Shows / WHMP Radio
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 RadioRuth Griggs with Ken Longstreeth and Jeff Gavioli, members of Bad News Jazz and Blues Orchestra
8/20/26 Co-Host-Andy Bukowski Mafer Bandola , one of the Ladama’s three absolutely amazing women musicians from across the Americas –high energy…
WHMP RadioTara Jacobs, Governor’s Councilor and candidate for re-election
8/20/26 Co-Host-Andy Bukowski Mafer Bandola , one of the Ladama’s three absolutely amazing women musicians from across the Americas –high energy…
- WHMP Radio
Allison Bell, co-owner of Quonquont Farm, & Laurie Sanders, naturalist & Co-Dir of Historic Northampton, on “Valley Wild”—raptors, caterpillars & snakes—closeup encounters of an unforgettable kind—this Sunday.
8/19/25, Co-Host Brian Adams Courtney Andre, Dir, Mass. Ctr for the Book: the new anti-censorship, anti-book banning, law in Massachusetts, “An Act Regarding…
- WHMP Radio
Cool Films with Larry Hott and Smith Professor Gillian Kendall: the apocalypse is coming, the apocalypse is coming, the apocalypse is here -- films and books on climate fiction, vampires, zombies, cauliflower heads and Shakespeare.
8/19/25, Co-Host Brian Adams Courtney Andre, Dir, Mass. Ctr for the Book: the new anti-censorship, anti-book banning, law in Massachusetts, “An Act Regarding…
WHMP RadioCourtney Andre, Dir, Mass. Ctr for the Book: anti-book banning, law in Massachusetts
8/19/25, Co-Host Brian Adams Courtney Andre, Dir, Mass. Ctr for the Book: the new anti-censorship, anti-book banning, law in Massachusetts, “An Act Regarding…
WHMP RadioJulie Sanders, Dir of Clinical Practice at Tapestry Health: the state of reproductive health care
8/19/25, Co-Host Brian Adams Courtney Andre, Dir, Mass. Ctr for the Book: the new anti-censorship, anti-book banning, law in Massachusetts, “An Act Regarding…
- WHMP Radio
Amherst-Pelham School Supt Dr Xiomara Herman: a new school, a new school year, incredible offerings at the high school, & where 6th graders belong.
8/18/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker. Amherst-Pelham School Supt Dr Xiomara Herman: a new school, a new school year, incredible offerings at the high school, &…
WHMP RadioCarrie Baker, NEPM's Nancy Cohen & Atty Laura Mangini: investigations of sex abuse clergy cases
8/18/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker. Amherst-Pelham School Supt Dr Xiomara Herman: a new school, a new school year, incredible offerings at the high school, &…
- WHMP Radio
The Comedy Quiz with Happier Valley Comedy’s Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Scott Braidman. Come play with us — too much fun! The topic is rivers.
8/18/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker. Amherst-Pelham School Supt Dr Xiomara Herman: a new school, a new school year, incredible offerings at the high school, &…
WHMP RadioTrevor Dayton, Noho Recov. Ctr & Taylor McDonough, Noho Dir of Prevention: Overdose Awareness Day
8/18/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker. Amherst-Pelham School Supt Dr Xiomara Herman: a new school, a new school year, incredible offerings at the high school, &…
- WHMP Radio
Jonathan Edwards, founder of Whately-based Virtual Wayback: using AI to make history alive
Looking Forward and Back 8/17/26, Co-Host Dan Torres Jonathan Edwards, founder and CEO of Whately-based Virtual Wayback: using AI to make history alive for all…
- WHMP Radio
Michelle Ong-Hendrick, Chester Theatre Co-Artist Director and Director of the current production “Dear Alien.”
