WHMP Radio

6/22/26, Co-Host -- Megan Zinn Nate Woodard, recent Gfld H.S. grad; Co-Chair, Gfld Human Rts Comm'n; Student Trustee, Gfld Community College; Youth Leader, Communities that Care Coalition: his extraordinary journey from homelessness & his goal of becoming President. Laura Zigman—coming to the Odyssey this Wednesday on her new work “The Author Weekend.” (Megan Zinn loves this author.) Harvard Law School Criminal Law Prof Alexandra Natapoff: “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance” – race, class & justice for sale. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Sam Giffen: Hampshire College update, the revised budget, celebrating Pride, upcoming fireworks, & Reading Frederick Douglass Together.

6/22/26, Co-Host -- Megan Zinn Nate Woodard, recent Gfld H.S. grad; Co-Chair, Gfld Human Rts Comm'n; Student Trustee, Gfld Community College; Youth Leader, Communities that Care Coalition: his extraordinary journey from homelessness & his goal of becoming President. Laura Zigman—coming to the Odyssey this Wednesday on her new work “The Author Weekend.” (Megan Zinn loves this author.) Harvard Law School Criminal Law Prof Alexandra Natapoff: “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance” – race, class & justice for sale. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Sam Giffen: Hampshire College update, the revised budget, celebrating Pride, upcoming fireworks, & Reading Frederick Douglass Together.

6/22/26, Co-Host -- Megan Zinn Nate Woodard, recent Gfld H.S. grad; Co-Chair, Gfld Human Rts Comm'n; Student Trustee, Gfld Community College; Youth Leader, Communities that Care Coalition: his extraordinary journey from homelessness & his goal of becoming President. Laura Zigman—coming to the Odyssey this Wednesday on her new work “The Author Weekend.” (Megan Zinn loves this author.) Harvard Law School Criminal Law Prof Alexandra Natapoff: “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance” – race, class & justice for sale. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Sam Giffen: Hampshire College update, the revised budget, celebrating Pride, upcoming fireworks, & Reading Frederick Douglass Together.

6/22/26, Co-Host -- Megan Zinn Nate Woodard, recent Gfld H.S. grad; Co-Chair, Gfld Human Rts Comm'n; Student Trustee, Gfld Community College; Youth Leader, Communities that Care Coalition: his extraordinary journey from homelessness & his goal of becoming President. Laura Zigman—coming to the Odyssey this Wednesday on her new work “The Author Weekend.” (Megan Zinn loves this author.) Harvard Law School Criminal Law Prof Alexandra Natapoff: “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance” – race, class & justice for sale. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Sam Giffen: Hampshire College update, the revised budget, celebrating Pride, upcoming fireworks, & Reading Frederick Douglass Together.

What happens when one mistake follows you for the rest of your life?  Dr. Sheena Meade, CEO of the Clean Slate Initiative, calls it ‘invisible cages' and for her it was 2004 and an $87 bounced check that led to her arrest. Despite making restitution, that arrest still appears on her record, today, and has created a lifelong lesson about second chances, collateral consequences, and turning her pain into purpose. These barriers are not lost on Sheena as there are millions of Americans still in invisible cages, even long after they've paid their debt to society. It was Sheena's personal journey that led her to becoming one of the nation's leading voices for automatic record clearance, criminal justice reform, the importance of owning your narrative, and how it is possible to emerge from life's most difficult moments. This is a conversation about resilience, redemption, freedom, and what it truly means to live your legacy out loud.

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

6/18/26 (Host – Buz Eisenberg) Dr. Kathy Bullock Singer & Professor Emerita of Music Berea College: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Tour” a multi-state concert tour and musical pilgrimage retracing the paths of the Underground Railroad At Bombyx Sun June 21 Concert: 4:00pm Extra Extra with DHG & Gfld Recorder Executive Editor Dan Crowley: Neal cancels debate appearance, no to data centers in Holyoke, & man not found not guilty after 28 years in prison. Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Rocker June Millington on her upcoming performance at The Green River Festival Friday at 545 & Saturday at 430 All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs, Pres of the Northampton Jazz Festival, & Jennifer Schantz, Exec Dir of The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art & Brian Pinkney, Illustrator of children's books: Jerry Pinkney exhibit opening; Sunset Thursdays, and jazz and art collaboration at The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst.

