Coming Up Monday, January 13

Rape Crisis After a popular major character on “Downton Abbey” is sexually attacked on the program Mary Reardon Johnson, Executive Director of the YWCA of Western Massachusetts, discusses the difficulties victims often face dealing with their attack as...

Coming Up Friday, January 10

The State We’re In: State Senator Jim Welch State Senator Jim Welch (D) -West Springfield & Hampden District, discusses state finances as the introduction of the proposed 2015 state budget approaches. Follow Senator Jim Welch on Twitter:...

Musician Sarah Elizabeth Charles

Springfield native Sarah Elizabeth Charles discusses her music, career, and life as a musician in New York City. She will also talk about Rise 2 Shine, an organization in Haiti that Sarah has been working with to develop an early childhood music education program....

Dowton Abbey

WGBH Greater Boston Arts Reporter Jared Bowen discusses the Downton Abbey craze that has PBS viewers riveted to the screen on Sunday nights.  Bowen had the opportunity to interview actors Allen Leech and Lesley Nichol and got their take on season 4 of Downton...

Tax Identity Theft

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) declared January 13-17, 2014 Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week. Milagros S. Johnson, Director Mayor’s Office of Consumer Information, discusses some of the issues related to this issue Follow on Twitter:...
Don’t Let Someone Steal You!

Don’t Let Someone Steal You!

People can steal you without you even realizing it. Your identity, that is. It may not be a physical danger to you but it can cause mental and psychological harm when thieves get a hold of your personal information and create havoc with it. Especially when it comes to...

Coming Up Thursday, January 9

On the Road in Franklin County: Greenfield Community College President Jim Madigan talks with Greenfield Community College President Robert Pura. Greenfield Community College is the only institution of public higher education in Franklin County, Massachusetts, with an...

UMass Biological Archaeology & Forensics

Ventura R. Pérez, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of Landscapes of Violence and Associate Professor of Biological Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at UMass Amherst, talks about his field school and his class that deals with bio-archaeology and forensic...

The Beavers Club

The Beavers Club of Western Mass was started in 1946 by a group of local businessmen of French descent because they weren’t being allowed into existing clubs. Members of the club have to be at least 1/4 French descent and undertake work projects for local...