Looking Forward and Back 8/17/26, Co-Host Dan Torres Jonathan Edwards, founder and CEO of Whately-based Virtual Wayback: using AI to make history alive for all…
- WHMP Radio
Nathaniel Malloy, Hadley Town Administrator, on new housing developments, low-income and senior housing,
Looking Forward and Back 8/17/26, Co-Host Dan Torres Jonathan Edwards, founder and CEO of Whately-based Virtual Wayback: using AI to make history alive for all…
- WHMP Radio
Republican Francis Rooney, former amb. to the Vatican on the midterms, Trumpism & the future of the Republican Party.
Looking Forward and Back 8/17/26, Co-Host Dan Torres Jonathan Edwards, founder and CEO of Whately-based Virtual Wayback: using AI to make history alive for all…
- WHMP Radio
ArtBeat -- Donnabelle Casis w/ Lydia Rivera-Early, UMass prof & organizer of the Latino Arts Festival at the Springfield Museums on August 28.
8/14/25, Co Host –Josh Silver Max Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators say to the governor and the legislature, show us the money…
WHMP RadioMax Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators need more funding
8/14/25, Co Host –Josh Silver Max Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators say to the governor and the legislature, show us the money…
- WHMP Radio
Sen Paul Mark: what the legislature is doing this month, the Markey-Moulton race, & all the ballot questions.
8/14/25, Co Host –Josh Silver Max Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators say to the governor and the legislature, show us the money…
WHMP RadioUMass Prof Chang Liu, awarded $1.3million from NIH for his AIDS research
8/14/25, Co Host –Josh Silver Max Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators say to the governor and the legislature, show us the money…
- WHMP Radio
WRSI’s Steve Sanderson and NEPM’s Monte Belmonte have too much fun previewing Transformance—next Tuesday at Look Park.
8/14/25, Co Host –Josh Silver Max Page, immediate past Pres of the Mass Teachers Ass’n: educators say to the governor and the legislature, show us the money…
- WHMP Radio
Beit Ahavah Rabbi Riqi Kosovske, who has just returned from Israel, on progressive activism and anti-Netanyahu politics there and here.
8/13/26, Co-Host -- Andy Bukowski. Exec Dir of Valley Community Development Corp Alex Breiteneicher: transforming the EconoLodge on Rt 9 in Hadley into…
WHMP RadioCollaborative for Educational Services Dr Desiree Lalbeharie: youth mental health grant
8/13/26, Co-Host -- Andy Bukowski. Exec Dir of Valley Community Development Corp Alex Breiteneicher: transforming the EconoLodge on Rt 9 in Hadley into…
WHMP RadioExec Dir of Valley Community Development Corp Alex Breiteneicher: affordable housing
8/13/26, Co-Host -- Andy Bukowski. Exec Dir of Valley Community Development Corp Alex Breiteneicher: transforming the EconoLodge on Rt 9 in Hadley into…
WHMP RadioNorthampton Jazz Festival Pres Ruth Griggs with jazz educator Ben Young on Jazz 101
8/13/26, Co-Host -- Andy Bukowski. Exec Dir of Valley Community Development Corp Alex Breiteneicher: transforming the EconoLodge on Rt 9 in Hadley into…
WHMP RadioCool Films with Larry Hott and Nina Kleinberg on “Casablanca"
8/12/26: Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor on the Jones Library, Hampshire College, Wildwood Elementary and the September return of the…
WHMP RadioJenny Powers, Director of the Springfield Science Museum: Today's Partial Eclipse
8/12/26: Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor on the Jones Library, Hampshire College, Wildwood Elementary and the September return of the…
- WHMP Radio
Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor on the Jones Library, Hampshire College, Wildwood Elementary and the September return of the city called UMass.
8/12/26: Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor on the Jones Library, Hampshire College, Wildwood Elementary and the September return of the…
- WHMP Radio
Paul Spector, political activist and founder of Friday Action, on the upcoming event with environmental superstar Bill McKibben, the Maine race for the U.S. Senate, and keeping hope alive in dark times.