6/18/26 (Host – Buz Eisenberg) Dr. Kathy Bullock Singer & Professor Emerita of Music Berea College: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Tour” a multi-state concert tour and musical pilgrimage retracing the paths of the Underground Railroad At Bombyx Sun June 21 Concert: 4:00pm Extra Extra with DHG & Gfld Recorder Executive Editor Dan Crowley: Neal cancels debate appearance, no to data centers in Holyoke, & man not found not guilty after 28 years in prison. Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Rocker June Millington on her upcoming performance at The Green River Festival Friday at 545 & Saturday at 430 All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs, Pres of the Northampton Jazz Festival, & Jennifer Schantz, Exec Dir of The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art & Brian Pinkney, Illustrator of children's books: Jerry Pinkney exhibit opening; Sunset Thursdays, and jazz and art collaboration at The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst.

6/18/26 (Host – Buz Eisenberg) Dr. Kathy Bullock Singer & Professor Emerita of Music Berea College: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Tour” a multi-state concert tour and musical pilgrimage retracing the paths of the Underground Railroad At Bombyx Sun June 21 Concert: 4:00pm Extra Extra with DHG & Gfld Recorder Executive Editor Dan Crowley: Neal cancels debate appearance, no to data centers in Holyoke, & man found not guilty after 28 years in prison. Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Rocker June Millington on her upcoming performance at The Green River Festival Friday at 545 & Saturday at 430 All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs, Pres of the Northampton Jazz Festival, & Jennifer Schantz, Exec Dir of The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art & Brian Pinkney, Illustrator of children's books: Jerry Pinkney exhibit opening; Sunset Thursdays, and jazz and art collaboration at The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst.

6/18/26 (Host – Buz Eisenberg) Dr. Kathy Bullock Singer & Professor Emerita of Music Berea College: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Tour” a multi-state concert tour and musical pilgrimage retracing the paths of the Underground Railroad At Bombyx Sun June 21 Concert: 4:00pm Extra Extra with DHG & Gfld Recorder Executive Editor Dan Crowley: Neal cancels debate appearance, no to data centers in Holyoke, & man not found not guilty after 28 years in prison. Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Rocker June Millington on her upcoming performance at The Green River Festival Friday at 545 & Saturday at 430 All That Jazz w/ Ruth Griggs, Pres of the Northampton Jazz Festival, & Jennifer Schantz, Exec Dir of The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art & Brian Pinkney, Illustrator of children's books: Jerry Pinkney exhibit opening; Sunset Thursdays, and jazz and art collaboration at The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst.

6/17/26 (Host Brian Adams) Coen from Demilitarize Western Mass: L3Harris in Northampton, confronting the military industrial complex. Pamela Petro: Guggenheim Foundation award winner & Smith College Professor: her future book Haunts & Haunting: ghosts on Cape Cod & beyond Lexi Polokoff & Dan Ingram from Climate Action Now : Battling climate change by supporting local farmers Larry Hott & Kathy Mellon from Movement Voter Project: shifting culture, winning power, & shaping policy

6/17/26 (Host Brian Adams) Coen from Demilitarize Western Mass: L3Harris in Northampton, confronting the military industrial complex. Pamela Petro: Guggenheim Foundation award winner & Smith College Professor: her future book Haunts & Haunting: ghosts on Cape Cod & beyond Lexi Polokoff & Dan Ingram from Climate Action Now : Battling climate change by supporting local farmers Larry Hott & Kathy Mellon from Movement Voter Project: shifting culture, winning power, & shaping policy

