Berkshire Eagle Podcasts

NORTH ADAMS — The 230th anniversary of the enactment of the United State's Constitution was marked by the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a talk by Judge Fredric D. Rutberg, president of New England Newspapers Inc.

His speech, "Freedom of the Press in an Age of Crisis," makes up the entirety of this podcast.

Rutberg, who retired from the bench in 2015, served as presiding justice of the Southern Berkshire District Court and of Central Berkshire District Court.

At the beginning of May 2016, Rutberg, along with three other investors — Stan Lipsey, Hans Morris and Bob Wilmers — purchased New England Newspapers, Inc., which publishes The Berkshire Eagle and three Vermont newspapers, The Bennington Banner, The Brattleboro Reformer and the Manchester Journal. Since then, he has served as president of New England Newspapers Inc.

One thing the Baby Boomers and subsequent generations didn't inherit from the 'Greatest Generation' is its ability to face adversity with a smile. Instead, they worry. They worry a lot and they have a lot to worry about.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor, and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires.

Berkshire County faces a declining population, a lack of affordable housing, too few good paying jobs and growing income inequality according to an extensive study conducted by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

The need for better education, job training and lifelong learning topped the list of suggestions for providing more opportunities in the region. The foundation study, entitled A Closer Look, is examined in this edition of The Berkshire Eagle Podcast.

Host Mark Mills speaks with Peter Taylor, president of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; Stephen Sheppard, Williams College professor of economics and Tony Dobrowolski, Business Editor of The Berkshire Eagle.

As summer nears its end, Don Morrison muses on the magical, friendship-enhancing power of the Berkshire lakes.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor, and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires.

Violence in Charlottesville, incendiary statements by the president, Confederate statues pulled down. Are we headed for a civil war? Don Morrison addresses this issue and more in his latest commentary.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor, and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires.

In this week's podcast, Don Morrison addresses the unending barrage of mixed messages from the Tweeter-in-chief.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor, and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires.

In this week's podcast, Don Morrison confronts a Google engineer's claim that women are biologically unsuited for tech jobs.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor, and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires .

In this week's podcast, Don Morrison describes how Republican thought leaders are concluding that Trump may be a menace to the party's agenda.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor, and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires​.

In this week's podcast, Don Morrison asks what the richest people in the world plan to do with all that money.

About this Podcast: Don Morrison is an author, lecturer, member of The Berkshire Eagle's Advisory Board, commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio, European editor of the British magazine Port, ex-Time Magazine editor,and a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires.

In Pittsfield town hall meeting, Sen. Elizabeth Warren says, “We must persist.”

Health care, student loan debt, President Trump’s conduct and the clean-up of PCBs in the Housatonic River were among the topics addressed by Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, in a town hall meeting held at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield on Saturday, July 8.

In this edition of The Berkshire Eagle podcast, we present, in its entirety, Sen. Warren’s town hall meeting before a packed house at the college’s Robert Boland auditorium.