
07/18/2025
Airing this Sunday, July 20, 2025, Occupy the Airwaves recorded a special program with Circus Smirkus, a non-profit, youth-membered circus troupe with roots in nearby Vermont. The troupe is presently on tour this summer at venues near and around the Valley, including this weekend at the Franklin County Fairgrounds located at 89 Wisdom Way in Greenfield. Youth tour members Johnathan Kamienseski, Story Gemmati, and Oscar Beninga, joined by executive and artistic director Rachel Schiffer, provide Occupy the Airwaves host Stephen Linsky a ringside view into their lives with the troupe and during the rest of the year as well as their experiences in the course of their summer tour performances.
Tour and troupe information can be found at: https://www.smirkus.org/
Occupy the Airwaves can be heard every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP, 103.3 FM, in Northampton, MA. Shows are re-broadcast every Friday at 3:00 PM, and can be streamed at www.valleyfreeradio.org. All shows are archived for two weeks on the station website, and can also be listened to at https://archive.org/search?query=Occupy+the+airwaves