtBeat with Jason Montgomery (in for Donnabelle Casis) & Darrell Clemmer: “Small Scale, Epic World” at 50 Arrow Gallery in Easthampton.

402

Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: “ The Supreme Court’s Takedown of American Democracy Is Complete.” And last night Texas executed its 600th person since the death penalty was reinstated—a person profoundly intellectually challenged.

403

MTA Pres Max Page: the banks’ demands on Hampshire College and why it’s closing, the MTA’s position on overrides, and the MTA’s newly-elected officers (Max is term limited).

404

Students from Mohawk Trail Regional interview Bill about radio and journalism.

405

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: the state budget—the good, the bad & the ugly, the Protect Act and bonding bills for the environment and economic development.

406

Michael Klare, Five (Four?) College Prof. Emeritus of Peace & World Security Studies: Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping, the Strait of Hormuz (which they both want open), the Wars in Iran and Ukraine, likely outcomes & dangers ahead.

407

Buz and Bill on local overrides and Prop 2 ½.

408

Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: the erroneous conflating of Judaism with Netanyahu’s government.

409

Eric Nakajima, Holyoke Dir of Economic Development: housing for all.

410

Eric Reeves, Founder of Project Zam Zam: the catastrophe in Sudan and Darfur.

411

Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Town Councilor: Hampshire College’s closing -- what we know and when we know it and maybe a silver lining for the town?

412

Darcy DuMont & Paul Fenn, founder & Pres of Local Power: The green energy you think you’ve been buying isn’t green—sorry; and more nukes?—sorry again.

413

Larry Hott & Raeshma Razvi, from Mass Humanities: “ A People’s Guide to the Revolution” -- aspiration, inspiration and reality.

414

Emily Boddy & Laura Erny, from ReConnect Western MA: “Digital Delusions—How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids.”

415

Hadley School Superintendent Anne McKenzie: the proposed overrides - the people will decide

416

Northampton Bike Week: George Kohout & Rick Ranti why ride & this week’s trips and events.

417

Duke Goldman w/Andy (A.M) Gittlitz, author of “The Metropolitans: New York Baseball

418

Rep Pat Duffy: Holyoke educators win a contract, the future of the Farm Bill & the Protect Act.

419

Novelist Joanna Margaret: “The Daughters” –a thriller, Odyssey Bookshop reading Wed 5/13

420

Safe Passage Exec Dir Marianne Winter & author Patricia Lee Lewis: “Story Telling as Healing"

421

Corrine Coryat, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the First Franklin District.

422

Jarrett Krosoczka: RISE Fest an amazing literary and art event of, by and for young people @ NHS

423

Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night’s passage of the Resolution about ICE & budget

424

MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend’s election, how the MTA actually works

425

Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law

426

Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend.

427

ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Deborah Way: “What Wears You.”

428

The Hustler Files Ep 161 - Planting: One Seed At A Time

429

Western Mass Business Show on 5.9.26 - – Jennifer Derringer & Tom Navin

430

Mental Health Law Prof Frederick Vars: “Through the Fire: Mental Illness

431

Congressman Jim McGovern: the feds v Smith Coll, elections 2026 & the War in Iran.

432

Food Bank of Western Mass Dev Dir Jillian Morgan: 40%-50% of people here are food insecure.

433

All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist Matt Dwonszyk: Side of Jazz @Eastside Grill.

434

Grow Food Nhampton’s Helen Kahn: Tues Market Mgr & Aoma Muma: farmer of world veggies

435

Tapestry Health’s Harm Reduction Program with Pedro Alvarez & Katy Lessard: savings lives

436

“The Revenge of the Electric Car” – bringing back the dead—With Larry Hott and Greg Goff

437

District Atty David Sullivan: the recent alleged murders at UMass & in Belchertown.

438

Jehann El-Bisi, the People’s Artist: political & prison art & art as a healing practice

439

Sen Paul Mark: the Protect Act, time capsules & lottery money.

440

Lisa Wong, S. Hadley Town Administrator: overrides, schools, cuts, taxes

441

Rep Aaron Saunders: ICE in Mass, the Quabbin, state PILOTS.

442

Why It’s Gotta Be theater group’s Devin Dumas(Director) & Julia Adamo (actor) on “Legoland”

443

Kirsten interviews Bill on “Naming Truth’s Way,”

444

Bill interviews Kirsten on Hampshire College’s closing—its effect on Mount Holyoke College

445

N’hmptn Mayor Gina Lousie Sciarra: Hampshire Pride & a new school superintendent.

446

Amherst School Super Dr Xiomara Herman: budgets, priorities, special ed & EVs.

447

Astronomer & Hampshire Prof Salman Hameed: the Trump Administration v Science

448

Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Lev Ben Ezra & Skylah Colon

449

ArtBeat w/Donnabelle Casis & MHC prof Ligia Bouton: ‘The Remnant and the Echo.”

450

Fishwrap: Hampshire closing, Celts losing.

451

The Hustler Files Ep 160 - The Emotional Epicenter of a Criminal Record

452

Western Mass Business Show on 5.2.26 - Kisha Zullo

453

Theresa Lynn and Sarah Penna: Girl Scouts of Central and Western Mass: the “Art & Soul” event.

454

Clay Pearson, Director of Hampshire Pride, on Saturday’s celebration and protest.

455

Jen Nery on “Let’s Go Downtown.”

456

Josh Silver: Trump’s poll numbers, SCOTUS’ decision yesterday & gerrymandering

457

A political Fishwrap with Bill and Josh.

458

Ruth Griggs w/ Paul Arslanian on his musical journey, awards, & last night's concert.

459

Larry Hott w/ Roger Sorkin on “The Burden” & “Tidewater:” fossil fuels & the military.

460

Gretchen Savenson from the Rich Earth Institute: Peecycling.

461

Amy Newshore, relationship coach: need help?

462

Lynn Hersey, Smith BBall Coach, & star player Hannah Martin: women’s sports and winning.

463

Reparations: a discussion w/ Dr Shabazz.