6/17/26 (Host Brian Adams) Coen from Demilitarize Western Mass: L3Harris in Northampton, confronting the military industrial complex. Pamela Petro: Guggenheim Foundation award winner & Smith College Professor: her future book Haunts & Haunting: ghosts on Cape Cod & beyond Lexi Polokoff & Dan Ingram from Climate Action Now : Battling climate change by supporting local farmers Larry Hott & Kathy Mellon from Movement Voter Project: shifting culture, winning power, & shaping policy

6/17/26 (Host Brian Adams) Coen from Demilitarize Western Mass: L3Harris in Northampton, confronting the military industrial complex. Pamela Petro: Guggenheim Foundation award winner & Smith College Professor: her future book Haunts & Haunting: ghosts on Cape Cod & beyond Lexi Polokoff & Dan Ingram from Climate Action Now : Battling climate change by supporting local farmers Larry Hott & Kathy Mellon from Movement Voter Project: shifting culture, winning power, & shaping policy

6/16/26 (Host- Amilcar Shabazz) Michael Lawrence-Riddell, Founder of Self-Evident Education, on their new film “Get a Mule, 40 Acres or So…” at the Northampton Center for the Arts this Saturday at 4:00. Lily Sexton— performing LIVE in studio—brilliant and beautiful music—a preview of her Splendid Torch Band's performance at the Green River Festival on Friday. ReBelle's Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: previewing their Juneteenth performance Saturday at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton. The Happier Valley Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Banjamin, Scott Braidman & Allison Reding w/ Dr. Shabazz as scorekeeper—the topic --flags of the world. Prof Michale Klare: War and Peace, Iran & Ukraine.

6/16/26 (Host- Amilcar Shabazz) Michael Lawrence-Riddell, Founder of Self-Evident Education, on their new film “Get a Mule, 40 Acres or So…” at the Northampton Center for the Arts this Saturday at 4:00. Lily Sexton— performing LIVE in studio—brilliant and beautiful music—a preview of her Splendid Torch Band's performance at the Green River Festival on Friday. ReBelle's Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: previewing their Juneteenth performance Saturday at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton. The Happier Valley Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Banjamin, Scott Braidman & Allison Reding w/ Dr. Shabazz as scorekeeper—the topic --flags of the world. Prof Michale Klare: War and Peace, Iran & Ukraine.

6/16/26 (Host- Amilcar Shabazz) Michael Lawrence-Riddell, Founder of Self-Evident Education, on their new film “Get a Mule, 40 Acres or So…” at the Northampton Center for the Arts this Saturday at 4:00. Lily Sexton— performing LIVE in studio—brilliant and beautiful music—a preview of her Splendid Torch Band's performance at the Green River Festival on Friday. ReBelle's Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: previewing their Juneteenth performance Saturday at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton. The Happier Valley Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Banjamin, Scott Braidman & Allison Reding w/ Dr. Shabazz as scorekeeper—the topic --flags of the world. Prof Michale Klare: War and Peace, Iran & Ukraine.

6/16/26 (Host- Amilcar Shabazz) Michael Lawrence-Riddell, Founder of Self-Evident Education, on their new film “Get a Mule, 40 Acres or So…” at the Northampton Center for the Arts this Saturday at 4:00. Lily Sexton— performing LIVE in studio—brilliant and beautiful music—a preview of her Splendid Torch Band's performance at the Green River Festival on Friday. ReBelle's Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: previewing their Juneteenth performance Saturday at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton. The Happier Valley Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Banjamin, Scott Braidman & Allison Reding w/ Dr. Shabazz as scorekeeper—the topic --flags of the world. Prof Michale Klare: War and Peace, Iran & Ukraine.

6/16/26 (Host- Amilcar Shabazz) Michael Lawrence-Riddell, Founder of Self-Evident Education, on their new film “Get a Mule, 40 Acres or So…” at the Northampton Center for the Arts this Saturday at 4:00. Lily Sexton— performing LIVE in studio—brilliant and beautiful music—a preview of her Splendid Torch Band's performance at the Green River Festival on Friday. ReBelle's Manou Africa & Kalpana Devi: previewing their Juneteenth performance Saturday at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton. The Happier Valley Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Banjamin, Scott Braidman & Allison Reding w/ Dr. Shabazz as scorekeeper—the topic --flags of the world. Prof Michale Klare: War and Peace, Iran & Ukraine.

