Podcasts from all of the local show on WHMP Radio in Northampton, MA. including Talk the Talk with Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg, The Hustler Files, The Western Mass Business Show, and Panorama.
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump's lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump's lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump's lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump's lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
Originally aired on July 19th, 2025. Alex Leff, documentary filmmaker and podcaster comes on to discuss his Human Nature Odyssey podcast and the King is Dead, Now What? series. 236 years ago the French people threw off their chains and killed the king. What lead up to that? And, what happened the day after? Alex Leff explains it all on this podcast. What lessons does the French Revolution teach us about our current political predicament? Podcast Episode Premiere, Guided Discussion, and Potluck Gathering Potluck: bring a dish or $10 Hidden Temple (221 Pine St Suite #20, Florence, MA 01062, Florence MA) Episode premiere: sliding scale $15-30 (no one turned away for lack of funds) 6pm - Doors open and potluck begins 6:55pm - Doors close (please arrive before then) 7pm - Episode premiere 8pm - Group discussion 9pm - Gathering ends
Originally aired on July 19th, 2025. Alex Leff, documentary filmmaker and podcaster comes on to discuss his Human Nature Odyssey podcast and the King is Dead, Now What? series. 236 years ago the French people threw off their chains and killed the king. What lead up to that? And, what happened the day after? Alex Leff explains it all on this podcast. What lessons does the French Revolution teach us about our current political predicament? Podcast Episode Premiere, Guided Discussion, and Potluck Gathering Potluck: bring a dish or $10 Hidden Temple (221 Pine St Suite #20, Florence, MA 01062, Florence MA) Episode premiere: sliding scale $15-30 (no one turned away for lack of funds) 6pm - Doors open and potluck begins 6:55pm - Doors close (please arrive before then) 7pm - Episode premiere 8pm - Group discussion 9pm - Gathering ends
Originally aired on July 19th, 2025. Alex Leff, documentary filmmaker and podcaster comes on to discuss his Human Nature Odyssey podcast and the King is Dead, Now What? series. 236 years ago the French people threw off their chains and killed the king. What lead up to that? And, what happened the day after? Alex Leff explains it all on this podcast. What lessons does the French Revolution teach us about our current political predicament? Podcast Episode Premiere, Guided Discussion, and Potluck Gathering Potluck: bring a dish or $10 Hidden Temple (221 Pine St Suite #20, Florence, MA 01062, Florence MA) Episode premiere: sliding scale $15-30 (no one turned away for lack of funds) 6pm - Doors open and potluck begins 6:55pm - Doors close (please arrive before then) 7pm - Episode premiere 8pm - Group discussion 9pm - Gathering ends
Originally aired on July 19th, 2025. Alex Leff, documentary filmmaker and podcaster comes on to discuss his Human Nature Odyssey podcast and the King is Dead, Now What? series. 236 years ago the French people threw off their chains and killed the king. What lead up to that? And, what happened the day after? Alex Leff explains it all on this podcast. What lessons does the French Revolution teach us about our current political predicament? Podcast Episode Premiere, Guided Discussion, and Potluck Gathering Potluck: bring a dish or $10 Hidden Temple (221 Pine St Suite #20, Florence, MA 01062, Florence MA) Episode premiere: sliding scale $15-30 (no one turned away for lack of funds) 6pm - Doors open and potluck begins 6:55pm - Doors close (please arrive before then) 7pm - Episode premiere 8pm - Group discussion 9pm - Gathering ends
7/17/25: Smith Prof James Lowenthal: space travel & NASA cuts. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Tisha B'Av, immigrants, ICE & Israel. Local newspapers' Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Amherst Guidance Counselor, fired over ant-trans behavior, reinstated. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Dr. Lucinda Canty of Mom-&-baby-focused Lucinda's House & Anika Lopes on Ancestral Bridges.
7/17/25: Smith Prof James Lowenthal: space travel & NASA cuts. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Tisha B'Av, immigrants, ICE & Israel. Local newspapers' Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Amherst Guidance Counselor, fired over ant-trans behavior, reinstated. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Dr. Lucinda Canty of Mom-&-baby-focused Lucinda's House & Anika Lopes on Ancestral Bridges.
