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WHMP Radio
Podcasts from all of the local show on WHMP Radio in Northampton, MA. including Talk the Talk with Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg, The Hustler Files, The Western Mass Business Show, and Panorama.
Episodes
WHMP RadioACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, Q4—election day voter registration in MA
9/24/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions. ACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S…
WHMP RadioGeoffrey Hudson & Alisa Pearson "A Passion for the Planet." The performance is at Bombyx, Saturday 9/26, at 7:00.
9/24/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions. ACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S…
WHMP RadioRep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions.
9/24/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions. ACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S…
WHMP RadioRev Carole Bull, Northampton-based UCC progressive interfaith pastor, on humility
9/24/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions. ACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S…
WHMP RadioThe Hot Club of New England ensemble. John Anz speaks with performers Matt and Atla DeChamplain
9/24/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her positions on the ballot questions. ACLU -MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: a voting rights victory at the U.S…
WHMP Radio"The AI Doc Or How I became an Apocaloptimist." Have a child in the world of AI? Larry Hott reviews this documentary about artificial intelligence and our future, if any.
9/23/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Happy 40th Birthday, Hilltown Land Trust! We speak with the Ex Dir Sally Loomis & Community Engagement Mgr Sarah Welch. come…
WHMP RadioCooley Dickinson's Michele Kearsley (Director of Medical Imaging) & Cathy Reed (Dir of Operations) on imaging you—MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, xrays & ambulance calls.
9/23/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Happy 40th Birthday, Hilltown Land Trust! We speak with the Ex Dir Sally Loomis & Community Engagement Mgr Sarah Welch. come…
WHMP RadioHappy 40th Birthday, Hilltown Land Trust! We speak with the Ex Dir Sally Loomis & Community Engagement Mgr Sarah Welch. come celebrate with the wrestling porcupines.
9/23/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Happy 40th Birthday, Hilltown Land Trust! We speak with the Ex Dir Sally Loomis & Community Engagement Mgr Sarah Welch. come…
WHMP RadioNorthampton Climate Action Project Administration (CAPA) Director Ben Weil: black bears, heat pumps, MassSave, schools, saving money and heating & cooling yr house.
9/23/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Happy 40th Birthday, Hilltown Land Trust! We speak with the Ex Dir Sally Loomis & Community Engagement Mgr Sarah Welch. come…
WHMP RadioAuthor and activist Howard Bryant w/ Duke Goldman on the tenth anniversary of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee—what happens and what has happened to professional athletes who want to speak out.
9/22/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Old Farmers' Almanac Editor-in-Chief Carol Connare: 2 ½ million copies of 2027 edition just printed, 235 continuous years of…
WHMP RadioFounder of Stonesthrow Theater Court Dorsey w/ Rene Pfister, from the Berklee College of Music: "What I Learned from Years of Therapy, If Anything," a musical cabaret at the Wendell Meeting House this wknd
9/22/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Old Farmers' Almanac Editor-in-Chief Carol Connare: 2 ½ million copies of 2027 edition just printed, 235 continuous years of…
WHMP RadioMassachusetts Review Ex Ed Britt Rusert on her new book, The Afric -American Gallery," her local book launch at Amherst Books on October 8 at 7:00; and the new edition of MR that just dropped.
9/22/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Old Farmers' Almanac Editor-in-Chief Carol Connare: 2 ½ million copies of 2027 edition just printed, 235 continuous years of…
WHMP RadioOld Farmers' Almanac Editor-in-Chief Carol Connare: 2 ½ million copies of 2027 edition just printed, 235 continuous years of publication, the content in the Almanac, why millions buy it, her 20 years at UMass.
9/22/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Old Farmers' Almanac Editor-in-Chief Carol Connare: 2 ½ million copies of 2027 edition just printed, 235 continuous years of…
WHMP RadioDuston Spear: the local launch of her novel "Bird Girl" will be this Thursday at 6:00 at Forbes, sponsored by Broadside Books. The author talks with paintings, and her characters talk to her.
