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5/22/26 (Co-Host Josh Silver)

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

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.

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?

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

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

Remember

5/21/26

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

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

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.

All that Jazz with Ruth Griggs, Paul Arslanian & Tap Dance percussionist Alexis Robbins—Wow!  Coming to the Northampton Jazz Workshop.

Focal Local

5/20/26(Co-Host Brian Adams)

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

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

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 snakes.

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

The Buzz in Paradise

5/19/26 (Co-Host – Carrie Baker)

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.

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.

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

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.

Wars and Pieces

5/18/26 (Co-Host Megan Zinn)

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

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

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

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

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

Caveats

Caveats

5/15/26 (Co-Host Buz Eisenberg)

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).

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.

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

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

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

Klaring Things Up

5/14/26 (Co-Host Buz Eisenberg)

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

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

Buz and Bill on local overrides and Prop 2 ½.

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

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.

Illusions and Delusions

5/13/26 (Co-Host Brian Adams)

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?

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

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.

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

Getting from Here to There

5/12/26 (co-host Prof Amilcar Shabazz)

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

Hadley School Superintendent Anne McKenzie: the proposed overrides – the people will decide soon.

National Bike Month, Baystate Bike Month & Northampton Bike Week w/ George Kohout, Pres, Friends of Northampton Trails & Rick Ranti, Coordinator, Bikes for All:
with whom, how, where, when and why ride & this week’s trips and events.

Duke Goldman w/Andy (A.M) Gittlitz, author of “The Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team.”

Author! Author!

5/11/26 (Co-Host Megan Zinn)

Safe Passage Exec Dir Marianne Winter & author Patricia Lee Lewis: “Story Telling as Healing, the event at 33 Hawley.”

Novelist Joanna Margaret: “The Daughters” –a thriller, a preview of her Odyssey Bookshop reading this Wednesday.

Jarrett Krosoczka: RISE Fest—an amazing literary and art event of, by and for young people at Northampton HS.

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