7/17/25: Smith Prof James Lowenthal: space travel & NASA cuts. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Tisha B'Av, immigrants, ICE & Israel. Local newspapers' Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Amherst Guidance Counselor, fired over ant-trans behavior, reinstated. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Dr. Lucinda Canty of Mom-&-baby-focused Lucinda's House & Anika Lopes on Ancestral Bridges.
7/17/25: Smith Prof James Lowenthal: space travel & NASA cuts. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Tisha B'Av, immigrants, ICE & Israel. Local newspapers' Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Amherst Guidance Counselor, fired over ant-trans behavior, reinstated. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Dr. Lucinda Canty of Mom-&-baby-focused Lucinda's House & Anika Lopes on Ancestral Bridges.
7/16/25: Bill Bowers: "Between Us" mime show at Chester Theatre w/ artistic directors Christopher Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick. Cooley Dick's Dr. Sunny Shukla's tips for staying out of the ER. Brian Adams w/ Pres Joe Curatone of Alliance for Climate Transition. Bob Cilman w/ Norma Jean Haynes on banjo, Will Amend on percussion, w/ Young@Heart Chorus 7/22 at Look Park.
7/16/25: Bill Bowers: "Between Us" mime show at Chester Theatre w/ artistic directors Christopher Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick. Cooley Dick's Dr. Sunny Shukla's tips for staying out of the ER. Brian Adams w/ Pres Joe Curatone of Alliance for Climate Transition. Bob Cilman w/ Norma Jean Haynes on banjo, Will Amend on percussion, w/ Young@Heart Chorus 7/22 at Look Park.
7/16/25: Bill Bowers: "Between Us" mime show at Chester Theatre w/ artistic directors Christopher Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick. Cooley Dick's Dr. Sunny Shukla's tips for staying out of the ER. Brian Adams w/ Pres Joe Curatone of Alliance for Climate Transition. Bob Cilman w/ Norma Jean Haynes on banjo, Will Amend on percussion, w/ Young@Heart Chorus 7/22 at Look Park.
7/16/25: Bill Bowers: "Between Us" mime show at Chester Theatre w/ artistic directors Christopher Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick. Cooley Dick's Dr. Sunny Shukla's tips for staying out of the ER. Brian Adams w/ Pres Joe Curatone of Alliance for Climate Transition. Bob Cilman w/ Norma Jean Haynes on banjo, Will Amend on percussion, w/ Young@Heart Chorus 7/22 at Look Park.
7/15/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: Trump & Scotus attack education, environs, and farms. Ehamp renters' rally tomorrow: Atty Joel Feldman w/ tenant organizer Kate Zanetta of Pleasant View--HOUSING RALLY. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Laura Patrick--BLUEBERRY. Prof. Carrie Baker w/ UMass Econ Prof Emeritus Lee Badgett, head of Koppa on the global effort to defend LGBTI+ lives & rights!
7/15/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: Trump & Scotus attack education, environs, and farms. Ehamp renters' rally tomorrow: Atty Joel Feldman w/ tenant organizer Kate Zanetta of Pleasant View--HOUSING RALLY. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Laura Patrick--BLUEBERRY. Prof. Carrie Baker w/ UMass Econ Prof Emeritus Lee Badgett, head of Koppa on the global effort to defend LGBTI+ lives & rights!
7/15/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: Trump & Scotus attack education, environs, and farms. Ehamp renters' rally tomorrow: Atty Joel Feldman w/ tenant organizer Kate Zanetta of Pleasant View--HOUSING RALLY. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Laura Patrick--BLUEBERRY. Prof. Carrie Baker w/ UMass Econ Prof Emeritus Lee Badgett, head of Koppa on the global effort to defend LGBTI+ lives & rights!
7/15/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: Trump & Scotus attack education, environs, and farms. Ehamp renters' rally tomorrow: Atty Joel Feldman w/ tenant organizer Kate Zanetta of Pleasant View--HOUSING RALLY. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Laura Patrick--BLUEBERRY. Prof. Carrie Baker w/ UMass Econ Prof Emeritus Lee Badgett, head of Koppa on the global effort to defend LGBTI+ lives & rights!
7/14/25: Dr. Angel Foster & Dr. D: the Mass Medication Abortion Access Project. Megan Zinn w/ Kate Russo, author of "Until Alison,” coming to the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: local school control & federal $miilions withheld. Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, the new state Commr of Conservation & Recreation.