6/15/26: (Co-Host - Megan Zinn) The River's Steve Sanderson previews this coming weekend's Green River Festival. Megan and Bill Fishwrap the just-announced ceasefire with Iran. Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Smith Prof Heather Able on her new novel “The Emilies,” set in Northampton. The book launch tomorrow, presented by the Odyssey. Mayors Monday: Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on the Override, the possible recount, FIFA World Cup Watch Parties & interactions on Facebook. Sex Matters: Jane Fleishman w/ Karen Rayne, co-authors of a new book about young people with problematic sexual behavior, published by Unhushed.

6/15/26: (Co-Host - Megan Zinn) The River's Steve Sanderson previews this coming weekend's Green River Festival. Megan and Bill Fishwrap the just-announced ceasefire with Iran. Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Smith Prof Heather Able on her new novel “The Emilies,” set in Northampton. The book launch tomorrow, presented by the Odyssey. Mayors Monday: Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on the Override, the possible recount, FIFA World Cup Watch Parties & interactions on Facebook. Sex Matters: Jane Fleishman w/ Karen Rayne, co-authors of a new book about young people with problematic sexual behavior, published by Unhushed.

6/15/26: (Co-Host - Megan Zinn) The River's Steve Sanderson previews this coming weekend's Green River Festival. Megan and Bill Fishwrap the just-announced ceasefire with Iran. Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Smith Prof Heather Able on her new novel “The Emilies,” set in Northampton. The book launch tomorrow, presented by the Odyssey. Mayors Monday: Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on the Override, the possible recount, FIFA World Cup Watch Parties & interactions on Facebook. Sex Matters: Jane Fleishman w/ Karen Rayne, co-authors of a new book about young people with problematic sexual behavior, published by Unhushed.

6/15/26: (Co-Host - Megan Zinn) The River's Steve Sanderson previews this coming weekend's Green River Festival. Megan and Bill Fishwrap the just-announced ceasefire with Iran. Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Smith Prof Heather Able on her new novel “The Emilies,” set in Northampton. The book launch tomorrow, presented by the Odyssey. Mayors Monday: Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on the Override, the possible recount, FIFA World Cup Watch Parties & interactions on Facebook. Sex Matters: Jane Fleishman w/ Karen Rayne, co-authors of a new book about young people with problematic sexual behavior, published by Unhushed.

6/15/26: (Co-Host - Megan Zinn) The River's Steve Sanderson previews this coming weekend's Green River Festival. Megan and Bill Fishwrap the just-announced ceasefire with Iran. Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Smith Prof Heather Able on her new novel “The Emilies,” set in Northampton. The book launch tomorrow, presented by the Odyssey. Mayors Monday: Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby on the Override, the possible recount, FIFA World Cup Watch Parties & interactions on Facebook. Sex Matters: Jane Fleishman w/ Karen Rayne, co-authors of a new book about young people with problematic sexual behavior, published by Unhushed.

At Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon, there's a simple belief: no woman should walk alone. This week we're speaking with prison scholar, educator, researcher, advocate and Safe Ride creator, Dr. Taryn VanderPyl. For more than a decade, Taryn has worked alongside incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, listening to their experiences and helping amplify voices too often left out of conversations about justice and rehabilitation. The discussion explores the surprising role of prison Lifers Clubs, the power of peer accountability, and the creation of the Transformative Justice Community (TJC). Taryn shares how a group of incarcerated women helped design CREW, an innovative reentry initiative focused on trauma recovery, safe transportation, housing support, and protecting vulnerable women from exploitation and trafficking upon release. The conversation also examines post-incarceration syndrome, the emotional realities of reentry, the importance of community, and why those with lived experience are often best equipped to guide others through the journey home. This episode is a powerful look at healing, accountability, second chances, and the women working to ensure that no one leaves prison alone.