464

Sci-Tech Café: MHC Prof Kirsten Norstrom w/ UMass Kinesiology Prof Amanda Paluch: Steps

465

Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondolowski: health ins costs, layoffs? Baystate nurses’ strike

466

Duke Goldman: Why so few Black coaches in the NFL?

467

Tony Giardina w/ Francis DeBernardo: New Ways Ministry and Catholics for Inclusion.

468

Prison Policy Initiative’s Mike Wessler: the Just Income Program & $445 billion/yr to jail people

469

Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: Hampshire Coll closing, the budget & ed funding.

470

Megan Zinn w/ Emma Copley Eisenberg: “Fat Swim.”

471

Fishwrap on Ruth Suyenaga’s powerful DHG and Recorder piece on ICE and internment camps.

472

UMass Professor of Chinese History & Guggenheim Fellow (& NHS grad) Stephen Platt.

473

MTA Pres Max Page: bell to bell cell phone bans & controlling exploitive social media.

474

Rep Mindy Domb: a violent death at UMass & Hampshire College’s closing.

475

Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat: the Easthampton Film Festival.

476

The Hustler Files Ep 159 - From Felonies to Futures, Two Stories of Second Chance Hiring

477

Local historians Steve Strimer & Tom Goldscheider: worker coops in Florence the 1840s and now.

478

Rev Carole Bull: Trump as Jesus & “The Cloud of the Unknowing.”

479

ACLU of Mass Exec Dir Carol Rose: Trump v. the fourth estate.

480

All that Jazz: John Anz with trumpeter and composer Ralph Alessi.

481

Forbes Library’s Priya Charry & Smith College journalism prof Naila Moreira

482

Smith Prof Erica Tibbetts: Sport for Social Change.

483

Alison Keller, end-of-life doula.

484

Karen Miller, Cooley Dick & VNA Hospice Manager: National Health Care Decisions Month.

485

Deb Klemer, Nhmptn City Council VP: founding Indivisible Northampton & misogyny in politics

486

Ehmptn Mayor Salem Derby: the Override & the World Cup.

487

The Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy: meteorological messiness-come play.

488

Rob Weir: sports celebrities not necessarily legends.

489

Kate Senecal creator and co-host of Kill Your Darlings reading series at Darlings Bar in EHamp

490

Prof. Michael Klare on Iran, energy prices, and the use of AI for war.

491

Lindsi Sekula, executive director of the Easthampton Housing Authority, new venture

492

Dr. Anne Markes, executive director of Well on Their Way, medical outreach in northern Uganda

493

Jacqueline Hayden (Hamp Coll prof) & Lilly Hayden Daiber (Hampshire Coll alum): mourning

494

Lindsay Sabadosa: Hampshire Coll, ed funding & tough choices.

495

Amherst prof Austin Sarat: Hampshire students, unhinged Trump, the War & murder.

496

ArtBeat w/ Kahli Hernandez & Imo Imeh: revolutionary art.

497

Larry Hott: the Movement Voter Project.

498

The Hustler Files Ep 158 - Four Wasn't Failure, It Was Finding Faith

499

“An All-Star Klezmer Evening” w/ Jake Shulman-Ment & Ira Temple.

500

Immunologist Dr Jonathan Bayuk: flu, measles, covid, Lyme, EEE & West Nile.

501

“Young@Heart Meets Y@H NYC:” local stars Bob Cilman & Sonya Nieto w/ NYC stars

502

Gld Recorder & DHG Ex Ed Dan Crowley: breaking news, overrides & Hampshire Coll closing.

503

MTA Pres Max Page: the House budget just dropped.

504

Western Mass Business Show on 4.18.26 - She Is

505

Bill & Brian on Hampshire College Closing after 56 years – sad ending

506

ServiceNet’s Shawn Robinson & Maribeth Ritchie: amazing farms & farming.

507

Reader to Reader w/ David Mazor: Saturday’s book drive for young readers—can you help?

508

Nhamp attorneys David Hoose & Ryan Shiff: Anthony Baye arson case & reasons for release.

509

Larry Hott w/ Issac Solotaroff:”Born to Bowl” -- funny and fantastic.

510

Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: experience with cell phones? & AI.

511

Talkin Baseball: Duke Goldman - how about those Sox? a/k/a a Twins killing.

512

“Be Seriously Scared” w/ Chris Appy, Larry J. Tish & Michael Dwyer: fun with nukes?

513

Rep Patricia Duffy: bell-to- bell school cell-phone bans? & data privacy.

514

S#arp Attitude-THE UMass women’s a cappella group-LIVE in the studio: the Manna event.

515

Writers Block: Author Jennifer Acker on “Surrender,” Tuesday at the Odyssey.

516

Eric Nakajima, Holyoke’s Planning & Econ Dev Dir: Gateways.

517

Dr. Jane Fleishman: elders & intimate relationships & dating.

518

Western Mass Business Show on 4.11.26 - Irida Kakhtiranova

519

The Hustler Files Ep. 157 - Thief, Soldier, Prisoner, Priest (a book by guest Paul Cowley)

520

MTA Pres Max Page w/ UMass Prof & PRIM candidate Lenore Paladino: State Pensions

521

Fix and repair your stuff at Smith Voc — with David Starr.

522

Hut x3—SCDT performance 4.11 w/ Jennifer Polins, Cameron Childs & Donnabelle Casis.

523

The fight for cell-phone free schools w/ Emily Boddy.

524

Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron: the horrifying mega media marriage with Trump presiding.

525

Night Fest Saturday April 18 w/ Catherine Moriarity & Don Darnell.

526

Ruth Griggs w/ David Picchi: his upcoming concert at the Drake & UMass Jazz in July.

527

Congressman Seth Moulton: the war, the President, the Congress, the death & destruction.

528

Bonnie Heiple, Mass. Comm of Dept of Env Protection: $1.16 Billion for cities and towns.

529

Bill & Buz on the War & MHC's $3 Million contribution to So Hadley.

530

Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Greismer: fires, housing & volunteer boards.

531

Sarah LaValley & Tom Lautezenheiser: rewilding the Pine Grove Golf Course

532

Larry Hott on “Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan” and “Summer of Soul.”

