11/9/23: Political consultant Josh Silver on this week’s elections. Sports, Man! Scott Coen on the Pats. Nhmptn City Council Pres. Jim Nash on the free speech debate. Rabbi Riqi on Hamas & Israel. Brian Adams with Rusty Ingold-Smith on solar power. Ruth Griggs with fabulous guitarist Joe Belmont.

Cool Films with Larry Hot (“32 Sounds”- amazing!). Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art E.D.s Alexandra Kennedy & Jennifer Schantz. Live in the Studio: Forest Avenue — Eveline MacDougall, Desi Lowit, Dan Frank & John Clark. What would Daniel Ellsberg say about Israel & Gaza? with UMass prof Chris Appy & author Norman Solomon.

11/7/23: Author Jonathan Harr on “The Burial,” now on Amazon Prime. Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on the Truth School and, also, singing LIVE in the studio with Jeff Olmsted. Local trauma specialist Carter J. Carter on Gaza and Israel. Sen Paul Mark on democracy.

11/6/23: Sen Jo Comerford on the candidates she’s voting for & free menstruation products.; N’hmptn Mayor G.L. Sciarra on the police chief & Main Street; const. law prof Bruce Miller on keeping Trump off the ballot & guns at SCOTUS; Megan Zinn with local YA author Crystal Maldonado on “The Fall of Whit Rivera.”

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11/3/22:  Rep. Jim McGovern on the House Republicans. MTA President Max Page on safety at schools.    Donnabelle Casis with Sharon Leshner on Eastworks Open Studios. N’hmpton City Council President Jim Nash on hate speech during Public Comment. Rich Michelson with  Smith College prof, poet, & co-author of Marvel’s World of Wakanda, Yona Harvey.

11/2/23: Hampshire Prof. Salman Hameed on Islamophobia and Antisemitism. Atty John Pucci on Trump’s legal travails today. Brian Adams with Mass Wildlife’s Dave Wattles on black bears (super fun!). Glenn Seigel with superstar clarinetist & Amherst Coll prof Darryl Harper.

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11/1/23: DA Dave Sullivan on protesters’ arrests and Cara Rintala’s sentence. Vietnam War poets Doug Anderson & Preston Hood on Lost War/Found Souls. Reporters Dusty Christensen on local police acting illegally and Sarah Robertson on the emergency shelters crisis. UMass prof & PERI Co-director Robert Pollin on low wage workers power.

10/31/23: Larry Hott & Andrew Leland on ”The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.” Claudia Lefko on her Ward 3 (N’hmpt) write-in candidacy. Professors Trevor Kearns & Joe Nardoni on our underfunded community colleges. Peter Whalen on insurance in a time of climate change.