Western Mass Business Show on 6.13.26 – Zoar Outdoor by WHMP Radio

6/12/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page w/ Congressional Candidate Mariah Lancaster: running for an open seat for the 6th Congressional District, Primary in September Director Rose Schwietz Malla, Assistant Director Hia Ghosh, Actor Caleb Koval: Silverthorne Theater Company's Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Performances now through June 21 at Hampshire College Theater (Emily Dickinson Hall). Director Jen Polins: The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought presents Hatchery Dance Company's Asteroid B-612: A Love Story inspired by The Little Prince at The Workroom Theater in Northampton. June 12 (sold out) & June 13 2 & 730 pm Josh Silver: Easthampton Override & Easthampton's World Cup Watch Parties MTA President Max Page & Senator Ed Markey: Public Education, The Big Ugly Bill & Markey facing Seth Moulton for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the September 1 primary.

6/12/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page w/ Congressional Candidate Mariah Lancaster: running for an open seat for the 6th Congressional District, Primary in September Director Rose Schwietz Malla, Assistant Director Hia Ghosh, Actor Caleb Koval: Silverthorne Theater Company's Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Performances now through June 21 at Hampshire College Theater (Emily Dickinson Hall). Director Jen Polins: The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought presents Hatchery Dance Company's Asteroid B-612: A Love Story inspired by The Little Prince at The Workroom Theater in Northampton. June 12 (sold out) & June 13 2 & 730 pm Josh Silver: Easthampton Override & Easthampton's World Cup Watch Parties MTA President Max Page & Senator Ed Markey: Public Education, The Big Ugly Bill & Markey facing Seth Moulton for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the September 1 primary.

6/12/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page w/ Congressional Candidate Mariah Lancaster: running for an open seat for the 6th Congressional District, Primary in September Director Rose Schwietz Malla, Assistant Director Hia Ghosh, Actor Caleb Koval: Silverthorne Theater Company's Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Performances now through June 21 at Hampshire College Theater (Emily Dickinson Hall). Director Jen Polins: The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought presents Hatchery Dance Company's Asteroid B-612: A Love Story inspired by The Little Prince at The Workroom Theater in Northampton. June 12 (sold out) & June 13 2 & 730 pm Josh Silver: Easthampton Override & Easthampton's World Cup Watch Parties MTA President Max Page & Senator Ed Markey: Public Education, The Big Ugly Bill & Markey facing Seth Moulton for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the September 1 primary.

6/12/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page w/ Congressional Candidate Mariah Lancaster: running for an open seat for the 6th Congressional District, Primary in September Director Rose Schwietz Malla, Assistant Director Hia Ghosh, Actor Caleb Koval: Silverthorne Theater Company's Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Performances now through June 21 at Hampshire College Theater (Emily Dickinson Hall). Director Jen Polins: The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought presents Hatchery Dance Company's Asteroid B-612: A Love Story inspired by The Little Prince at The Workroom Theater in Northampton. June 12 (sold out) & June 13 2 & 730 pm Josh Silver: Easthampton Override & Easthampton's World Cup Watch Parties MTA President Max Page & Senator Ed Markey: Public Education, The Big Ugly Bill & Markey facing Seth Moulton for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the September 1 primary.

6/12/26 (Host – Josh Silver) MTA President Max Page w/ Congressional Candidate Mariah Lancaster: running for an open seat for the 6th Congressional District, Primary in September Director Rose Schwietz Malla, Assistant Director Hia Ghosh, Actor Caleb Koval: Silverthorne Theater Company's Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Performances now through June 21 at Hampshire College Theater (Emily Dickinson Hall). Director Jen Polins: The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought presents Hatchery Dance Company's Asteroid B-612: A Love Story inspired by The Little Prince at The Workroom Theater in Northampton. June 12 (sold out) & June 13 2 & 730 pm Josh Silver: Easthampton Override & Easthampton's World Cup Watch Parties MTA President Max Page & Senator Ed Markey: Public Education, The Big Ugly Bill & Markey facing Seth Moulton for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the September 1 primary.

