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1/22/26: Ruth Griggs w/Dave Haughey & Natalie Padilla: “Cello & Chocolate” @ Bombyx. ACLU of Mass Exec Dir Carol Rose: how you can resist-- now, today, really! Rabbi David Seidenberg: ICE, Rabbinic resistance, religious extremism & Tu BiShvat. Nanette Vonnegut & ACLU of Utah atty Tom Ford: their lawsuit against book banning, including “Slaughterhouse-Five.”
Proof 1/8/26: Heartbeat Theater's Kimberly Gaughan & Jason Rose-Langston on “Proof.” Human rts atty Laura Pitter: Trump's justifications for ICE's killing & Maduro's abduction. UMass Prof Cole Fitzpatrick: new local data on car fatalities. Ruth Griggs w/ Valley Jazz Voices Dir Jeff Olmsted: Saturday's fabulous concert @ Bombyx.
Proof 1/8/26: Heartbeat Theater's Kimberly Gaughan & Jason Rose-Langston on “Proof.” Human rts atty Laura Pitter: Trump's justifications for ICE's killing & Maduro's abduction. UMass Prof Cole Fitzpatrick: new local data on car fatalities. Ruth Griggs w/ Valley Jazz Voices Dir Jeff Olmsted: Saturday's fabulous concert @ Bombyx.
Proof 1/8/26: Heartbeat Theater's Kimberly Gaughan & Jason Rose-Langston on “Proof.” Human rts atty Laura Pitter: Trump's justifications for ICE's killing & Maduro's abduction. UMass Prof Cole Fitzpatrick: new local data on car fatalities. Ruth Griggs w/ Valley Jazz Voices Dir Jeff Olmsted: Saturday's fabulous concert @ Bombyx.
Proof 1/8/26: Heartbeat Theater's Kimberly Gaughan & Jason Rose-Langston on “Proof.” Human rts atty Laura Pitter: Trump's justifications for ICE's killing & Maduro's abduction. UMass Prof Cole Fitzpatrick: new local data on car fatalities. Ruth Griggs w/ Valley Jazz Voices Dir Jeff Olmsted: Saturday's fabulous concert @ Bombyx.
Création Frank Crittin, Sébastien Pauchon, Grégoire Largey Illustrations Felideus Bubastis Éditeur Bombyx
Melanie Slabaugh: the upcoming story slam at Bombyx
10/30/25: "Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay" with GTMO atty Joshua Colangelo-Bryan. N'ton at-large City Councilor candidate Benjamin Spencer. WHMP “Sports Guy” Scott Coen: a spectacular World Series. John Anz w/ Mark Gionfriddo: "It's The Wildest" at Bombyx 11/8.
10/30/25: "Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay" with GTMO atty Joshua Colangelo-Bryan. N'ton at-large City Councilor candidate Benjamin Spencer. WHMP “Sports Guy” Scott Coen: a spectacular World Series. John Anz w/ Mark Gionfriddo: "It's The Wildest" at Bombyx 11/8.
10/30/25: "Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay" with GTMO atty Joshua Colangelo-Bryan. N'ton at-large City Councilor candidate Benjamin Spencer. WHMP “Sports Guy” Scott Coen: a spectacular World Series. John Anz w/ Mark Gionfriddo: "It's The Wildest" at Bombyx 11/8.
10/30/25: "Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay" with GTMO atty Joshua Colangelo-Bryan. N'ton at-large City Councilor candidate Benjamin Spencer. WHMP “Sports Guy” Scott Coen: a spectacular World Series. John Anz w/ Mark Gionfriddo: "It's The Wildest" at Bombyx 11/8.
Création Charles Chevallier, Bruno Cathala, Johannes Goupy Illustrations Xavier Colette, Pascal Quidault Éditeur Bombyx
10/24/25: MTA Pres Max Page: the shutdown & the future. Rep Mindy Domb: cuts to SNAP & fuel assistance and how to resist. Emily Serafy-Cox, candidate for N'ton School Committee. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & hip-hop artist Akrobatik on Self-Evident Education. Bombyx's Cassandra Holden: events, art & community.
