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08/08/2025

8.8.25. MTA Max Page with Jonathan Hecht on reforming stipends. Atty James Winston impact cuts to SSI & SSDI. Nina Kleinberg on Casablanca at Amherst Cinema. Northampton Mayoral Candidate David Dombrowski.

08/08/2025

8/7/25: Laurie Loisel, candidate for Nhmptn City Council. Human Rts advocates Laura Pitter & Dreisen Heath: reparations both national & local. Congressman Jim McGovern Jim McGovern: countering the Republican attack on democracy & elections. Northampton Jazz Festival Ruth Grigg w/ Felipe Salles: preview of this weekend’s amazing concert @ Bombyx.

8/7/25: Laurie Loisel, candidate for Nhmptn City Council. Human Rts advocates Laura Pitter & Dreisen Heath: reparations both national & local. Congressman Jim McGovern: countering the Republican attack on democracy & elections. Ruth Grigg w/ Felipe Salles: preview of this weekend’s ama...

08/08/2025

8/6/24: Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan: the public defender work stoppage & a new women’s prison? Christina Maxwell, Program Dir, Food Bank of Western Massachusetts: SNAP cuts & hungry people here. Science prof Brian Adams w/ Susan Theberge, Co-founder, W. Mass. Climate Action Now: the fight here today. UMass Amherst Econ Prof Gerald Epstein: Trump, tariffs & taxes.

8/6/24: D.A. David Sullivan: the public defender work stoppage & a new women’s prison? Christina Maxwell, Program Dir, Food Bank of W. Mass: SNAP cuts & hungry people here. Science prof Brian Adams w/ Susan Theberge, Co-founder, W. Mass. Climate Action Now: the fight here today. UMass Econ...

08/05/2025

8/5/25: Dan Breindel, candidate for Mayor of Northampton. Bruce Stedman (Back from the Brink) & Jane Virgilio (Greater Springfield Campaign Nonviolence): remembering Hiroshima. Historic Northampton Betty Sharpe & Simbrit Paskins: “Slavery and Freedom in Northampton...” Kenny Newman: our oceans. mangroves & Mauritius.

8/5/25: Dan Breindel, candidate for Mayor of Northampton. Bruce Stedman (Back from the Brink) & Jane Virgilio (Greater Springfield Campaign Nonviolence): remembering Hiroshima. Historic Kenny Newman: our oceans. mangroves & Mauritius.

08/04/2025

8/4/25: UMass Amherst Prof and NASA collaborator Paul Siqueira: their just-launched satellite. Real Cost of Prisons Project Dir Lois Ahrens: the Gov’s “plan” for a new $360 million women’s prison. Duke Goldman: Gaza & recognizing the Negro Leagues. Gina-Louise Sciarra for Mayor of Northampton: a big win for the City—new housing.

8/4/25: UMass Prof and NASA collaborator Paul Siqueira: their just-launched satellite. Real Cost of Prisons Project Dir Lois Ahrens: the Gov’s “plan” for a new $360 million women’s prison. Duke Goldman: Gaza & recognizing the Negro Leagues. Nhmptn Mayor GL Sciarra: a big win for the City...

08/01/2025

8/1/25: MTA Pres Max Page: UMass Amherst, the feds, the state & $. Prof Kevin Young: UMass Amherst's protest policy – unfree speech? Activist Ethan Flamand: Amherst rally & a new Decl of Independence. Hampshire College's Salman Hameed’s Universe: incredible sites & insights. Donnabelle Casis w/ Daniel Elihu Kramer: “The Case for the Existence of God.”

8/1/25: MTA Pres Max Page: UMass, the feds, the state & $. Prof Kevin Young: UMass protest policy – unfree speech? Activist Ethan Flamand: Amherst rally & a new Decl of Independence. Salman Hameed's Universe: incredible sites & insights. Donnabelle Casis w/ Daniel Elihu Kramer: “The ...

