It’s not that we’re seeing double, but we are getting things in twos.

There has been a wave of municipalities calling for ceasefires regarding the conflicts between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. The Amherst town council is poised to vote on one this very evening. But how effective are measures like these in a domestic or international context? We get two different approaches and opinions on this from the Leyla Moushabeck, Uri Straus, and Josna Rege from Amherst 4 Ceasefire as well as Amherst Town councilor and sponsor of the resolution Pat De Angelis, and from Owen Zaret, secretary of the Jewish Federation of Western Mass about each of their views on approaching what one town can do to confront the ongoing struggles in Gaza.

There’s the correlation between a classic piece of American Fiction and one western Massachusetts woman’s lineage as well. Author Mickey Rathbun has just released “The Real Gatsby: George Gordon Moore-A Granddaughter's Memoir” about the very compelling correlation between the work of fiction and the real-life story of her grandfather. We chat about discovering this story and what those parallels mean to her today.

And there’s sequels of course, even when they aren’t really sequels. Which is to say that Mr. Universe, Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed, saw Dune this weekend and has some thoughts to share on the subject.