10/24/25: MTA Pres Max Page: the shutdown & the future. Rep Mindy Domb: cuts to SNAP & fuel assistance and how to resist. Emily Serafy-Cox, candidate for N'ton School Committee. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & hip-hop artist Akrobatik on Self-Evident Education. Bombyx's Cassandra Holden: events, art & community.
10/24/25: MTA Pres Max Page: the shutdown & the future. Rep Mindy Domb: cuts to SNAP & fuel assistance and how to resist. Emily Serafy-Cox, candidate for N'ton School Committee. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & hip-hop artist Akrobatik on Self-Evident Education. Bombyx's Cassandra Holden: events, art & community.
10/24/25: MTA Pres Max Page: the shutdown & the future. Rep Mindy Domb: cuts to SNAP & fuel assistance and how to resist. Emily Serafy-Cox, candidate for N'ton School Committee. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & hip-hop artist Akrobatik on Self-Evident Education. Bombyx's Cassandra Holden: events, art & community.
10/24/25: MTA Pres Max Page: the shutdown & the future. Rep Mindy Domb: cuts to SNAP & fuel assistance and how to resist. Emily Serafy-Cox, candidate for N'ton School Committee. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & hip-hop artist Akrobatik on Self-Evident Education. Bombyx's Cassandra Holden: events, art & community.
8/7/25: Laurie Loisel, candidate for Nhmptn City Council. Human Rts advocates Laura Pitter & Dreisen Heath: reparations both national & local. Congressman Jim McGovern: countering the Republican attack on democracy & elections. Ruth Grigg w/ Felipe Salles: preview of this weekend's amazing concert @ Bombyx.
8/7/25: Laurie Loisel, candidate for Nhmptn City Council. Human Rts advocates Laura Pitter & Dreisen Heath: reparations both national & local. Congressman Jim McGovern: countering the Republican attack on democracy & elections. Ruth Grigg w/ Felipe Salles: preview of this weekend's amazing concert @ Bombyx.
8/7/25: Laurie Loisel, candidate for Nhmptn City Council. Human Rts advocates Laura Pitter & Dreisen Heath: reparations both national & local. Congressman Jim McGovern: countering the Republican attack on democracy & elections. Ruth Grigg w/ Felipe Salles: preview of this weekend's amazing concert @ Bombyx.
8/7/25: Laurie Loisel, candidate for Nhmptn City Council. Human Rts advocates Laura Pitter & Dreisen Heath: reparations both national & local. Congressman Jim McGovern: countering the Republican attack on democracy & elections. Ruth Grigg w/ Felipe Salles: preview of this weekend's amazing concert @ Bombyx.
6/19/25: Transgender SCOTUS decision with attys Bill & Buz. Talking Red Sox with sportscaster Scott Cohn. Daily Hampshire Gazette Managing Editor Chad Cain the news fit to print. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Israel/Iran, Gaza, & Juneteenth. Ruth Griggs w/ cellist Jeremy Harman: New Directions Cello Fest at Bombyx.
6/19/25: Transgender SCOTUS decision with attys Bill & Buz. Talking Red Sox with sportscaster Scott Cohn. Daily Hampshire Gazette Managing Editor Chad Cain the news fit to print. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Israel/Iran, Gaza, & Juneteenth. Ruth Griggs w/ cellist Jeremy Harman: New Directions Cello Fest at Bombyx.
6/19/25: Transgender SCOTUS decision with attys Bill & Buz. Talking Red Sox with sportscaster Scott Cohn. Daily Hampshire Gazette Managing Editor Chad Cain the news fit to print. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Israel/Iran, Gaza, & Juneteenth. Ruth Griggs w/ cellist Jeremy Harman: New Directions Cello Fest at Bombyx.
6/19/25: Transgender SCOTUS decision with attys Bill & Buz. Talking Red Sox with sportscaster Scott Cohn. Daily Hampshire Gazette Managing Editor Chad Cain the news fit to print. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Israel/Iran, Gaza, & Juneteenth. Ruth Griggs w/ cellist Jeremy Harman: New Directions Cello Fest at Bombyx.