7/14/25: Dr. Angel Foster & Dr. D: the Mass Medication Abortion Access Project. Megan Zinn w/ Kate Russo, author of "Until Alison,” coming to the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: local school control & federal $miilions withheld. Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, the new state Commr of Conservation & Recreation.
7/14/25: Dr. Angel Foster & Dr. D: the Mass Medication Abortion Access Project. Megan Zinn w/ Kate Russo, author of "Until Alison,” coming to the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: local school control & federal $miilions withheld. Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, the new state Commr of Conservation & Recreation.
7/14/25: Dr. Angel Foster & Dr. D: the Mass Medication Abortion Access Project. Megan Zinn w/ Kate Russo, author of "Until Alison,” coming to the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: local school control & federal $miilions withheld. Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, the new state Commr of Conservation & Recreation.
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Originally aired on July 12, 2025. Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty. Well, Dan has a Chance Encounter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette (DHG) columnist Bob Flaherty. They discuss the meaning of the No Kings protest in Granby, MA (yes, Granby). Bob answers why the Dems are so feckless in their response to the Trump administration. And Bob ends the show with a ringing endorsement of AOC for president in 2028.
Originally aired on July 12, 2025. Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty. Well, Dan has a Chance Encounter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette (DHG) columnist Bob Flaherty. They discuss the meaning of the No Kings protest in Granby, MA (yes, Granby). Bob answers why the Dems are so feckless in their response to the Trump administration. And Bob ends the show with a ringing endorsement of AOC for president in 2028.
Originally aired on July 12, 2025. Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty. Well, Dan has a Chance Encounter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette (DHG) columnist Bob Flaherty. They discuss the meaning of the No Kings protest in Granby, MA (yes, Granby). Bob answers why the Dems are so feckless in their response to the Trump administration. And Bob ends the show with a ringing endorsement of AOC for president in 2028.
Originally aired on July 12, 2025. Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty. Well, Dan has a Chance Encounter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette (DHG) columnist Bob Flaherty. They discuss the meaning of the No Kings protest in Granby, MA (yes, Granby). Bob answers why the Dems are so feckless in their response to the Trump administration. And Bob ends the show with a ringing endorsement of AOC for president in 2028.
7/10/25: We fishwrap Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle's leaving. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins—a retirement soiree. UMass econ prof Richard Wolff: Nazi Germany and Trump America's parallels. Photographer Kevin Monaghan: his exhibit "Visual(s) & Lies." Donnabelle Casis w/ printmaker Pascale Jarvis: “Transcendent Ink.”
7/10/25: We fishwrap Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle's leaving. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins—a retirement soiree. UMass econ prof Richard Wolff: Nazi Germany and Trump America's parallels. Photographer Kevin Monaghan: his exhibit "Visual(s) & Lies." Donnabelle Casis w/ printmaker Pascale Jarvis: “Transcendent Ink.”
7/10/25: We fishwrap Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle's leaving. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins—a retirement soiree. UMass econ prof Richard Wolff: Nazi Germany and Trump America's parallels. Photographer Kevin Monaghan: his exhibit "Visual(s) & Lies." Donnabelle Casis w/ printmaker Pascale Jarvis: “Transcendent Ink.”
7/10/25: We fishwrap Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle's leaving. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins—a retirement soiree. UMass econ prof Richard Wolff: Nazi Germany and Trump America's parallels. Photographer Kevin Monaghan: his exhibit "Visual(s) & Lies." Donnabelle Casis w/ printmaker Pascale Jarvis: “Transcendent Ink.”
7/10/25: We fishwrap Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle's leaving. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins—a retirement soiree. UMass econ prof Richard Wolff: Nazi Germany and Trump America's parallels. Photographer Kevin Monaghan: his exhibit "Visual(s) & Lies." Donnabelle Casis w/ printmaker Pascale Jarvis: “Transcendent Ink.”
7/10/25: Ashfield-based human rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump v. immigrants & 1st Amendment -- in Mass federal court today. Doug Selwyn & David Cohen: Single Payer in Mass NOW!! -- now more than ever. Rep Natalie Blais: Congrats to Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle -- new DCR Comm, & also, the rural resistance to Trump. Ruth Griggs w/ Kristin Neville: Spgfld Jazz & Roots Festival—opening tonight!
