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12/10/2025

12/10/25: Amherst Council Pres Lynn Griesemer: the state of the town, schools, capital projects & $. Bob Schraeder, owner-operator, Chestnut Mountain Tree Farm: yr Christmas tree. Andre′ Boulay, co-owner, A2Z Toy Store: way too much fun! & yr gifts. Larry Florentine Films/Hott Productions highly recommends “Soul of a Nation” & “Thank You Very Much.”

12/10/25: Amherst Council Pres Lynn Griesemer: the state of the town, schools, capital projects & $. Bob Schraeder, owner-operator, Chestnut Mountain Tree Farm: yr Christmas tree. Andre′ Boulay, co-owner, A2Z Toy Store: way too much fun! & yr gifts. Larry Hott highly recommends “Soul of ...

12/09/2025

12/9/25: Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: AI in schools. Kim Wolcott from Racial Justice Rising: Kwanza in Greenfield. Nation Mag Defense Corr Hampshire College Michale Klare: the National Security Strategy & Ukraine. Duke Goldman w/ Robert Fitts: “In the Japanese Ballpark– Behind the Scenes…”

12/9/25: Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: AI in schools. Kim Wolcott from Racial Justice Rising: Kwanza in Greenfield. Nation Mag Defense Corr Michale Klare: the National Security Strategy & Ukraine. Duke Goldman w/ Robert Fitts: “In the Japanese Ballpark-- Behind the Scenes…”

12/09/2025

12/8/25: Mass banned Christmas — Historian Tim Blagg explains. Megan Zinn w/ Joanna Sokol: “A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance.” Laurie Millman, Dir. Ctr for New Americans, & Narissa Nields – performing LIVE in studio. UMass Amherst Dr. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Amherst Area Gospel Choir’s Jacqueline Wallace & Holla Heather Lord, performing a ca****la.

12/8/25: Mass banned Christmas -- Historian Tim Blagg explains. Megan Zinn w/ Joanna Sokol: “ A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance.” Laurie Millman, Dir. Ctr for New Americans, & Narissa Nields - performing LIVE in studio. Dr. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Amherst Area Gospel Choir’s Jacqueli...

12/07/2025

Thanks to all who supported Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage! More pics to come!

12/03/2025

12/3/25: Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage’s Marianne Winters, Natalie Ulrich & Amanda Lapierre. Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan: prosecuting domestic violence. UMass Amherst Prof Bethany Bradley: invasions of invasive species here.
Florentine Films/Hott Productions w/ Larry Hott: the Academy Awards & “All God’s Children.”

12/3/25: Safe Passage’s Marianne Winters, Natalie Ulrich & Amanda Lapierre. D.A. Dave Sullivan: prosecuting domestic violence. UMass Prof Bethany Bradley: invasions of invasive species here. Cool Films w/ Larry Hott: the Academy Awards & “All God’s Children.”

12/03/2025

12/2: Sen Paul Mark: legislators dress code! book bans & food insecurity. Sci-Tech Cafe w/ Mount Holyoke College Profs Kerstin Nordstrom & Ted Gilliland: birds. Harvard University prof James Hankins, co-author of “The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition.” Rich Michaelson w/ local poet Aiyana Masla: “The Underdream.”

12/2: Sen Paul Mark: legislators dress code! book bans & food insecurity. Sci-Tech Cafe w/ MHC Profs Kerstin Nordstrom & Ted Gilliland: birds. Harvard prof James Hankins, co-author of “The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition.” Rich Michaelson w/ local poet Aiyana Masla: “...

12/03/2025

12/1/25: Court Dorsey, Joe Laur, Izzy Miller & Steve Eldredge: “Swamped.” Megan Zinn w/ Linda Summersea : “The Girl with the Black and Blue Doll,” a memoir.
Rev Carole Bull & activist Crystal Zevan: daily updates from Gaza. Gina-Louise Sciarra for Mayor of Northampton: the election & its aftermath.

12/1/25: Court Dorsey, Joe Laur, Izzy Miller & Steve Eldredge: “Swamped.” Megan Zinn w/ Linda Summersea : “The Girl with the Black and Blue Doll,” a memoir. Rev Carole Bull & activist Crystal Zevan: daily updates from Gaza. N’ton Mayor GL Sciarra: the election & its aftermath.

11/17/2025

Originally recorded on November 17, 2025. Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio called the Legislature an “authoritarian regime.” Diana explains that comment, her saga to audit the legislature, and her latest ballot initiative to revamp the public record law in Massachusetts.

Originally recorded on November 17, 2025. Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio called the Legislature an "authoritarian regime." Diana explains that comment, her saga to audit the legislature, and her latest ballot initiative to revamp the public record law in Massachusetts. Diana DiZoglio for...

11/17/2025

Originally aired on November 15th, 2025. Noah Modie of the Oxbow Design Build Cooperative on the housing crisis. What is the state of housing in western Massachusetts? Why is it so expensive to build? What is actually driving up the material costs of building? Why can’t we produce more skilled labor? What role does the financial sector play? And are higher building costs necessarily a bad thing? Noah answers all of those questions and more on this episode.

Originally aired on November 15th, 2025. Noah Modie of the Oxbow Design Build Cooperative on the housing crisis. What is the state of housing in western Massachusetts? Why is it so expensive to build? What is actually driving up the material costs of building? Why can't we produce more skilled labor...

11/17/2025

Originally recorded on November 13th, 2025. 76 votes. That’s all that separated Jillian Duclos from winning the Northampton (MA) mayoral race on November 4th. She shares her campaign story, the major challenges ahead, and offers an optimistic vision for the future of Northampton.

Originally recorded on November 13th, 2025. 76 votes. That's all that separated Jillian Duclos from winning the Northampton (MA) mayoral race on November 4th. She shares her campaign story, the major challenges ahead, and offers an optimistic vision for the future of Northampton.