533

The Academy of Music’s Melanie Slabaugh on the “Let’s Hear It” campaign.

534

Sen Paul Mark: the supplemental budget vote tomorrow & more $ for education.

535

Professors Amilcar Shabazz & Idris Robinson: the Black experience in America today.

536

Best-selling author Nathan Edmondson: “The Master: A Novel of Golf and Death.”

537

MTA Pres Max Page & Matthew Scheffler: Investing — public employees pension fund

538

Treehouse’s Erica Couster, Tara Brewster GSB VP & Dir of Philanthropy, & Lynn Muth

539

Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: the school budget & Picture Main Street.

540

MHC Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing Mariah Rigg: “Extinction Capital of the World.”

541

Cammie McGovern: “The last Letters of Sally and Walter”— love in a retirement community.

542

Sen Paul Mark: the supplemental budget vote tomorrow & more $ for education

543

MTA Pres Max Page w/ Matthew Scheffler: investing $130 billion—the public employees pension fund, its benchmarks, & the fight for transparency

544

Professors Amilcar Shabazz & Idris Robinson: the Black experience in America today

545

Best-selling author Nathan Edmondson: “The Master: A Novel of Golf and Death.”

546

4.6 Treehouse: foster care, community & the Runway 5.

547

Cammie McGovern: “The last Letters of Sally and Walter”— love in a retirement community.

548

Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: the school budget & Picture Main Street.

549

MHC Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing Mariah Rigg: “Extinction Capital of the World.”

550

“The last Letters of Sally and Walter”— love in a retirement community

551

Treehouse: foster care, community & the Runway 5K.

552

MHC Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing Mariah Rigg: “Extinction Capital of the World.”

553

Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: the school budget & Picture Main Street.

554

The Hustler Files Ep 156 - From Incarcerated to Influencer: The Jesse Crosson Story

555

Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat w/ Northampton Playwright Lab’s Harley Erdman & Talya Kingston

556

Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Lev Ben Ezra (Ex Dir) & Frances Hall (Dir, Community Services): WIC prospers

557

Astronomer Salman Hameed: going to the moon, Mars & war.

558

Silver on Iran & November

559

MTA Pres Max Page: school funding & tax cutting

560

Professors Colin Gleason (UMass) & Taylor Rowley (Williams Coll): their new $6million NASA grant.

561

Congressman Jim McGovern: The War, Trump, DHS funding & No Kings.

562

Hilary Price, Kelsey Flynn, Kelly Silliman & Ginny Mayer:” A Laugh a Day Keeps Despair Away.”

563

Ruth Griggs’ “All That Jazz” w/ David Ambrosio on “Civil Disobedience,” coming to the Iron Horse.

564

Historic Deerfield’s Lauren Whitley & Phillippa Pitts: “Picturing and Dressing the Revolution.”

565

DA David Sullivan & Kara McElhone, April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month.

566

Pam Victor, Head of Happiness @ Happier Valley Comedy: Yes And.

567

Sal the Salamander, Woody the Wood Frog, Pete the Peeper & Brian Adams: crossing over.

568

Western Mass Business Show on 4.4.26 - Angela Park

569

ACLU Mass Ex Dir Carol Rose: birthright citizenship, tomorrow at SCOTUS , Protect Act

570

DM Gordon: “Loosestrife for Porcupines” & the poetry of resistance.

571

Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super, on time-outs, restraints & the Blue Room

572

Larry Hott: films on Mel Brooks, Ben Stiller & Anne Meara, & Jayne Mansfield.

573

Rob Weir: “7 Swings at 7: Mickey Mantle—Legend and Victim of American Culture.”

574

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby: antisemitism in schools, the budget, impending override?

575

David Roitman: UU Democracy Action Team & Prof Danielle Allen on “Reimagining Democracy"

576

Megan Zinn’s Writers Block w/ Jessica Brilliant Keener: “Evening Begins the Day.”

577

The Hustler Files Ep 155 - From Incarcerated Youth to Community Leader

578

ArtBeat -- Donnabelle Casis w/ Donna Castellanos: “Book of Wonder, Cover to Cover.”

579

Rep. Mindy Domb: protecting immigrants in Mass and No Kings.

580

Atty Chris Swartz from Democracy Defenders: Trump’s crimes, the Epstein files, the Law of War

581

Dr. David Gottsegen: “Mending the Body with the Mind: Kids Heal and Stay Healthy.”

582

Western Mass Business Show on 3.28.26 – Good Dog Spot

583

All That Jazz: John Anz w/ singer Jane Monheit...Return to The Iron Horse Wed April 15

584

Pastor Carole Bull: Easter & the Resurrection

585

Michael Klare: 5 colleges prof. emeritus of peace and world security studies - the War in Iran

586

Susan Triolo & Four Rivers Charter Students: Olivia Long & Luka Warren-Pukis… No Kings Day

587

Dr Amir Mohani & Dr Sunny Shukla of Cooley Dikinson Hospital: Talking Heart Health

588

Cool Films with Larry Hott w/ Christine La Monte - Ai Weiwei’s Turandot: Opera Karma

589

Meg Talbert: What’s Shakin at Dakin Animal Shelter - Dogs cats mice & rats

590

Carla Imperial of Northampton Resists & Katherine Haycox with Sunrise: No Kings Day 3/28

591

Princeton History Prof Rhae Lynn Barnes on “Darkology: Blackface

592

Sci-Tech Café MHC Prof Kirsten Norstrom & Hampshire Prof Juliet Johnston: Everyone Poops...

593

Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondoloski: budget fights & single-stream recycling.

594

Duke Goldman: Fair Play - UMass Adjunct Prof, on college & professional sports gambling.

595

Tara Brewster & Susan Nicastro: Big Brothers/ Big Sisters & karaoke at the Iron Horse.

596

Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: his Executive Order on immigration enforcement.

597

Ellen Meeropol, on “Sometimes an Island.”

598

Megan Zinn w/ Mark Oppenheimer on “Judy Blume, a Life.”