9/21/26, Co-Host-Megan Zinn Silas Kopf: his recent honor and recognition from the American Craft Council as a master of marquetry; and also, the effort he led…
WHMP RadioGabrielle Oliveira, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor. Her new book is "Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children's Education, and Dreams for a Better Life."
9/21/26, Co-Host-Megan Zinn Silas Kopf: his recent honor and recognition from the American Craft Council as a master of marquetry; and also, the effort he led…
WHMP RadioNathaniel Malloy, Hadley Town Administrator, on the Flock cameras in that town and why there is no plan to discontinue their use. Yes, an image of every car driving East on Rt 9 is being captured.
9/21/26, Co-Host-Megan Zinn Silas Kopf: his recent honor and recognition from the American Craft Council as a master of marquetry; and also, the effort he led…
WHMP RadioSilas Kopf: his recent honor from the American Craft Council as a master of marquetry; and his effort to restore the Civil War marble tablets in Easthampton
9/21/26, Co-Host-Megan Zinn Silas Kopf: his recent honor and recognition from the American Craft Council as a master of marquetry; and also, the effort he led…
WHMP RadioThe Hustler Files Ep 178 - Mneesha Gellman – Unlocking The Person Inside The Prisoner
What changes when someone in prison is given the chance to become a college student? Dr. Mneesha Gellman, Founder and Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative…
WHMP RadioAre public employees' pensions at risk? Max Page speaks with teacher Matthew Scheffler, a member of the PRIM, the Pension Reserve Investment Management Board.
9/18/26, Co-Host Josh Silver Are public employees' pensions at risk? Max Page speaks with teacher Matthew Scheffler, a member of the PRIM, the Pension Reserve…
WHMP RadioArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis: Can you go on a treasure hunt for tiny art? Donnabelle takes us on a tour of the "Fun Sized Art Festival" in Northampton with Kim Carlino and Michael Crigler.
9/18/26, Co-Host Josh Silver Are public employees' pensions at risk? Max Page speaks with teacher Matthew Scheffler, a member of the PRIM, the Pension Reserve…
WHMP RadioCan you attend an amazing concert that is a benefit for the Amherst Survival Center? We speak with violinist and organizer Amanda Stenroos and Nate Kerbin, from the Survival Center
9/18/26, Co-Host Josh Silver Are public employees' pensions at risk? Max Page speaks with teacher Matthew Scheffler, a member of the PRIM, the Pension Reserve…
WHMP RadioIs there a substantial risk that Republicans can steal the Midterm elections by refusing to seat duly-elected Democrats? We interview Amherst College Political Science Prof Austin Sarat.
9/18/26, Co-Host Josh Silver Are public employees' pensions at risk? Max Page speaks with teacher Matthew Scheffler, a member of the PRIM, the Pension Reserve…
WHMP RadioPolitical Gold with Josh Silver: Can the Democrats take back the Senate? Can the Republicans maintain their majority?
9/18/26, Co-Host Josh Silver Are public employees' pensions at risk? Max Page speaks with teacher Matthew Scheffler, a member of the PRIM, the Pension Reserve…
WHMP RadioFeminist Futures with Carrie Baker; At Smith College this Friday and Saturday --"One Body: Dispatches from Idaho."
9/17/26, Co-Host — Carrie Baker Immunologist Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: infections & diseases here and now—the flu & covid, shots you and your kids need --is this the…
WHMP RadioGazette and Recorder Ex Editor Dan Crowley on covering data centers, artificial intelligence, local responses & the effect in college and high school classrooms.
9/17/26, Co-Host — Carrie Baker Immunologist Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: infections & diseases here and now—the flu & covid, shots you and your kids need --is this the…
WHMP RadioImmunologist Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: infections & diseases here and now—the flu & covid, shots you and your kids need --is this the time? What about measles? RFK, Jr's influence.
