In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is Paul Robbins of Paul Robbins Associates. Paul founded and oversees a strategic communications agency that, among other things, provides public relations, marketing and crisis communications

Something a bit different this week on the Even Better Western Mass podcast. We focus on an increase in the state’s unemployment taxes, meant to replenish a system drained by the COVID-19 pandemic. An informal online poll conducted by the

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is local radio personality Monte Belmonte. Monte has been waking people up in the pioneer valley on WRSI, The River, for 15 years. But Monte is

In this week’s edition of the Even Better Western Mass podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest accomplished ventriloquist, comedian, actor, master of ceremonies and radio personality, Gary Brodeur. Gary has had a fascinating career with some great stories about the very famous

In this week’s edition of the Even Better Western Mass podcast, Dave Madsen focuses on Easthampton Neighbors. His guest is one of its founders, Stephanie Kelly. Easthampton Neighbors helps meet the needs of seniors to allow them to stay in

In this week’s edition of the Even Better Western Mass podcast, Dave Madsen focuses on the Ad Club of Western Mass. Dave’s guest is Meghan Rothschild, who does media outreach for the Ad Club. She’s also the owner of Chikmedia,

In this week’s edition of the Even Better Western Mass podcast, Dave Madsen’s guests are Cindy Gaylord, the chairwoman of the Westfield Historical Commission and Fred Gore, the owner of Fred Gore Virtual Reality and Photography. They’ve joined forces by

In this week’s edition of the Even Better Western Mass podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is Ben Craft, the vice president of community engagement for the Center for Human Development. Community-based care is the heart and soul of CHD’s mission. It

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is the founder of NA Brews, Ezra Bleau. Bleau calls NA Brews a craft solution to the growing industry of non-alcoholic beer options. Ezra and Dave

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is the new president and chief executive officer of Square One, Dawn Forbes DiStefano. Square One has been meeting the needs of children and families in