599

Akemi Kochiyama-Ladson, Co-Director, Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project: resilience resistance

600

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: ICE in Massachusetts & the ballot questions.

601

Labor leaders Max Page & Jon Weissman: protesting Bank of America.

602

Trustees of Reservations’ Wendy Ferris: Beaver Brook’s Rewilding

603

Political Gold Josh Silver: resistance

604

Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: Trump’s cognition & media’s giving him a pass.

605

Western Mass Business Show On 3.21.26 – Summerlin Floors & Chik Media

606

The Hustler Files Ep 154 - When Class Action Wins Out Over Retaliation

607

DHG & Gfld Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: ICE grabs local men, Citizen of the Year,

608

Ruth Griggs w/ the extraordinary Giacomo Gates, coming to the Drake.

609

Nanny Vonnegut: censorship of her father Kurt Vonnegut’s books

610

Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on Covid, flu, allergies, & vaccinations.

611

Larry Hott: And the Oscar deservedly goes to…

612

Jenny Powers, Dir, Spld Science Museum: “Dinosaurs Still Live!”

613

Robert Meeropol, Founder, Rosenberg Fund for Children, Angela Davis to Nhamp

614

Mary Witt—singing LIVE in studio—“Singing Spring In” this Sunday.

615

Sue Kassirer: the Art for the Earth exhibit in Leverett

616

Josh Shanley: the Great Flood of March,1936 & are we safe now?

617

Feminist Futures -- Smith Prof Carrie Baker w/ WAM Theater Artistic Director Genee Coreno

618

Our monthly Comedy Quiz — come play Hat Tricks.

619

Bill & Carrie Baker FishWrap weapons of mass distraction.

620

Megan Zinn w/ Anne Fadiman on “Frog and Other Essays” coming to Broadside.

621

Oscars Recap & Reactions w/ Megan Zinn & Kerstin Nordstrom.

622

Kerstin Nordstrom w/ Olivia Aguilar, MHC Prof & Dir of Miller Worley Ctr for the Environment

623

MA LUCE Immigrant Justice Hotline w/ Lena Entin & Michael Kane.

624

Western Mass Business Show on 3.14.26 - Kate Riley

625

Josh Silver the politics of the War

626

ArtBeat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Michael Tillyer of NE Visionary Artists Museum: Headspace Two

627

We remember Paki Wieland.

628

Edo Mor the Valley’s music scene

629

The War in Iran w/ Smith Professors Naveed Mansoori & Brent Durbin.

630

“Mean Girls” at NHS

631

The Hustler Files Ep 153 - When Your Superpower Stands at the Intersection of Juveniles and Justice

632

The housing crisis here w/ John Bidwell (Way Finders) Laura Bandara (PVPC) & Kerry Spitzer

633

We The People—EHS teacher Kelly Brown & three students— Nat'l Championship!

634

Remembering Natalie Graves

635

Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: reflections on today’s world.

636

Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: fighting ICE & repairing potholes.

637

Daniel Bullen: “Daniel Shays’ Honorable Rebellion” & lessons for today.

638

Joe Boisvert, owner of North Hadley Sugar Shack: maple syruping and fab breakfasts.

639

Cool Films w/ Larry Hott: pairing for the Oscars.

640

Mass Review Ex Ed Britt Rusert: the Incarceration and Family issue - inside the razor wire.

641

Rep Patricia Duffy: the Protect Act – restraining ICE in Mass.

642

Mean Girls @ NHS w/ Dave Grout & Ruby Ferrari – performing/singing LIVE in studio!

643

Talkin Baseball w/ Duke Goldman: Spring training, World Baseball Classic, balls & strikes.

644

Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: school budget crises.

645

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: silenced sirens & Holyoke’s Irish tradition.

646

3.9 Country Joe remembered

647

UMass Middle East Prof David Mednicoff: the Iran War, nukes & int’l law.

648

Megan Zinn w/ Lindy West: her on-the-road memoir “Adult Braces.”

649

Megan Zinn w/ political novelist Ellen Meeropol: “Sometimes an Island,” – life after the Undoing.

650

Western Mass Business Show On 3.7.26 - Bianca Walker

651

MTA Pres Max Page: AP scores --we’re no.1!, rural school $, the Bright Act

652

Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Ex Dir Lev BenEzra & Bd Pres Charity Day: Help—an emergency need for fuel assistance funds & the lived experience.

653

Donnabelle Casis w/ Heart for the Soul Gallery Ex Dir Sierra Meyers: the Inhairitance Exhibit.

654

Hampshire Coll Prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the Iran War & other Black Holes.

655

The Hustler Files Ep 152 - Sheriff Calls ICE Arrest 'Bush League'

656

Northampton HS Chamber Choir, previewing the Local Vocal Chord Bowl—amazing!

657

Ruth Griggs w/ Dee Boyle-Clapp & Casandra Holden: the creative economy here.

658

The recently greatly honored E’mpton artist, marquetry master Silas Kopf

659

Congressman Jim McGovern: the war, Epstein, Bondi & the budget.

660

Lora Wondolowski, Gfld City Council Pres & state rep candidate: effective public service.

661

DA David Sullivan: protecting ourselves from consumer rip-offs & ICE.

662

Larry Hott w/ Yvonne Russo & Nicholas Pike: Oscar-nominated song “Sweet Dreams of Joy”

663

Magic Wings’ new co-owner Vytautas Sukys: talkin’ butterflies.

664

Jeremy Dubs -- Nhmptn Ward 4 Councilor, disability rts advocate & star of “Tallywacker.”

665

Forbes Library Dir Lisa Downing w/ Bill Scher, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library Standing

666

Ken Comia, new Pres, Mass Chapter, American Planning Ass’n: the Pioneer Valley’s future.

667

Sen Paul Mark: our creative Mass economy.

668

Free Press Co-CEO Jessica Gonzalez & Ruth Livier, Campaign Mgr, Democracy & Civil Rts Team

669

“Enchanted April” in March - Easthampton Theater Co’s Gilana Chelimsky & Jane Barish.

670

U.S. Rep. & Armed Services Comm member Seth Moulton: the War in Iran.