08/01/2025

7/31/25: Champion for Justice, atty David Hoose: the crisis in Mass courts — defendants without lawyers. Rubik’s Cube World Champion, 2025 Amherst H.S. grad, Levi Gibson – absolutely amazing! Champions for, decency & due process — UU’s David Roitman & CBI’s Sara Weinberger: Sunday’s “Vigil for the Disappeared.” Northampton Jazz Festival's Ruth Griggs w/ internationally acclaimed guitarist Tony Davis — coming to Nhmptn.

7/31/25: Champion for Justice, atty David Hoose: the crisis in Mass courts — defendants without lawyers. Rubik’s Cube World Champion, 2025 Amherst H.S. grad, Levi Gibson – absolutely amazing! Champions for, decency & due process -- UU’s David Roitman & CBI’s Sara Weinberger: Sunday...

07/30/2025

7/30/25: Buz and Dan on Soc Security Administration. UMass Amherst Prof Gerald Epstein: Trump’s economic policies. Brian Adams w/ Sr Conservation Ecologist Tom Lautzenheiser of MA Audubon: canines (coyote, fox & wolves) & felines (bobcat & mountain lions) in WMass. Florentine Films/Hott Productions's Larry Hott w/ Brian Adams on Larry’s film “The Wilderness Idea.”

7/30/25: Buz and Dan on Soc Security Administration. Prof Gerald Epstein: Trump's economic policies. Brian Adams w/ Sr Conservation Ecologist Tom Lautzenheiser of MA Audubon: canines (coyote, fox & wolves) & felines (bobcat & mountain lions) in WMass. Larry Hott w/ Brian Adams on Larry's...

07/29/2025

7/29/25: City Stage Pres Burns Maxey & Treas Mike Tautznik: the community’s success & the creative economy. Sports Man! Scott Coen on Sunday’s Hall of Fame inductees, the Sox & Yanks. Amherst College Prof of Psychology Catherine Sanderson: why and when groups become mobs (e.g. Jan 6). Hampshire College's Michael Klare on Ukraine, Gaza, & Syria, Trump, Putin & Netanyahu.

7/29/25: City Stage Pres Burns Maxey & Treas Mike Tautznik: the community’s success & the creative economy. Sports Man! Scott Coen on Sunday’s Hall of Fame inductees, the Sox & Yanks. Amherst Prof of Psychology Catherine Sanderson: why and when groups become mobs (e.g. Jan 6). Michae...

07/28/2025

7/28/25: CODEPINK founder Madea Benjamin: tonight’s event – Gaza today. Megan Zinn w/ Forbes Bd Chair Katy Wight “watcha’ readin’?” UMass Amherst Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the state of reparations in W. Mass. Town of Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: opioid settlement funds & reparations money.

7/28/25: CODEPINK founder Madea Benjamin: tonight's event – Gaza today. Megan Zinn w/ Forbes Bd Chair Katy Wight "watcha' readin'?" UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the state of reparations in W. Mass. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: opioid settlement funds & reparations money.

07/28/2025

7/25/25: MTA Pres Max Page: religion determining K-12 curriculum? State Representative Mindy Dombb: the fight for food. Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate CEO Adam Hinds: advice and consent. John Feffer: his play “The Wedding Jester.” Donnabelle Casisle w/ Sierra Myers & Christine White from Art for the Soul Gallery: “Where Light Speaks.”

7/25/25: MTA Pres Max Page: religion determining K-12 curriculum? Rep Mindy Domb: the fight for food. Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: advice and consent. John Feffer: his play "The Wedding Jester." Donnabelle Casis w/ Sierra Myers & Christine White from Art for the Soul Gallery: "Where Light Speaks...

07/21/2025

7/21/25: New England Public Media Pres Matt Abramovitz on devastating cuts to public radio & television. Megan Zinn w/ UMass Amherst English Prof Jenny Adams: reading, writing & thinking. Ehmptn Interim Mayor Salem Derby: 4 days on the job. Immigration Atty Stacy Tolchin: ICE’s roving raids on immigrants.

7/21/25: NEPM Pres Matt Abramovitz on devastating cuts to public radio & television. Megan Zinn w/ UMass English Prof Jenny Adams: reading, writing & thinking. Ehmptn Interim Mayor Salem Derby: 4 days on the job. Immigration Atty Stacy Tolchin: ICE’s roving raids on immigrants.