7/10/25: Ashfield-based human rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump v. immigrants & 1st Amendment -- in Mass federal court today. Doug Selwyn & David Cohen: Single Payer in Mass NOW!! -- now more than ever. Rep Natalie Blais: Congrats to Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle -- new DCR Comm, & also, the rural resistance to Trump. Ruth Griggs w/ Kristin Neville: Spgfld Jazz & Roots Festival—opening tonight!
7/10/25: Ashfield-based human rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump v. immigrants & 1st Amendment -- in Mass federal court today. Doug Selwyn & David Cohen: Single Payer in Mass NOW!! -- now more than ever. Rep Natalie Blais: Congrats to Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle -- new DCR Comm, & also, the rural resistance to Trump. Ruth Griggs w/ Kristin Neville: Spgfld Jazz & Roots Festival—opening tonight!
7/10/25: Ashfield-based human rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump v. immigrants & 1st Amendment -- in Mass federal court today. Doug Selwyn & David Cohen: Single Payer in Mass NOW!! -- now more than ever. Rep Natalie Blais: Congrats to Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle -- new DCR Comm, & also, the rural resistance to Trump. Ruth Griggs w/ Kristin Neville: Spgfld Jazz & Roots Festival—opening tonight!
7/9/25: Amherst Coun Pres Lynn Griesemer: potholes & schools. UMass Prof Kevin Young: UMass climate goals abandoned & the fed govt v. the environment. Brian Adams w/ former Arcadia Wildlife Director Jonah Keane: a magical place & a magical festival. Larry Hott reviews "Frederick Douglas -- When the Lion Wrote History & “The Speech Is the Star.”
7/9/25: Amherst Coun Pres Lynn Griesemer: potholes & schools. UMass Prof Kevin Young: UMass climate goals abandoned & the fed govt v. the environment. Brian Adams w/ former Arcadia Wildlife Director Jonah Keane: a magical place & a magical festival. Larry Hott reviews "Frederick Douglas -- When the Lion Wrote History & “The Speech Is the Star.”
7/9/25: Amherst Coun Pres Lynn Griesemer: potholes & schools. UMass Prof Kevin Young: UMass climate goals abandoned & the fed govt v. the environment. Brian Adams w/ former Arcadia Wildlife Director Jonah Keane: a magical place & a magical festival. Larry Hott reviews "Frederick Douglas -- When the Lion Wrote History & “The Speech Is the Star.”
7/9/25: Amherst Coun Pres Lynn Griesemer: potholes & schools. UMass Prof Kevin Young: UMass climate goals abandoned & the fed govt v. the environment. Brian Adams w/ former Arcadia Wildlife Director Jonah Keane: a magical place & a magical festival. Larry Hott reviews "Frederick Douglas -- When the Lion Wrote History & “The Speech Is the Star.”
7/8/25: Bill & Buz: fed cuts = state cuts = local cuts. Todd Gazda, Ed Collab Dir, returning to his elementary school as the principal: “I miss kids!” Actors Rona Leventhal & Patric Madden: "Torch Song." Duke Goldman: Yanks, Sox & Mets, the All-Star Game & 10 Red Sox visiting Trump.
7/8/25: Bill & Buz: fed cuts = state cuts = local cuts. Todd Gazda, Ed Collab Dir, returning to his elementary school as the principal: “I miss kids!” Actors Rona Leventhal & Patric Madden: "Torch Song." Duke Goldman: Yanks, Sox & Mets, the All-Star Game & 10 Red Sox visiting Trump.
7/8/25: Bill & Buz: fed cuts = state cuts = local cuts. Todd Gazda, Ed Collab Dir, returning to his elementary school as the principal: “I miss kids!” Actors Rona Leventhal & Patric Madden: "Torch Song." Duke Goldman: Yanks, Sox & Mets, the All-Star Game & 10 Red Sox visiting Trump.
7/8/25: Bill & Buz: fed cuts = state cuts = local cuts. Todd Gazda, Ed Collab Dir, returning to his elementary school as the principal: “I miss kids!” Actors Rona Leventhal & Patric Madden: "Torch Song." Duke Goldman: Yanks, Sox & Mets, the All-Star Game & 10 Red Sox visiting Trump.
7/7/25: Atty Jack Godleski on Bar Advocates' (MA public defenders) work stoppage. Megan Zinn w/ Sarah MacLean: "These Summer Storms." Sen Jo Comerford on legislature's need to preserve women's rt to health care, defendant's rt to counsel, & bracing for impact of fed cuts. Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra explains the budget and contingencies.