671

Sen Jo Comerford: the Iran War, protecting immigrants here & College and University funding.

672

Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: students advocating for state aid for schools.

673

Your State U w/ Max Page & Prof & Author David Backer “As Public as Possible: Schools

674

Buz - The Massachusetts Government’s Response To ICE

675

Umass Asst Prof & Research Astronomer Jorge Zavala – Missing Link In Galaxy Evolution

676

Art Beat: Amanda Herman-Umass Contemporary Arts Museum w/ Sally Curcio & Alana Casey

677

Buz & Andy On Trump & USA Hockey

678

The Hustler Files Ep 151 - One System, Two Paths; Restoration vs. Punishment

679

Rabbah Riqi- Purim celebration

680

ACLU of Mass.'s Carol Rose-Mass law. ICE , No Kings Day

681

Buz and Bill on GCC Senior Symposia—State Power

682

All That Jazz: John Anz w Nick Hempton upcoming show at Tanglewood

683

Larry Hott & Anthony Kaufman "Don't Panic" Doc Filmmaking

684

Elizabeth Sacktor—Shroudmakers, Undertakers, and hairworkers

685

Winter Hoopla (Shelbourne Falls) this weekend: Laura Iveson, Jane Wegscheider

686

Mimi Kaplan & Eric Broadbent: Heat Pumps & Electrifying Massachusetts

687

Professor Chris Appy & Chris Small—UMass lecture: From Amazon to Gaza: Solidarity.

688

Fair Play—Duke on Winter Olympics & Women Athletes in sports

689

Lora Wondolowski—City Council of Greenfield & Running for State Rep 1st Franklin County

690

MHC Professor Kerstin Nordstrom & Smith College Prof. Sarah Mazda—Local volcanoes

691

Western Mass Business Show on 2.21.26 - Hannah Rechtschaffen

692

Lindsay Sabadosa: Healthcare and Education

693

Buz and Dan on AI: Pros & Cons

694

Max Page & Riley Hernandez, president of the Springfield Education Assoc: Healthcare etc

695

Amherst College Austin Sarat: Pam Bondi performance & November 2026 election nightmare

696

Buz & Dan on schools and regionalization

697

Bombyx Director Cassandra Holden & Kristin Neville: Corey Harris Friday, February 27 at 7 PM

698

The Hustler Files Ep 150 - When Hope Meets Action: Lives Reclaimed

699

Exe. Dir. Dan Crowley--Local Sports & Local Journalism

700

All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & Jazz Guitarist Peter Bernstein comin' to Drake Mar 7th

701

UMass Prof. & PERI co-director Michael Ash—100 WORST polluters list

702

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby—Waste treatment, Housing, & WE THE PEOPLE need $$$

703

Paul Spector—Friday Action Group; Flipping the House

704

Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman--School Budgets: The Good and Bad.

705

Lundy Bancroft & Sarah Matthews Western Mass Rights of Nature

706

Dr. David Gottsegen--Author of Mending the Body with the Mind

707

Smith Prof. Carrie Baker & Rev. Dr. Andrea Ayvazian- Reclaiming faith in trying times.

708

Happier Valley Comedy Quiz -- Maddy Benjamin, Micaela Foster, Scott Braidman, Carrie Baker

709

Feminist Futures Carrie Baker & Exec Director Amanda Sanderson Resilience Center

710

7th Hampden State Rep. Aaron L. Saunders—Two AI bills & ICE legislation on Beacon Hill

711

2/16: Elyse Moore --"Jolly Good Time in the Kitchen" GCC Senior Symposia 2/18, at 2pm

712

Mandi Jo Henneke — Amherst Town Council president on budgets, schools, housing, & charter

713

Writers' Block w/ Megan Zinn & acclaimed Lauren Groff about her new book Brawler

714

MHC Kerstin Nordstrom with MHC Astronomy Prof. Ben Boatwright — Colonizing Mars?

715

Western Mass Business Show on 2.7.26 -- Maureen Scanlon

716

Western Mass Business Show on 2.14.26 -- Chantal Bernard

717

Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis—JooYoung Choi, AstroFuturist artist

718

Max Page and Peter Enrich-Raise Up Mass Coalition on Ballot Initiatives $7 or 8 billion in cuts

719

Al Williams of Northampton Open Media & Jeff Mastroianni – Executive Director (E-Media)

720

John Feffer and John Berkowitz—Ukraine War End game?

721

The Hustler Files Ep 149 - Finding Hope in a No-Parole State

722

Buz and Dan—Incivility in Congress, our AI Future

723

Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy: book talk with David Daley, interviewer Chris Appy

724

UMass Professor Epstein—Fed Reserve Investigation, Jobs Report, and Independence

725

Dr Adam Barsouk — Outsmarting Cancer, Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention,

726

Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer —HOUSING, UMass Students & ICE

727

Larry Hott—Larry’s got the Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond, & animation not just for Kids

728

Chris Freeman - Iron Horse—"Music Alone Shall Live"

729

George Kahout — Friends of Northampton Trail & Riding Down Main street

730

Pat Duffy—5th Hampden Rep—Breaking News: AI regulation, Housing, & Spr. Museum

731

Duke Goldman—Will not miss the Super Bowl end, Spring Training,

732

Charles Walker-Hoover & Alannah Brunt, UMass, 2/13 (NAACP Week 2026)

733

Sheryl L. Stanton, Superintendent, Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts

734

John Bonifaz, Pres & Founder of Free Speech for People: prosecuting ICE agents, the AG, DAs,

735

Writers Block w/John Sayles's on “Crucible,” Henry Ford, industrial policy & his antisemitism.

736

Megan Zinn w/ Broadside’s Roz Kreshak-Hayden: books to read & indies to support.