9/17/26, Co-Host — Carrie Baker Immunologist Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: infections & diseases here and now—the flu & covid, shots you and your kids need --is this the…
WHMP RadioTHE HEADLINER at the upcoming Northampton Jazz Festival—Lakecia Benjamin—Saturday, Sept 26 at the Academy of Music-- the 6x Grammy-nominated saxophonist.
9/17/26, Co-Host — Carrie Baker Immunologist Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: infections & diseases here and now—the flu & covid, shots you and your kids need --is this the…
WHMP Radio"Her Final Hour," the scene -- death row in South Carolina: a play about life and death, discovery and hope, at the Northampton Center for the Arts.
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioThe Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy's Scott Benjamin, Maddy Benjamin and Jem O'Hara: the topic is state and county fairs-- what do you know about fried ketchup and sculpting butter?
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioUMass Economics Prof and Co-Director OF PERI, the Political Economy Research Institute, on "Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioUMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in history, the importance of whistleblowers
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioWestern Mass Business Show on 9.19.26 - Bill Hines Westfield State University
Join us as we talked to Bill Hynes, the Executive Director of institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Westfield State University Foundation…
WHMP RadioDemocracy at a Crossroads: History, Power, and the Fight Ahead: A Conversation with Ken Burns
9/16/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Dr. David Gottsegen: diagnosing, treating and living with Parkinson's. Also, the immunizations you and your kids need now. UMass…
WHMP RadioDr. David Gottsegen: diagnosing, treating and living with Parkinson's. Also, the immunizations you and your kids need now.
9/16/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Dr. David Gottsegen: diagnosing, treating and living with Parkinson's. Also, the immunizations you and your kids need now. UMass…
WHMP RadioEvolutionary Biologist from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Carolyn Tepolt, on invasive species and what do about them — turn green crabs into whiskey and delicious sauce?
9/16/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Dr. David Gottsegen: diagnosing, treating and living with Parkinson's. Also, the immunizations you and your kids need now. UMass…
WHMP RadioUMass Professors Margaret Stratton (Biochemistry) and Eric Strieter (Chemistry) —their new $1.3 million grant to search for the protein in your brain that makes memory --how your memory in yr brain works.
9/16/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Dr. David Gottsegen: diagnosing, treating and living with Parkinson's. Also, the immunizations you and your kids need now. UMass…
WHMP Radio"Her Final Hour," the scene -- death row in South Carolina: a play about life and death, discovery and hope, at the Northampton Center for the Arts.
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioThe Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy's Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin and Jem O'Hara: the topic is state and county fairs-- what do you know about fried ketchup and sculpting butter?
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioUMass Economics Prof and Co-Director OF PERI, the Political Economy Research Institute, on "Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America"-- the progressive agenda for 2029 and now—30 proposals to save the country.
9/15/25 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz UMass History Prof & Founder & Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, Christian Appy: Ellsberg's place in…
WHMP RadioAvital Norman Nathman, author of “The Perfect Birth Myth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry.” The title says it all. Panel discussion with the author and birth workers on Sunday, Sept 27.
9/14/26, Co-Host Megan Zinn Tom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and…
WHMP RadioHolyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the lock-down at the high school last week, a swatting incident, and the community debate that has ensued—what about phones in schools? How about metal detectors?
9/14/26, Co-Host Megan Zinn Tom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and…
WHMP RadioMeghana Mysore, author of “Let All Our Ghosts Depart” on our own ghosts and speculative fiction. Her book launch is tomorrow at the Odyssey.
9/14/26, Co-Host Megan Zinn Tom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and…
WHMP RadioTom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and some history we didn’t know.
