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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What happens when decades spent behind prison walls helping others tell their stories inspires a powerful debut novel. In this episode of The Hustler Files, we sat down with longtime prison activist, educator, and author Jean Trounstine to discuss Sounds Like Trouble to Me, a gripping story shaped by the emotional realities of incarceration, abuse, survival, justice, and hope. Jean shares how years of teaching incarcerated women, directing theater pro-grams behind bars and witnessing lives transformed inside the justice system ultimately led her to write her first novel! This conversation explores the real-life experiences that inspired her characters, the emotional complexities of trauma and redemption, and the powerful stories too often hidden from public view. The discussion also takes a deeper look at women's incarceration, abuse behind prison walls, and the courage of those fighting for justice and change. It's a conversation about storytelling, humanity, and the belief that truth whether through fiction or lived experience can challenge what we think we know.

Join us as we hear from the new owners of Paradise City Arts, Elana Churnick Kritz and Mariah Swanson. They are not strangers to the arts and have developed quite a name for themselves in the art world before taking over the helm at PCA. A 30-year legacy is a hard ship to Captain, but they are taking it in stride and as a team. Please attend PCA on May 23-25 at the 3 County Fairgrounds, go to www.paradisecityarts.com for more information, times, food, and music schledue. Tune in for the surprise news, artist line up, and new showstoppers. Thank you for joining us in the excitement and fun of our local arts, business, and non-profit community.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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. Jarret Krozoska: 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.

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. Jarret Krozoska: 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.

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. Jarret Krozoska: 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.

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

5/8/26 (co-host Josh Silver) MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend's election, how the MTA actually works & this week's SJC on the income tax ballot question. Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night's passage of the Resolution about ICE, the budget, housing, Picture Main Street, school committee responsibilities, & political discourse. Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend. Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law: DOE's investigation of Smith College alleging sex discrimination due to admission of trans women. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Debra Way: “What Wears You.”

5/8/26 (co-host Josh Silver) MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend's election, how the MTA actually works & this week's SJC on the income tax ballot question. Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night's passage of the Resolution about ICE, the budget, housing, Picture Main Street, school committee responsibilities, & political discourse. Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend. Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law: DOE's investigation of Smith College alleging sex discrimination due to admission of trans women. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Debra Way: “What Wears You.”

5/8/26 (co-host Josh Silver) MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend's election, how the MTA actually works & this week's SJC on the income tax ballot question. Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night's passage of the Resolution about ICE, the budget, housing, Picture Main Street, school committee responsibilities, & political discourse. Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend. Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law: DOE's investigation of Smith College alleging sex discrimination due to admission of trans women. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Debra Way: “What Wears You.”

5/8/26 (co-host Josh Silver) MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend's election, how the MTA actually works & this week's SJC on the income tax ballot question. Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night's passage of the Resolution about ICE, the budget, housing, Picture Main Street, school committee responsibilities, & political discourse. Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend. Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law: DOE's investigation of Smith College alleging sex discrimination due to admission of trans women. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Debra Way: “What Wears You.”

5/8/26 (co-host Josh Silver) MTA Pres Max Page: this weekend's election, how the MTA actually works & this week's SJC on the income tax ballot question. Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel: last night's passage of the Resolution about ICE, the budget, housing, Picture Main Street, school committee responsibilities, & political discourse. Political Gold with Josh Silver: what recent polls portend. Erin Buzuvis, WNEU Law Professor & expert on sex discrimination law: DOE's investigation of Smith College alleging sex discrimination due to admission of trans women. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & Deborah Way: “What Wears You.”

Behind every prison sentence is a family story. In this deeply personal Mother's Day episode of The Hustler Files, you'll meet Daisy Diaz, a justice-impacted woman and mother who shares how it felt to be the ugly duckling of her family and live on the streets beginning at the age of 12. From navigating her addictions, to her rollercoaster of incarceration, and then separation from her own children, Daisy shares a raw and honest account of a life shaped by trauma yet transformed by resilience. She opens up about the emotional toll of “mother-child” visits in prison, and the reality that while one person serves the sentence, families serve time too. Now 11 years clean, Daisy reflects on rebuilding her life, repairing relationships, and stepping into her purpose: helping other women find their way forward by planting seeds for them to follow. This episode is a powerful reminder that second chances don't just change one life, they can change generations.

Western Mass Business Show on 5.9.26

5/7/26 (co-host Buz Eisenberg). Food Bank of Western Mass Dev Dir Jillian Morgan: 40%-50% of people here are food insecure. Mental Health Law Prof Frederick Vars: “Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other,” his own hospitalizations, self-help groups, meds & hope. Congressman Jim McGovern: the feds v Smith Coll, elections 2026 & the War in Iran. All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist Matt Dwonszyk: Side of Jazz @Eastside Grill.

5/7/26 (co-host Buz Eisenberg). Food Bank of Western Mass Dev Dir Jillian Morgan: 40%-50% of people here are food insecure. Mental Health Law Prof Frederick Vars: “Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other,” his own hospitalizations, self-help groups, meds & hope. Congressman Jim McGovern: the feds v Smith Coll, elections 2026 & the War in Iran. All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist Matt Dwonszyk: Side of Jazz @Eastside Grill.

5/7/26 (co-host Buz Eisenberg). Food Bank of Western Mass Dev Dir Jillian Morgan: 40%-50% of people here are food insecure. Mental Health Law Prof Frederick Vars: “Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other,” his own hospitalizations, self-help groups, meds & hope. Congressman Jim McGovern: the feds v Smith Coll, elections 2026 & the War in Iran. All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist Matt Dwonszyk: Side of Jazz @Eastside Grill.

5/7/26 (co-host Buz Eisenberg). Food Bank of Western Mass Dev Dir Jillian Morgan: 40%-50% of people here are food insecure. Mental Health Law Prof Frederick Vars: “Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other,” his own hospitalizations, self-help groups, meds & hope. Congressman Jim McGovern: the feds v Smith Coll, elections 2026 & the War in Iran. All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs & bassist Matt Dwonszyk: Side of Jazz @Eastside Grill.

5/7/26 (co-host Brian Adams): District Atty David Sullivan: the recent alleged murders at UMass & in Belchertown. Tapestry Health's Harm Reduction Program with Pedro Alvarez & Katy Lessard: savings lives in many ways, overcoming addiction. Grow Food Northampton's Helen Kahn (Tuesday Market Manager) & Aoma Muma (farmer of world veggies): passionate farming. “The Revenge of the Electric Car” – bringing back the dead—who killed them and why? With Larry Hott and Greg Goff. And which car should you buy?

5/7/26 (co-host Brian Adams): District Atty David Sullivan: the recent alleged murders at UMass & in Belchertown. Tapestry Health's Harm Reduction Program with Pedro Alvarez & Katy Lessard: savings lives in many ways, overcoming addiction. Grow Food Northampton's Helen Kahn (Tuesday Market Manager) & Aoma Muma (farmer of world veggies): passionate farming. “The Revenge of the Electric Car” – bringing back the dead—who killed them and why? With Larry Hott and Greg Goff. And which car should you buy?

5/7/26 (co-host Brian Adams): District Atty David Sullivan: the recent alleged murders at UMass & in Belchertown. Tapestry Health's Harm Reduction Program with Pedro Alvarez & Katy Lessard: savings lives in many ways, overcoming addiction. Grow Food Northampton's Helen Kahn (Tuesday Market Manager) & Aoma Muma (farmer of world veggies): passionate farming. “The Revenge of the Electric Car” – bringing back the dead—who killed them and why? With Larry Hott and Greg Goff. And which car should you buy?