737

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Bad Bunny, schools, MTA negotiations, icy roads, state aid

738

Panorama -- Episode 142 -- Will Brideau & Steve Sanderson

739

2.6 Super Bowl Preview

740

Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis— Elizabeth Stone, Rosalyn Driscoll, Tori Lawrence

741

Salman Hameed—Mr. Universe— Science, Kids, Learning & A Galaxy Far, Far Away

742

Lev BenEzra-Community Action—Peter Wingate, Director of Energy & Weatherization Program

743

Your State U Max Page-Carolyn Chou & Jamie Hartmann-Boyce on rent & health care cost

744

The Hustler Files Ep 148 - Fostering Change, One Child at a Time

745

Sheryl Stoodley (artistic dir), John Sheldon (Red Guitarist), Robin Doty (managing dir)

746

Our House w/ Representative Jim McGovern—Ice, Affordability, Elections

747

Corrine Coryat - candidate for 1st Franklin District—Listening & Leading.

748

Ruth Griggs previews Fat Tuesday w/ Samirah Evans & Chris Lenois

749

Lora Wondoloski, Jessa McCormack, Henry Morgan—Peace Dev Fund funding the movement

750

Brian Adams with UMass Professor of Public Policy Juniper Katz on renewable energy

751

Cool Films with Larry Hott on Oscar nominees for best short documentary

752

NW DA David Sullivan: Gov Healey responds to ICE & new plan to combat sex trafficking

753

Carole Bull-Do something! The journey of healing

754

State Senator Paul Mark—Money, Healthcare, 250th celebration, & the Pats

755

Super. Dr Xiomara Herman—Pelham Schools, Difficult Days Ahead

756

Hampshire College President Jennifer Chrisler--Financial Sustainability & the Future

757

John Bollard: “Two Hundred Years of Protesting with Rosa Parks.”

758

Megan Zinn w/ Bremond Berry MacDougall & Lisa Endo Cooper: “lost” women authors.

759

Nmpton Mayor GL Sciarra: If ICE comes to Hamp, snow removal, art & artists

760

Sen. Jo Comerford: combatting ICE’s harms in Mass & nationwide & state finances.

761

Panorama -- Episode 141 -- On The Western Tradition with Harvard Professor James Hankins

762

Western Mass Business Show on 1.31.26 -- Lindsay Labonte Manager of Applied Mortgage

763

Josh Silver: Nmpton Open Media, YouTube, polarization & diss-course.

764

Donnabelle Casis w/ -- Tuman & Newman: “Every Day Is Play: The Art of Dave Rothstein.”

765

MTA Pres. Max Page: taxing billionaires from Massachusetts to Washington State.

766

Josh Silver w/ Atty Steve Jonas -- Democracy Defenders Fund: can the courts save us?

767

The Hustler Files Ep 147 - It's OK to Say the F Word

768

Ehmpton Mayor Salem Derby: what if ICE comes? & other pressing issues.

769

Court Dorsey, actor & poet and Grammy Award-winning cellist Eugene Friesen

770

UMass Poli Sci Prof Ray La Raja: too much democracy in Amherst?

771

All that Jazz: Jon Anz w/ Orice Jenkins –Tuesday @ City Sports Grill w/ the Green St. Trio.

772

The Northamptones LIVE! And fabulous!

773

Cooley Dick Hosp Pres & COO, Kevin Whitney: paying for health care.

774

Manna Comm Kitchen Ex Dir Niki Landowski & Dev Dir, Kaitlyn Ferrari: combatting hunger here

775

“Cool Films” w/ Academy Award voter Larry Hott: his movie recommendations.

776

Citizens Awareness Network Ex Dir Deb Katz: Gov Healey is wrong—No Nukes!

777

Gfld Council Pres Lora Wondoloski: banning surveillance cameras & affordable housing.

778

UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Amherst DEI’s Philip Avila: honoring Black History Month.

779

Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: CRESS & Snowmageddon.

780

Mt Holyoke Prof Kerstin Nordstrom w/ Amherst’s Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi: GIANT planets

781

Western Mass Business Show on 1.17.26 -- Mesuda Cafe

782

The Hustler Files Ep 146 - Intellectual Espresso

783

Donnabelle Casis w/ STCC Prof Sondra Peron: “Faces of Grief.”

784

MTA Pres Max Page: The Gov’s “State of the Commonwealth” address, Fair Share, etc

785

Political Consultant Josh Silver: Trump, Greenland, Epstein, Davos, NATO & Europe.

786

The Writers' Mill Founding Members Mary Beth Caschetta & Morgan Griffin

787

UMass Poli Sci Prof & pollster Tatishe Nteta: Trump’s continuing popularity?

788

Rabbi David Seidenberg: ICE, Rabbinic resistance, religious extremism & Tu BiShvat.

789

Ruth Griggs w/Dave Haughey & Natalie Padilla: “Cello & Chocolate” @ Bombyx.

790

Nanette Vonnegut & ACLU of Utah atty Tom Ford: their lawsuit against book banning

791

ACLU of Mass Exec Dir Carol Rose: how you can resist-- now, today, really!

792

1.21 King & Pawns

793

1.21 All Out Adventures

794

1.21 Steinberg

795

1.21 Cool Films

796

Mayors Monday w/ N’mpton’s GL Sciarra: schools, money & your time with her.

797

Feminist Futures: Carrie Baker w/ Mass Comm on Status of Women Comm’r Tina Gaines

798

Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy’s Maddy Benjamin, Laura Patrick & Scott Braidman

799

Rep Aaron Saunders: SNAP, fed cuts & state funds.

800

Panorama -- Episode 139 -- Save Paradise City

801

Panorama -- Episode 139 -- Independent Voices

802

MTA Pres Max Page: death by 1,000 cuts?

803

Josh Silver: behind the headlines, polls & pols.

804

Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: Trump, higher ed & troops on the streets.

805

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: our democracy, ourselves.

806

Donnabelle Cass w/ Smith Coll Museum of Art’s Emma Chub – the extraordinary exhibit

807

The Hustler Files Ep 145 - From Lecture Halls to Behind the Wall | Life, Inside Out

808

UMass Legal Studies Prof, Atty Jamie Rowen: Trump, Venezuela, Greenland & int’l law.

809

Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: flu is rampaging & the medical system failing.