9/14/26, Co-Host Megan Zinn Tom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and…
WHMP RadioThe Hustler Files Ep 177 - Ken W. Good – A Million Dollar Bond Gone Wrong
Texas bail attorney Ken W. Good breaks down the often-confusing differences between bail, bond and pretrial release, and examines what happens when the…
WHMP RadioWestern Mass Business Show on 9.12.26 - Nicole Blais ED of HCS Head Start Inc.
Join us as we speak with Nicole Blais, the Executive Director of Headstart Holyoke Chicopee Springfield. Having been with the organization for over 30 years…
WHMP RadioArtBeat: Donnabelle Casis & Pasqualina Azzarello from Easthampton City Arts on Art in the Meadow and other events—Eho(!!??) is a happening place.
9/11/26, Co-Host Josh Silver The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The…
WHMP RadioWe commemorate 9/11 with Sam Holleran, author of “Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center,” and explore memorials and memory.
9/11/26, Co-Host Josh Silver The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The…
WHMP RadioPolitical Gold with Josh Silver. We discuss this week’s revelations about how NYC officials lied about the air quality after 9/11 and consider the political effect of Trumpapalooza in Texas
9/11/26, Co-Host Josh Silver The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The…
WHMP RadioThe Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History.
9/11/26, Co-Host Josh Silver The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The…
WHMP RadioThe Taste of Northampton –this Saturday and Sunday! We speak with Karen Carswell, DNA (Downtown Northampton Ass’n) Board Member and Chair of the Taste, about the food, the merch, the bands, the fun.
9/11/26, Co-Host Josh Silver The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The…
WHMP RadioUnpaved Trails for All. Meg Bandarra, Founder of Unpaved Trails for All, and Brian Westrick, from the Trustees of Reservations, on creating accessible trails for all at the local golf courses being rewilded
9/11/26, Co-Host Josh Silver The Price of Democracy. Your hosts, including Max Page, speak with Vanessa Williamson, author of “The Price of Democracy: The…
WHMP RadioNorthampton Jazz Fest Pres Ruth Griggs w/ alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan
9/10/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski The Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn. We interview playwrights Betel Arnold, author of “The Widow’s…
WHMP RadioRepresentatives Aaron Saunders and Priscilla Sousa: The Protect Act
9/10/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski The Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn. We interview playwrights Betel Arnold, author of “The Widow’s…
WHMP RadioThe Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn
9/10/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski The Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn. We interview playwrights Betel Arnold, author of “The Widow’s…
WHMP RadioThe Jewish High Holidays. Beit Ahavah Rabah Riqi Kosovske shares the joys, obligations, meaning and history of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
9/10/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski The Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn. We interview playwrights Betel Arnold, author of “The Widow’s…
WHMP RadioDave Wattles, Black Bear Biologist from Mass Wildlife, on bears in your backyard and how the 4,500 of them in Massachusetts get along with us.
9/9/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor, on new affordable housing, home ownership, and the future of Hampshire College’s land…
WHMP RadioEmmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “The Soul Patrol”(a unit of Black Soldiers in Vietnam) and “The Warrior Tradition” (Native Americans serving in the U.S. military).
9/9/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor, on new affordable housing, home ownership, and the future of Hampshire College’s land…
WHMP RadioLynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor, on new affordable housing, home ownership, and the future of Hampshire College’s land.
9/9/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor, on new affordable housing, home ownership, and the future of Hampshire College’s land…
WHMP RadioNorthampton Mayor GL Sciarra: Rail Tail Safety; a $12.2 million grant for new affordable housing on Crafts Ave behind City Hall & rehabbing Meadowbrook Apts.
9/9/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor, on new affordable housing, home ownership, and the future of Hampshire College’s land…
WHMP RadioHadley School Super Anne McKenzie: we continue the conversation about cell phone-free schools and explore AI in schools—the good the bad & the ugly and then discuss new graduation requirements –are we facing MCAS 2.0?
9/8/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep Patricia Duffy: unions make us strong; cannabis policy & the marijuana ballot question; cell phone-free schools; data…