8/12/26: Co-Host Brian Adams Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Councilor on the Jones Library, Hampshire College, Wildwood Elementary and the September return of the…
- WHMP Radio
Rep Pat Duffy: Freedom to Read law, the abortion bill, the Protect Act & Child Welfare legislation—all passed by the legislature and signed into law.
8/11/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep Pat Duffy: Freedom to Read law, the abortion bill, the Protect Act & Child Welfare legislation—all passed by the…
- WHMP Radio
Rev. Carlos Anderson of Hope Community Church in Amherst: from a Black Congregational Church with a white pastor to the present day—the strange journey of race and faith in the Valley.
8/11/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep Pat Duffy: Freedom to Read law, the abortion bill, the Protect Act & Child Welfare legislation—all passed by the…
- WHMP Radio
Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke, Duke Goldman: How About those Red Sox? The owners are greedy and acting stupid—what else is new? How to enjoy this season with a lock-out pending.
8/11/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep Pat Duffy: Freedom to Read law, the abortion bill, the Protect Act & Child Welfare legislation—all passed by the…
WHMP Radio“Sweet Prince” with Hilary Dennis—her one-woman Hamlet, coming to the Center for the Arts.
8/11/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Rep Pat Duffy: Freedom to Read law, the abortion bill, the Protect Act & Child Welfare legislation—all passed by the…
- WHMP Radio
Corrine Corryat, candidate for the Democratic nomination for First Franklin Representative: the issues and the race.
8/10/26, Co-Host, writer and editor Megan Zinn Northampton’s new school superintendent Annie Azarloza: her personal history, her listening and learning tour…
- WHMP Radio
Mayors Monday with Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the Peace Walkers, CAFO finally!, schools & data centers.
8/10/26, Co-Host, writer and editor Megan Zinn Northampton’s new school superintendent Annie Azarloza: her personal history, her listening and learning tour…
- WHMP Radio
Mount Holyoke College Professor Joshua Hotaka Roth: his new graphic memoir, co-authored with his father, titled “Lifelines: Art, Memory , Relationship.”
8/10/26, Co-Host, writer and editor Megan Zinn Northampton’s new school superintendent Annie Azarloza: her personal history, her listening and learning tour…
WHMP RadioNorthampton’s new school superintendent Annie Azarloza
8/10/26, Co-Host, writer and editor Megan Zinn Northampton’s new school superintendent Annie Azarloza: her personal history, her listening and learning tour…
WHMP RadioWestern Mass Business Show on 8.8.26 - Easthampton Neighbors
Join us as we hear from Mary McCarthy and Sharon Tilbe, who are the President of the Board and the Volunteer Coordinator respectively at Easthampton Neighbors…
- WHMP Radio
ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Ava Harper on Ava’s new and moving solo exhibition at 33 Hawley, “Familial Bestiaries.”
8/7/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals &…
- WHMP Radio
Astronomer Salman Hameed: the critically important and under-reported story of the Trump administration’s combined attack on science, medicine, universities, and our future.
8/7/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals &…
- WHMP Radio
Community Action Pioneer Valley Exec Dir Lev Ben Ezra and Family Center Director Kia Burton-King on joy in a backpack and wrap-around services for families.
8/7/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals &…
- WHMP Radio
Documentary Filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh: the world premiere of “I Was a Hurricane” on the Amherst Common tomorrow evening -- the story of the 2003 Amherst High School National Champion Ultimate Frisbee Team, a story of belonging, friendship, and trust.
8/7/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals &…
- WHMP Radio
Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals & priorities, the strike in Andover that Matt led, and his history as a history teacher.
8/7/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski Max Page, recent (term-limited) Mass Teachers Assoc President and Matthew Bach, new MTA President, on MTA’s 2026-2027 goals &…
- WHMP Radio
Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position.
8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position…
- WHMP Radio
Congressman Jim McGovern on the corruption in Washington, the wars in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, the slush fund for Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the Midterms and how Democrats should run.
