1/3/25: MTA Pres Max Page: change K-12 funding & other 2025 priorities. Bill & Buz: the meaning of the oath that Congress takes today. Donnabelle Casis w/ New England Visionary Artists Museum Co-directors Michael Tillyer & Susan Foley. Community Action's Claire Higgins on Housing. Human Rights Attorney Laura Pitter: the issue is genocide.

1/2/25: Representative Jim McGovern on terror in New Orleans, Pres Carter's decency, & bracing for a tough year in Congress. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske & JM Sorrell on the film “We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th” about the Nova music fest the 10/7 Hamas massacre. Ed Orzechowski & Darlene Volpe on "Becoming Darlene: The Story of Belchertown Patient #3394." Ruth Griggs w/ Director Jeff Olmsted of Valley Jazz Voices.

1/2/25: Representative Jim McGovern on terror in New Orleans, Pres Carter's decency, & bracing for a tough year in Congress. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske & JM Sorrell on the film “We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th” about the Nova music fest the 10/7 Hamas massacre. Ed Orzechowski & Darlene Volpe on "Becoming Darlene: The Story of Belchertown Patient #3394." Ruth Griggs w/ Director Jeff Olmsted of Valley Jazz Voices.

1/2/25: Representative Jim McGovern on terror in New Orleans, Pres Carter's decency, & bracing for a tough year in Congress. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske & JM Sorrell on the film “We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th” about the Nova music fest the 10/7 Hamas massacre. Ed Orzechowski & Darlene Volpe on "Becoming Darlene: The Story of Belchertown Patient #3394." Ruth Griggs w/ Director Jeff Olmsted of Valley Jazz Voices.

1/2/25: Representative Jim McGovern on terror in New Orleans, Pres Carter's decency, & bracing for a tough year in Congress. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske & JM Sorrell on the film “We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th” about the Nova music fest the 10/7 Hamas massacre. Ed Orzechowski & Darlene Volpe on "Becoming Darlene: The Story of Belchertown Patient #3394." Ruth Griggs w/ Director Jeff Olmsted of Valley Jazz Voices.

12/31/24: First Night archguitarist Peter Blanchette plays live in the studio. Bill gives Buz & Dan a 2024 political quiz - they flunk (but still impress Newman). From GCC --science prof Brian Adams w/ Natural Resources Coordinator Tony Reiber: New Year’s resolutions for the earth. Hampshire Prof of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare on Jimmy Carter, Ukraine & NATO.

12/31/24: First Night archguitarist Peter Blanchette plays live in the studio. Bill gives Buz & Dan a 2024 political quiz - they flunk (but still impress Newman). From GCC --science prof Brian Adams w/ Natural Resources Coordinator Tony Reiber: New Year’s resolutions for the earth. Hampshire Prof of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare on Jimmy Carter, Ukraine & NATO.

12/31/24: First Night archguitarist Peter Blanchette plays live in the studio. Bill gives Buz & Dan a 2024 political quiz - they flunk (but still impress Newman). From GCC --science prof Brian Adams w/ Natural Resources Coordinator Tony Reiber: New Year’s resolutions for the earth. Hampshire Prof of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare on Jimmy Carter, Ukraine & NATO.

12/31/24: First Night archguitarist Peter Blanchette plays live in the studio. Bill gives Buz & Dan a 2024 political quiz - they flunk (but still impress Newman). From GCC --science prof Brian Adams w/ Natural Resources Coordinator Tony Reiber: New Year’s resolutions for the earth. Hampshire Prof of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare on Jimmy Carter, Ukraine & NATO.

12/30/24: Amherst School Superintendent Dr. Xiomara Herman: wrapping her arms around her job.

Bill Dwight: a trip down memory lane -- Pleasant St. Video, the removal of Main St. benches & Jimmy Carter remembered. Megan Zinn's favorite reads of 2024.