11/18/25: Rep. Aaron Saunders: today’s vote on more money ($2.5 Billion) for education. Hadley School Super Annie McKenzie: constructing a school budget. Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin & Lynn Curry: a quiz on board games. Feminist Future -- Smith profs, activists & authors Carrie Baker w/ Loretta Ross: the fight for abortion access.

11/18/25: Rep. Aaron Saunders: today’s vote on more money ($2.5 Billion) for education. Hadley School Super Annie McKenzie: constructing a school budget. Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin & Lynn Curry: a quiz on board games. Feminist Future -- Smith profs, activists & authors Carrie Baker w/ Loretta Ross: the fight for abortion access.

11/18/25: Rep. Aaron Saunders: today’s vote on more money ($2.5 Billion) for education. Hadley School Super Annie McKenzie: constructing a school budget. Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin & Lynn Curry: a quiz on board games. Feminist Future -- Smith profs, activists & authors Carrie Baker w/ Loretta Ross: the fight for abortion access.

11/18/25: Rep. Aaron Saunders: today’s vote on more money ($2.5 Billion) for education. Hadley School Super Annie McKenzie: constructing a school budget. Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin & Lynn Curry: a quiz on board games. Feminist Future -- Smith profs, activists & authors Carrie Baker w/ Loretta Ross: the fight for abortion access.

Originally recorded on November 17, 2025. Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio called the Legislature an "authoritarian regime." Diana explains that comment, her saga to audit the legislature, and her latest ballot initiative to revamp the public record law in Massachusetts.

Diana DiZoglio for MA webpage:

https://www.dianaforma.com/

11/17/25: Alex (Sasha) Werth: “On Loop—Black Sonic Politics in Oakland” and his multi-media book performance! Megan Zinn w/ Sacha Lamb, N.E. Book Award winner, on “The Forbidden Book.” Salem Derby stops by the studio on his way to being sworn in as Easthampton’s Mayor. Adam Hinds, CEO, Edward Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the gov’t shutdown, the filibuster & the future.

11/17/25: Alex (Sasha) Werth: “On Loop—Black Sonic Politics in Oakland” and his multi-media book performance! Megan Zinn w/ Sacha Lamb, N.E. Book Award winner, on “The Forbidden Book.” Salem Derby stops by the studio on his way to being sworn in as Easthampton’s Mayor. Adam Hinds, CEO, Edward Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the gov’t shutdown, the filibuster & the future.

11/17/25: Alex (Sasha) Werth: “On Loop—Black Sonic Politics in Oakland” and his multi-media book performance! Megan Zinn w/ Sacha Lamb, N.E. Book Award winner, on “The Forbidden Book.” Salem Derby stops by the studio on his way to being sworn in as Easthampton’s Mayor. Adam Hinds, CEO, Edward Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the gov’t shutdown, the filibuster & the future.

11/17/25: Alex (Sasha) Werth: “On Loop—Black Sonic Politics in Oakland” and his multi-media book performance! Megan Zinn w/ Sacha Lamb, N.E. Book Award winner, on “The Forbidden Book.” Salem Derby stops by the studio on his way to being sworn in as Easthampton’s Mayor. Adam Hinds, CEO, Edward Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the gov’t shutdown, the filibuster & the future.

Originally aired on November 15th, 2025. Noah Modie of the Oxbow Design Build Cooperative on the housing crisis. What is the state of housing in western Massachusetts? Why is it so expensive to build? What is actually driving up the material costs of building? Why can't we produce more skilled labor? What role does the financial sector play? And are higher building costs necessarily a bad thing? Noah answers all of those questions and more on this episode.