8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position…
- WHMP Radio
Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival on Jazz in the Valley and the fabulous artists in our midst.
8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position…
- WHMP Radio
Taylor Haas, Ex Dir, the Three County Fair: no horses races but don’t miss the school bus demolition derby, the horse and oxen pulls, agriculture exhibits, the fun animals, the midway and much more.
8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position…
- WHMP Radio
Disability Rights Advocate & Northampton City Councilor Jeremy Dubbs on Picture Main Street and is the City addressing the needs of persons with disabilities?
8/5/26, Co-Host Brian Adams District Attorney David Sullivan, advocate for the Protect Act, which prohibits ICE enforcement in sensitive locations in…
- WHMP Radio
District Attorney David Sullivan, advocate for the Protect Act, which prohibits ICE enforcement in sensitive locations in Massachusetts, e.g., court houses, medical facilities, and schools -- on his way the signing ceremony with the Governor.
8/5/26, Co-Host Brian Adams District Attorney David Sullivan, advocate for the Protect Act, which prohibits ICE enforcement in sensitive locations in…
WHMP RadioServiceNet’s Dr Elaine Campbell on AI in therapy
8/5/26, Co-Host Brian Adams District Attorney David Sullivan, advocate for the Protect Act, which prohibits ICE enforcement in sensitive locations in…
WHMP RadioWestern Mass Clean Energy Network’s John Pepi and Keith Hastie
8/5/26, Co-Host Brian Adams District Attorney David Sullivan, advocate for the Protect Act, which prohibits ICE enforcement in sensitive locations in…
- WHMP Radio
Black in the Valley w/ the founders-- Professors Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks & Carlie Tartakov -- & Amilcar Shabazz on Frederick Douglass’ “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” -- applying that statement here and now.
8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans…
- WHMP Radio
FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans rights—her piece in today’s Gazette.
8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans…
WHMP RadioHannah Rechtshaffen, Ex Dir, Greenfield Business Ass’n, on the new Passport Program & so much more
8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans…
- WHMP Radio
Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator: the town’s cannabis ban, food trucks, agricultural entertainment zones, Mount Holyoke College and the PILOT, and the Override vote on Sept 1.
8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans…
- WHMP Radio
Joanna Rubiner, Voiceover Artist: the real and the reel.
8/3/26: Co-Host Megan Zinn. Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you. Whatcha readin’? Sister…
- WHMP Radio
Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you.
8/3/26: Co-Host Megan Zinn. Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you. Whatcha readin’? Sister…
- WHMP Radio
Sen Jo Comerford on the Freedom to Read bill, the Protect Act, long-term care legislation, data privacy, workplace violence, energy affordability, economic development, funding for higher ed, and more.
8/3/26: Co-Host Megan Zinn. Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you. Whatcha readin’? Sister…
- WHMP Radio
SportsMan Scott Coen on the Red Sox rebound and what they’ll do today-- the trade deadline.
8/3/26: Co-Host Megan Zinn. Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you. Whatcha readin’? Sister…
- WHMP Radio
Writers Block: Whatcha readin’? Sister talk with Megan Zinn and Joanna Ryan.
8/3/26: Co-Host Megan Zinn. Meg Ryan, Public Health Nurse with FRCOG, on you v. mosquitos and tics; what you don’t know can hurt you. Whatcha readin’? Sister…
WHMP RadioWestern Mass Business Show on 8.1.26 - Tides for Reproductive Freedom
Join us as we meet Feyla McNamara, Co-founder and Co-executive director and Dale Gaddes, Director of Development for Tides for Reproductive Freedom. Founded in…
WHMP RadioThe Hustler Files Ep 173 - BRIAN KOEHN – FROM WARDEN TO CORRECTIONS REFORMER
E-173 - BRIAN KOEHN – FROM WARDEN TO CORRECTIONS REFORMER For decades, the conversation around corrections has largely centered on two models: government-run…