6/19/25: Transgender SCOTUS decision with attys Bill & Buz. Talking Red Sox with sportscaster Scott Cohn. Daily Hampshire Gazette Managing Editor Chad Cain the news fit to print. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Israel/Iran, Gaza, & Juneteenth. Ruth Griggs w/ cellist Jeremy Harman: New Directions Cello Fest at Bombyx.
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra's Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA's Kevin McAllister: tomorrow's BIG clean-up
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra's Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA's Kevin McAllister: tomorrow's BIG clean-up
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra's Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA's Kevin McAllister: tomorrow's BIG clean-up
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra's Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA's Kevin McAllister: tomorrow's BIG clean-up
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra's Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA's Kevin McAllister: tomorrow's BIG clean-up
4/24/25: London-based journalist Stryker McGuire: Trump v Europe, UK & Ukraine. ACLUM Ex Dir Carol Rose: fighting back in the courts & on the streets. Rev Carole Bull on the homophobic pastor who learned to accept his gay son. Ruth Griggs w/ Bombyx's Cassandra Holden & vocalist Rochelle Rice.
4/24/25: London-based journalist Stryker McGuire: Trump v Europe, UK & Ukraine. ACLUM Ex Dir Carol Rose: fighting back in the courts & on the streets. Rev Carole Bull on the homophobic pastor who learned to accept his gay son. Ruth Griggs w/ Bombyx's Cassandra Holden & vocalist Rochelle Rice.
4/24/25: London-based journalist Stryker McGuire: Trump v Europe, UK & Ukraine. ACLUM Ex Dir Carol Rose: fighting back in the courts & on the streets. Rev Carole Bull on the homophobic pastor who learned to accept his gay son. Ruth Griggs w/ Bombyx's Cassandra Holden & vocalist Rochelle Rice.
4/24/25: London-based journalist Stryker McGuire: Trump v Europe, UK & Ukraine. ACLUM Ex Dir Carol Rose: fighting back in the courts & on the streets. Rev Carole Bull on the homophobic pastor who learned to accept his gay son. Ruth Griggs w/ Bombyx's Cassandra Holden & vocalist Rochelle Rice.
4/11/25: MTA Pres Max Page & UMass Ed Prof Jack Schneider: DEI, lawsuits, & the Civics Summit. CT River Conservancy's Nina Gordon-Kirsch: the relicensing battle -- can we save the river? NYT best-selling graphic novelist Jarrett Krosoczka: the R.I.S.E Fest. Bombyx Exec Dir Cassandra Holden w/ Rachel Blackman, Coordinator of "Poetry and Pie."
This week, we're covering chapters 19-21 of The Silkworm. We discuss our first update regarding the ninth Strike book, Matthew's mother's death, and Strike visiting Leonora and Orlando. Next episode (20 February): Chapters 22-23 Links: www.thesefilespod.com www.ko-fi.com/thesefilespod www.facebook.com/thesefilespod www.twitter.com/thesefilespod www.instagram.com/thesefilespod http://thesefilespod.tumblr.com
1/16/24: The Gazette's Scout Opatut: arts & features in/of the Valley. Michael Klare: the Israel-Hamas truce. The Mass. Review's Jim Hicks & Britt Rusert: “The View from Gaza” & the future. Ruth Griggs w/ Jeff Olmstead: his folk opera on the life of Jonathan Edwards –at Bombyx.
1/16/24: The Gazette's Scout Opatut: arts & features in/of the Valley. Michael Klare: the Israel-Hamas truce. The Mass. Review's Jim Hicks & Britt Rusert: “The View from Gaza” & the future. Ruth Griggs w/ Jeff Olmstead: his folk opera on the life of Jonathan Edwards –at Bombyx.
1/16/24: The Gazette's Scout Opatut: arts & features in/of the Valley. Michael Klare: the Israel-Hamas truce. The Mass. Review's Jim Hicks & Britt Rusert: “The View from Gaza” & the future. Ruth Griggs w/ Jeff Olmstead: his folk opera on the life of Jonathan Edwards –at Bombyx.
