Web Premiere: On the Road in South County: Regional Overview

Web Premiere: On the Road in South County: Regional Overview

In January, Connecting Point goes on the road to focus on Southern Berkshire County, a region that is difficult to define but impossible to miss. We will visit the notable towns of Stockbridge and Great Barrington but also discover that there is so much more that...

Coming Up Wednesday, January 7

Cuba-U.S. Relations As Cuba and the United States move to restore diplomatic relations that were cut 54 years ago, former long-time Chicopee Alderman Timothy Sullivan discusses his service with the Navy in Cuba during the time of the Cuban Revolution as Fidel Castro...
CIA Torture Report

CIA Torture Report

Mount Holyoke College Professor of Politics Christopher Pyle, a former US Senate Committee staffer and author of the 2009 book about the treatment of terrorist-prisoners entitled “Getting Away with Torture,” discusses the meaning and impact of the just-released...
Springfield Armory Clock Tower

Springfield Armory Clock Tower

Springfield Armory National Historic Park Superintendent James Woolsey and Wayne Phaneuf, from the Board of Directors of the Springfield Armory Alliance, discuss plans to repair the old clock in the tower of the Springfield Armory building. Springfield Armory National...
Common Capital

Common Capital

Chris Sikes, CEO of Common Capital, and businesswoman Susan Mastroianni, a Common Capital investor, discuss the work of that Holyoke-based organization: granting loans to local residents in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester Counties & providing...
Meat & Cancer

Meat & Cancer

Wilson Mertens, MD , Vice President and Medical Director for Cancer Services at the Baystate Regional Cancer Program, discusses recent findings released by the United Nations’ World Health Organization warning of the cancer dangers of eating bacon and processed...
Jewish Family Services Syrian Relief

Jewish Family Services Syrian Relief

Over the next year, the Obama administration has plans to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees fleeing from persecution in their war-torn country. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled to Europe. But many US politicians have raised serious concerns about letting in...

Coming Up Monday, January 5

CIA Torture Report Mount Holyoke College Professor of Politics Christopher Pyle, a former US Senate Committee staffer and author of the 2009 book about the treatment of terrorist-prisoners entitled “Getting Away with Torture,” discusses the meaning and impact of...
The State We’re In: Sen. Jim Welch

The State We’re In: Sen. Jim Welch

State Senator Jim Welch (D) – West Springfield and the Hampden District, discusses the state financial situation amid reports that the budget deficit may be higher than previously reported as well as anticipation surrounding the beginning of the new Republican...

Coming Up Friday, January 2

The State We’re In: Sen. Jim Welch State Senator Jim Welch (D) – West Springfield and the Hampden District, discusses the state financial situation amid reports that the budget deficit may be higher than previously reported as well as anticipation surrounding the...

Coming Up Wednesday, December 31

Producers’ Picks American Graduate: Sci Tech’s Gary Bernice In January 2007, Springfield’s Sci Tech High School had a band of about 20 members. Since UMass grad Gary Bernice joined the school the program has grown to over 500 students. The band has...
Up Education Springfield

Up Education Springfield

Scott Given, CEO of Boston-based Up Education Network, discusses that non-profit company’s proposal to take over one of Springfield’s troubled middle schools and operate it as a Horace Mann Charter School. Up Education Network Up Education Network on...