810

Gazette & Recorder Ex Editor Dan Crowley: Trump’s attacks on the press & local topics

811

Ruth Griggs w/ star flute and saxophonist Anna Webber: coming to the Iron Horse w/ her nonet

812

Amherst Cinema’s Alex Horbeck & George Myers: films you really want to see.

813

Phil Ringwood, Ex Dir, Dial Self: homeless youth here.

814

Amherst Councilor Lynn Greismer: schools & the 2026 financial cliff.

815

Hillary Caws-Elwitt: light eaters, romantic turtles, talking trees & books.

816

Pat Goggins on commercial rent in Northampton

817

Duke Goldman: the Red Sox let another star go.

818

Bishop Talbot Swan: MLK as a radical prophet.

819

Prof Amilcar Shabazz on violence in America - yesterday & today.

820

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garica, Treasurer Rory Casey & Councilor Megan McGrath-Smith:

821

Amherst author Jill Shulman: choosing a college & taking time to tell them who you are.

822

Megan Zinn w/ Jedediah Berry, author of “The Naming Song,”

823

UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: years later, are we honoring MLK’s legacy?

824

The Hustler Files Ep 143 - The Reality Is In The Numbers

825

Panorama -- Episode 138 -- The Far-Right Movement and Nick Fuentes

826

Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Lev Ben Ezra & Jess Thompson: the working poor

827

Astronomer Salman Hameed: space station troubles, aliens & galaxies w/o stars.

828

MTA Pres Max Page: strong unions, Social Security & the state budget.

829

Donnabelle Casis w/ Hannah & Anneke Corbett: “Stitchin’ Kin.”

830

The Hustler Files Ep 144 - Guided By Experience + Grounded By Science = Changing Outcomes

831

Human rts atty Laura Pitter: Trump’s justifications for ICE’s killing & Maduro’s abduction.

832

UMass Prof Cole Fitzpatrick: new local data on car fatalities.

833

Ruth Griggs w/ Valley Jazz Voices Dir Jeff Olmsted: Saturday’s fabulous concert @ Bombyx.

834

Heartbeat Theater’s Kimberly Gaughan & Jason Rose-Langston on “Proof.”

835

Larry Hott’s Cool Films: “The Alabama Solution” & “The Perfect Neighbor.”

836

Mass Audubon’s Tom Lautzenheiser: brumation, waking up winter, & meadow-jumping mice.

837

Broadside Bookshop co-owner Roz Kreshak-Hayden: navigating Picture Main St & new books

838

DA David Sullivan: Venezuela, fentanyl & local prosecutions.

839

Sen Paul Mark: some good news from the Beacon Hill.

840

Sen Jo Comerford: the 2026 ballot questions.

841

Congressman Seth Moulton: Trump’s aggression & Congress’ passivity.

842

UMass History Prof Kevin Young: Venezuela & war & UMass Amherst

843

At-large Amherst Councilor Mandi Jo Hanneke: buy the numbers.

844

Megan Zinn w/ Margot Douaihy: “Divine Ruin,” third in the Sister Holiday mystery series.

845

Nation Magazine Defense Correspondent Michael Klare: Venezuela & beyond.

846

Bob Flaherty: Trump, the invasion, protests & rewilding.

847

The Hustler Files Ep 142 - Grit, Grace & Not A Gangster

848

Beth Gillis, couples' therapist: resolutions?

849

Bill Danielson: “Speaking of Nature”— photo of the year

850

Cool Films with Larry Hott—three recommendations.

851

Ben Weil, Northampton Dir of Climate Action: good news!

852

Western Mass Business Show on 1.3.26 --

853

Archguitarist Peter Blanchette LIVE in studio.

854

Rio Contrada & Joan Axelrod Contrada: artists at work

855

Joseph Morrison: Outline Sour Candy’s grand opening

856

Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: Our Money Ourselves

857

Gwen Agna: the view from the principal’s office and the school committee

858

Thomas Draudt: “Conversations on Main”— Picture Main St.

859

Megan Zinn, Lee Thomson & Alice Hough:” Whatcha reading?”—fantasies to consider

860

Lucia Dostal—an amazing musician—in studio!

861

The Hustler Files Ep 142 - Grit, Grace & Not A Gangster

862

Prison Policy Initiative’s Mike Wessler: Christmas in prison.

863

Wayne Feiden: open space, cityscapes, Picture Main St & his gig at UMass.

864

CDH Dr Sunny Shukla: Welcome to the ER.

865

Larry Hott highly recommends “Cover-up” & “The $ Six Billion Man.”

866

Western Mass Business Show on 12.27.25--Begley/Childs/DiStefano Interview

867

Charter Review Committee -- The Origins

868

Charter Review Committee -- The Recommendations

869

Charter Review Committee -- Democracy in Amherst

870

Charter Review Committee -- The Future

871

Pres Lora Wondoloski: housing, housing housing!

872

Paki Wieland & Nick Mottern: the L3Harris demo & their successful necessity defense

873

Eric Reeves: genocide in Sudan

874

Fair Play w/ Duke Goldman: the San Quentin Giants.

875

Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: First Night with Rebelle

876

Amh Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Sam Giffin: $, budget, schools, potholes

877

Megan Zinn w/Elinor Lipman on “Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters.”

878

A First Night preview with Nmptn Arts Council Events Producer Steve Sanderson

879

Celebrating Kwanza w/ Kwanza Collective Co-founders Dr Amilcar Shabazz & Ayanna Crawford

880

Francis Rooney, former ambassador to the Holy See & Republican Congressman

881

MTA Pres Max Page: $ for education, grad reqmts & a living wage for paras.

882

Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: political and budget consensus?.

883

ArtBeat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Jason Montgomery: Human Nature.

884

The Hustler Files Ep 141 - 30 Years and 30 Feet from Death's Door

885

Melissa Allen--the legal fights

886

Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on the looming HEALTHCARE CRISIS in Mass

887

Daily Hamp. Gazette Ed. Dan Crowley -- local fires and X-Mas gifts

888

John Anz w/ Leala Cyr: Hartford Jazz Orchestra holiday show.