6/11/26 (Host - Bill Newman) Amherst-Pelham School Superintendent Xiomara Herman: the accomplishments this year, the challenges and finances of the next. Live in the studio -- Django in June in Northampton: Musicians Sam Farthing, Giacomo Smith & Sami Arefin -- their music is amazing -- and Andrew Lawrence, founder and director. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: war & peace, scripture & poetry. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival, on Eugene Uman's Convergence Project @ the Vermont Jazz Center.

6/11/26 (Host - Bill Newman) Amherst-Pelham School Superintendent Xiomara Herman: the accomplishments this year, the challenges and finances of the next. Live in the studio -- Django in June in Northampton: Musicians Sam Farthing, Giacomo Smith & Sami Arefin -- their music is amazing -- and Andrew Lawrence, founder and director. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: war & peace, scripture & poetry. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival, on Eugene Uman's Convergence Project @ the Vermont Jazz Center.

6/11/26 (Host - Bill Newman) Amherst-Pelham School Superintendent Xiomara Herman: the accomplishments this year, the challenges and finances of the next. Live in the studio -- Django in June in Northampton: Musicians Sam Farthing, Giacomo Smith & Sami Arefin -- their music is amazing -- and Andrew Lawrence, founder and director. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: war & peace, scripture & poetry. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival, on Eugene Uman's Convergence Project @ the Vermont Jazz Center.

6/11/26 (Host - Bill Newman) Amherst-Pelham School Superintendent Xiomara Herman: the accomplishments this year, the challenges and finances of the next. Live in the studio -- Django in June in Northampton: Musicians Sam Farthing, Giacomo Smith & Sami Arefin -- their music is amazing -- and Andrew Lawrence, founder and director. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: war & peace, scripture & poetry. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival, on Eugene Uman's Convergence Project @ the Vermont Jazz Center.

6/10/26: Host Brian Adams Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: Budget, Overrides, Potholes & what to do with Hampshire College Cassandra Holden Founder & Executive Director of Bombyx in Florence: Arts, Equity, & Eclectic performances Jenny Green, Authenticity Chair of the Green Valley Homestead: dressing for the revolution, celebrating the 250th anniversary in style Cool Films w/ Larry Hott & Leslie Askew: In Search of Phyllis Wheatley, enslaved Genius Poet of the 18th century

6/10/26: Host Brian Adams Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: Budget, Overrides, Potholes & what to do with Hampshire College Cassandra Holden Founder & Executive Director of Bombyx in Florence: Arts, Equity, & Eclectic performances Jenny Green, Authenticity Chair of the Green Valley Homestead: dressing for the revolution, celebrating the 250th anniversary in style Cool Films w/ Larry Hott & Leslie Askew: In Search of Phyllis Wheatley, enslaved Genius Poet of the 18th century

6/10/26: Host Brian Adams Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: Budget, Overrides, Potholes & what to do with Hampshire College Cassandra Holden Founder & Executive Director of Bombyx in Florence: Arts, Equity, & Eclectic performances Jenny Green, Authenticity Chair of the Green Valley Homestead: dressing for the revolution, celebrating the 250th anniversary in style Cool Films w/ Larry Hott & Leslie Askew: In Search of Phyllis Wheatley, enslaved Genius Poet of the 18th century

6/10/26: Host Brian Adams Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: Budget, Overrides, Potholes & what to do with Hampshire College Cassandra Holden Founder & Executive Director of Bombyx in Florence: Arts, Equity, & Eclectic performances Jenny Green, Authenticity Chair of the Green Valley Homestead: dressing for the revolution, celebrating the 250th anniversary in style Cool Films w/ Larry Hott & Leslie Askew: In Search of Phyllis Wheatley, enslaved Genius Poet of the 18th century

6/9/26: Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep. Pat Duffy remembers Barney Frank, the first out gay Congressman, who recently passed. She attended the celebration of his life yesterday. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth in Northampton. Third Graders at Hadley Elementary on their lobbying efforts to make asparagus the official state vegetable—meeting the governor, their state senator and rep. Civic engagement at its best! Pat Ononibaku, Pres of Black Business Assoc of Amherst: the upcoming 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee & Black businesses in the Valley. The IL (Injury List) grows. It includes baseball itself. Why don't the owners care? We ask Duke Goldman, who also explains the masking tape over the NYY insignia on the Aaron Judge tee that Newman gave him.

