Speaking Up, Speaking Out

Speaking Up, Speaking Out

3/19/26: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on Covid, flu, allergies, & vaccinations.

DHG & Gfld Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: ICE grabs local men, Citizen of the Year Patricia Thayer, & school funding.

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

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

Celebrate the Children of Resistance

Celebrate the Children of Resistance
3/18/26: Robert Meeropol, Founder, Rosenberg Fund for Children, on Angela Davis coming to Northampton.
Mary Witt—singing LIVE in studio—“Singing Spring In” this Sunday.
Jenny Powers, Dir, Spld Science Museum: “Dinosaurs Still Live!”
Larry Hott: And the Oscar deservedly goes to…

Past, Present and Future

Past, Present and Future
3/17/26: Bill & Carrie Baker FishWrap weapons of mass distraction.
Sue Kassirer: the Art for the Earth exhibit in Leverett
Josh Shanley: the Great Flood of March,1936 & are we safe now?
Our monthly Comedy Quiz — come play Hat Tricks.
Feminist Futures — Smith Prof Carrie Baker w/ WAM Theater Artistic Director Genee Coreno: women, art, activism & mobilizing.

Neighborism

Neighborism
3/16/26: Olivia Aguilar, MHC Prof & Dir of Miller Worley Ctr for the Environment: “A Latine Outdoor Experience.”
Megan Zinn w/ Anne Fadiman on “Frog and Other Essays” coming to Broadside.
Oscars Recap & Reactions w/ Megan Zinn & Kerstin Nordstrom.
MA LUCE Immigrant Justice Hotline w/ Lena Entin & Michael Kane.

We Remember

We Remember

3/13/26: We remember Paki Wieland.

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

Josh Silver: the politics of the War.

Edo Mor: the Valley’s music scene.

“Mean Girls” at NHS.  

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

We the People

We the People

3/12/26: We The People—EHS teacher Kelly Brown & three students—on their way to the National Championship!

Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: reflections on today’s world.

The housing crisis here with John Bidwell (Way Finders) Laura Bandara (Pioneer Valley Planning Comm) & Kerry Spitzer (UMass Donahue Inst).

Remembering Natalie Graves.

Preparing & Repairing

Preparing & Repairing

3/11/26: Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: fighting ICE & repairing potholes.

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

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

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

Voices from Inside

Voices from Inside

3/10/26: Mean Girls @ NHS w/ Dave Grout & Ruby Ferrari – performing/singing LIVE in studio!
Rep Patricia Duffy: the Protect Act – restraining ICE in Mass.
Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: school budget crises.
Mass Review Ex Ed Britt Rusert: the Incarceration and Family issue – inside the razor wire.
Talkin Baseball w/ Duke Goldman: Spring training, World Baseball Classic, balls & strikes.

Doing and Undoing

Doing and Undoing

3/9/26: Country Joe remembered. Megan Zinn w/ Lindy West: her on-the-road memoir “Adult Braces.” Megan Zinn w/ political novelist Ellen Meeropol: “Sometimes an Island,” – life after the Undoing. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: silenced sirens & Holyoke’s Irish tradition. UMass Middle East Prof David Mednicoff: the Iran War, nukes & int’l law.

Explosive Content

Explosive Content

3/6/26: Hampshire Coll Prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the Iran War & other Black Holes.

MTA Pres Max Page: AP scores –we’re no.1!, rural school $, the Bright Act & the tax cut referendum.

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

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