Berkshire Eagle Podcasts

Beseiged by illegal aliens, Don Morrison sends feathers flying — and learns a lesson in humanity. About this Podcast: 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.

Morrison says Munchausen By Proxy might just be President Trump's main illness. 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.

Don Morrison searches for the goal of current U.S. foreign policy. What he finds is not encouraging. 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.

The U.S. is now separating children of would-be immigrants from their parents. Don Morrison wonders what kind of country we've become.

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.

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Fifty years ago this month, the world was aflame with rebellion and hope — which were rudely extinguished. But the dreams of 1968 endure.

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.

Does our President deserve the Nobel? Don Morrison thinks so. But not THAT Nobel.

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.

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By 2030, people older than 50 will constitute 60 percent of the population in most Berkshire County communities. It’s a trend that presents both challenges and opportunities. After three years of prep work and study, proponents of the Age Friendly Berkshires project are now working to implement elder-oriented policies in areas such as housing, health care, transportation, public spaces and social participation.

In this edition of The Berkshire Eagle podcast, host Mark Mills speaks with Peg McDonough, a staff planner at the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and regional coordinator of Age Friendly Berkshires, and Larry Parnass investigations editor at the Berkshire Eagle who has written several recent stories about the coming Silver Tsunami in Berkshire County.

For more information on the Age Friendly Berkshires project, visit berkshireplanning.org/projects/age-friendly-county

In this week's podcast, Don Morrison checks Machu Picchu off his bucket lists and shares some of the things he learned while visiting Peru.

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.

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As major news organizations report on Robert Mueller’s investigation, the Stormy Daniels saga and the chaotic comings and goings of Trump administration personnel, the president rails against fake news. He attacks the news media to discredit their stories, and his followers give full-throated support in their disdain for the press.

Meanwhile, ideologically-driven web sites and social media posts present truly fake news which millions of Trump backers take as gospel. America’s tribalism has reached the point where we cannot agree on a set of facts, let alone public policies to address the nation’s problems. It’s a challenge not only for journalism, but for the future of democracy.

In this edition of the Berkshire Eagle podcast, host Mark Mills discusses these issues with Ray Suarez, formerly of NPR and the PBS NewsHour, and Ralph Whitehead, Jr., retired professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Prospects for Rail Transportation to Bring More Visitors and Economic Vitality to the Berkshires

Three rail projects are currently in various stages of discussion and planning in the Berkshires. Two of the proposals would increase rail travel between New York City and Berkshire County. Another could someday provide high-speed rail between Pittsfield and Boston.

In this edition of The Berkshire Eagle podcast, host Mark Mills speaks with state Sen. Adam Hinds, Democrat from Pittsfield, who has been spearheading efforts on Beacon Hill for rail service in the Berkshires. Guests also include Eagle reporter Kristin Palpini, who has covered the railroad story and Chan Lowe, deputy editorial page editor for The Eagle, who wrote an editorial on railroad service in the Berkshires for the paper’s Sunday, April 1, edition.