6/9/26: Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep. Pat Duffy remembers Barney Frank, the first out gay Congressman, who recently passed. She attended the celebration of his life yesterday. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth in Northampton. Third Graders at Hadley Elementary on their lobbying efforts to make asparagus the official state vegetable—meeting the governor, their state senator and rep. Civic engagement at its best! Pat Ononibaku, Pres of Black Business Assoc of Amherst: the upcoming 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee & Black businesses in the Valley. The IL (Injury List) grows. It includes baseball itself. Why don't the owners care? We ask Duke Goldman, who also explains the masking tape over the NYY insignia on the Aaron Judge tee that Newman gave him.

6/9/26: Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep. Pat Duffy remembers Barney Frank, the first out gay Congressman, who recently passed. She attended the celebration of his life yesterday. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth in Northampton. Third Graders at Hadley Elementary on their lobbying efforts to make asparagus the official state vegetable—meeting the governor, their state senator and rep. Civic engagement at its best! Pat Ononibaku, Pres of Black Business Assoc of Amherst: the upcoming 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee & Black businesses in the Valley. The IL (Injury List) grows. It includes baseball itself. Why don't the owners care? We ask Duke Goldman, who also explains the masking tape over the NYY insignia on the Aaron Judge tee that Newman gave him.

6/9/26: Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep. Pat Duffy remembers Barney Frank, the first out gay Congressman, who recently passed. She attended the celebration of his life yesterday. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth in Northampton. Third Graders at Hadley Elementary on their lobbying efforts to make asparagus the official state vegetable—meeting the governor, their state senator and rep. Civic engagement at its best! Pat Ononibaku, Pres of Black Business Assoc of Amherst: the upcoming 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee & Black businesses in the Valley. The IL (Injury List) grows. It includes baseball itself. Why don't the owners care? We ask Duke Goldman, who also explains the masking tape over the NYY insignia on the Aaron Judge tee that Newman gave him.

6/9/26: Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep. Pat Duffy remembers Barney Frank, the first out gay Congressman, who recently passed. She attended the celebration of his life yesterday. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth in Northampton. Third Graders at Hadley Elementary on their lobbying efforts to make asparagus the official state vegetable—meeting the governor, their state senator and rep. Civic engagement at its best! Pat Ononibaku, Pres of Black Business Assoc of Amherst: the upcoming 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee & Black businesses in the Valley. The IL (Injury List) grows. It includes baseball itself. Why don't the owners care? We ask Duke Goldman, who also explains the masking tape over the NYY insignia on the Aaron Judge tee that Newman gave him.

6/8/26 (Co-Host -- Megan Rubiner Zinn) Author Danielle Crittenden on “Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the Unthinkable” – the death of a child. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor -- Smith History Professor, Richard Pryor's daughter and author of “Something We Said: Richard Pryor, A Notorious Word, and Me.” The Easthampton Override -- the stakes are huge -- with teacher Kelley Brown, police lieutenant Andrew Beaulieu and firefighter and EMT Cody Potasky. Yale Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn on “Gerontocracy in America: How thew Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth and What to Do About it.”

6/8/26 (Co-Host -- Megan Rubiner Zinn) Author Danielle Crittenden on “Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the Unthinkable” – the death of a child. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor -- Smith History Professor, Richard Pryor's daughter and author of “Something We Said: Richard Pryor, A Notorious Word, and Me.” The Easthampton Override -- the stakes are huge -- with teacher Kelley Brown, police lieutenant Andrew Beaulieu and firefighter and EMT Cody Potasky. Yale Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn on “Gerontocracy in America: How thew Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth and What to Do About it.”