889

Jonathan's farewell to Hungry Ghost Bread, a new chapter begins

890

First Night Preview w/ Steve: singer, songwriter Eleanor Levine

891

Cool Films w/ Larry and Sarah Salomon & Julie Hahn -- new beginnings later in life

892

Jennifer Polins--ECHOES Explorations in dance, humanity and interconnections

893

Irene Butter’s story, surviving the Holocaust and lessons for today

894

Comedy Quiz--Maddy, Mo McElligott, Scotty B., Buz, and Carrie--Ice Sports!

895

State Representative Aaron Saunders on the health care crisis!

896

Feminist Future Carrie Baker & Marissa Hoechstetter—on doctor abuse and survivor resilience.

897

Nate Clifford, co-owner of Cornucopia, on reopening in January

898

Western Mass Business Show on 12.13.25 -- Lora Wondolowski and Kim Snyder Resilient Valley

899

Amherst Super. Dr. Xiomara Herman—budgets, start time, and staff.

900

EMK Institute CEO Adam Hinds on polarization and the Filibuster.

901

Writers' Block w/ Megan Zinn & Karolina Zapal on the Book Reading Challenge

902

Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby—lean budgets and affordability.

903

Max Page & Berkshire Comm Coll Pres Ellen Kennedy: threats to higher ed but optimism

904

Free Press Co-Pres Craig Aaron: Trumps’ EO prohibiting regul AI regulation, media mergers

905

Political Gold w/ Josh Silver: Trump’s vulnerabilities, SCOTUS Voting Rights Act? redistricting

906

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Trump’s DOE killing Sublime Systems’ low-carbon cement

907

Donnabelle Casis w/ poet Matt Dunovan & artist Ligia Bouton on Emily Dickinson

908

The Hustler Files Ep 140 - Justice in the Face of Overwhelming Odds

909

Michael Moriarity, educational specialist: ed reform—a possible Massachusetts Miracle?

910

Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: miracles and Hannukah.

911

Professor & astronomer Salman Hameed: a new planet & --amazing-- life on asteroids

912

Rep. Natalie Blais: on the road again, food insecurity & health care.

913

Andre′ Boulay, co-owner, A2Z Toy Store: way too much fun! & yr gifts

914

Bob Schraeder, owner-operator, Chestnut Mountain Tree Farm: yr Christmas tree

915

Larry Hott highly recommends “Soul of a Nation” & “Thank You Very Much.”

916

Amherst Council Pres Lynn Griesemer: the state of the town, schools, capital projects & $.

917

Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: AI in schools

918

Duke Goldman w/ Robert Fitts: “In the Japanese Ballpark-- Behind the Scenes…”

919

Kim Wolcott from Racial Justice Rising: Kwanza in Greenfield

920

Nation Mag Defense Corr Michale Klare: the National Security Strategy & Ukraine

921

Panorama -- Episode 136 -- Northampton Election Retrospective 2

922

Laurie Millman, Dir. Ctr for New Americans, & Narissa Nields - performing LIVE in studio

923

Mass banned Christmas -- Historian Tim Blagg explains

924

Megan Zinn w/ Joanna Sokol: “A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance.”

925

Dr. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Amherst Area Gospel Choir’s Jacqueline Wallace & Holla Heather Lord

926

MTA Pres Max Page & Harry Feder, Ex Dir, Fair Test: high stakes testing in Mass—again?

927

Bill and Josh Fishwrap on Trump and Netflix.

928

Josh Silver w/ Ben Scott, Ex Dir, Reset, the int’l org: digital disinformation and democracy.

929

Matteo Pangallo, John Bidwell & Chris Rohmann: “It’s a Wonderful Life."

930

Donnabelle Casis w/ George Kohout, Pres. Friends of N’ton Trails: the mini museums here.

931

Community Action’s Lev BenEzra & Jess Thompson: food and heat – for all?

932

The Hustler Files Ep 139 - The Power of Truth Shall Not Be Silenced

933

Panorama -- Episode 135 -- Lindsi Sekula on Running for Mayor of Easthampton

934

Congressman Jim McGovern: will his War Powers Resolution pass?

935

Congressman Seth Moulton: why run against Ed Markey?

936

Ruth Griggs w/ Kyle Homstead: new music venues: Hope Center & De la Luz — the experience.

937

“Borderland” w/ Ari Keigan (PVWC), Ellen Koteen (Interfaith Action), Maria Garcia (St. John’s)

938

Safe Passage’s Marianne Winters, Natalie Ulrich & Amanda Lapierre

939

D.A. Dave Sullivan: prosecuting domestic violence

940

Cool Films w/ Larry Hott: the Academy Awards & “All God’s Children.”

941

UMass Prof Bethany Bradley: invasions of invasive species here

942

Sci-Tech Cafe w/ MHC Profs Kerstin Nordstrom & Ted Gilliland: birds

943

Harvard prof James Hankins, co-author of “The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition.”

944

Sen Paul Mark: legislators dress code! book bans & food insecurity

945

Rich Michaelson w/ local poet Aiyana Masla: “The Underdream.”

946

Court Dorsey, Joe Laur, Izzy Miller & Steve Eldredge: “Swamped.”

947

Rev Carole Bull & activist Crystal Zevan: daily updates from Gaza

948

Megan Zinn w/ Linda Summersea : “The Girl with the Black and Blue Doll,” a memoir.

949

N’ton Mayor GL Sciarra: the election & its aftermath.

950

Western Mass Business Show on 11.29 --

951

The Hustler Files Ep 138 - Stories of (Thanks)Giving

952

Larry Hott: two brave anti-fascist films: “Norita” & “Mr. Nobody Against Putin.”

953

Andre Strong Bearheart Gaines: National Day of Mourning & the Nipmuc Nation

954

N’ton Survival Ctr’s Heidi Nortonsmith & Alexander Leger-Small: food for 18 communities

955

CDH Dir of Comm Health, Agathe Hoffer-Schaefer: our health needs -- the assessment

956

Duke Goldman: professional athletes, politics & free speech.

957

Valley Comm Dev Corp’s Jessica Allan & Alexis Breiteneicher: new affordable housing

958

Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondoloski: the march, surveillance cameras, & housing