1/16/24: The Gazette's Scout Opatut: arts & features in/of the Valley. Michael Klare: the Israel-Hamas truce. The Mass. Review's Jim Hicks & Britt Rusert: “The View from Gaza” & the future. Ruth Griggs w/ Jeff Olmstead: his folk opera on the life of Jonathan Edwards –at Bombyx.
This week, we cover chapters 4-7 of The Silkworm. We discuss Matthew's rescheduling of the meeting between he, Robin, and Strike, Strike's interview with Christian Fisher, as well as his first update to Leonora. Next episode (12 December): Chapters 8-9 Links: www.thesefilespod.com www.ko-fi.com/thesefilespod www.facebook.com/thesefilespod www.twitter.com/thesefilespod www.instagram.com/thesefilespod http://thesefilespod.tumblr.com
9/16/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: Skate Park & a great piece of legislation thanks to Sen Warren. Archguitarist Peter Blanchette & vocalist Éilís Kennedy for Bombyx concert. Ashfield Filmfest's Harry Keramidas & Tamara Sloan. Megan Zinn w/ Bernard Schwartz: literary programs for Authors Guild Foundation, & poet/novelist Luis Alberto Urrea.
9/16/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: Skate Park & a great piece of legislation thanks to Sen Warren. Archguitarist Peter Blanchette & vocalist Éilís Kennedy for Bombyx concert. Ashfield Filmfest's Harry Keramidas & Tamara Sloan. Megan Zinn w/ Bernard Schwartz: literary programs for Authors Guild Foundation, & poet/novelist Luis Alberto Urrea.
9/16/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: Skate Park & a great piece of legislation thanks to Sen Warren. Archguitarist Peter Blanchette & vocalist Éilís Kennedy for Bombyx concert. Ashfield Filmfest's Harry Keramidas & Tamara Sloan. Megan Zinn w/ Bernard Schwartz: literary programs for Authors Guild Foundation, & poet/novelist Luis Alberto Urrea.
9/16/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: Skate Park & a great piece of legislation thanks to Sen Warren. Archguitarist Peter Blanchette & vocalist Éilís Kennedy for Bombyx concert. Ashfield Filmfest's Harry Keramidas & Tamara Sloan. Megan Zinn w/ Bernard Schwartz: literary programs for Authors Guild Foundation, & poet/novelist Luis Alberto Urrea.
This week Shelley and I enlist companions in the dicefest Glow by Cedrick Chaboussit from Bombyx (a 2021 release) and then check out one of the KedJ Recommended titles Botanicus by Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini from Hans im Gluck Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games and their latest GenCon releases: Seers Catalog and Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition Support the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames or check our our extensive list of games that no longer fit on OUR shelves, but belong on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
Waves of folded paper are calling… come play! In Sea, Salt & Paper players create an origami seascape by assembling a tableau of ocean themed cards, some with special abilities, each with its own way to score. When you reach the limit, bet on yourself for a chance to grab a big lead or play it safe and bank your points. Be warned, though. Four mermaids could undo your best beachside plans.
One from the Archives... Recorded live on December 7th, 2023 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Unmixed, unedited and unapologetic. www.bugsinthebasement.com
Silk is one of the most luxurious fabrics for clothing and bedding. Unlike cotton or linen, silk is made most commonly by insects—often the Bombyx mori, a domesticated moth that feeds on the leaves of mulberry trees. Humans have a 4,000-year history with the textile and the creatures that make it, as documented in the new book Silk: A World History.Since silk has an unconventional origin as a secretion rather than a plant product, it has unique biological qualities that make it strong and enduring. And because it's a natural protein fiber, it's biodegradable, so scientists think it could have a future as a sustainable alternative to plastics and electronic parts.Guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross speaks with Dr. Aarathi Prasad, biologist and author of Silk: A World History. They discuss the ways humans have changed silk-creating creatures through domestication, future applications of the textile, and Prasad's experience growing silkworms of her own.Read an excerpt from Silk: A World History at sciencefriday.com.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.