Professor Jan Dizard on Gun Laws

Amherst College Professor Jan Dizard discusses guns, gun laws, and hunting in the wake of Newtown, CT. Dizard is the author of several books including “Guns inAmerica: Contesting the Legitimacy of the State”....

Valley Venture Mentors

Damon Magnuski, Co-founder of PeopleHedge.com and Scott Foster, Co-founder, Valley Venture mentors and registered mentor, discuss this local start-up business and the work. Valley Venture mentors does like to help start-ups in the region....

What Does it Take for a Woman to Become a Leader?

“A Seat at the Table” is a documentary film created by six students from Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield. They will speak with Carrie Saldo about some of the questions they explored including: What does it take for a woman to become a leader? Is it...

Movies in the Digital Age

In the era of Netflix, satellite TV,  downloading and streaming on the web, people are watching movies in different ways. We take a look at how some brick and mortar DVD stores that are still hanging on, and why people are still going out to the theater to see...

Cape Cod National Seashore

August 7th, 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy signing the federal legislation establishing the Cape Cod National Seashore.  Run by the National Park Service, the Seashore includes nearly 40 miles coastline along the Atlantic-facing eastern...

Countess of Carnarvon

The Countess of Carnarvon, who lives in Highclere Castle in Newbury, Berkshire, England, conducts a phone interview.  Highclere Castle is the country manor home that serves as “Downton Abbey” on the PBS series.        ...

Prof. Susan Krauss Whitbourne on the CT Shootings

Prof. Susan Krauss Whitbourne UMass Psychology Professor Susan Krauss Whitbourne discusses her recent article “Can We Predict Who Kills from Knowing the Criminal Mind?” The article reacts and discusses the  December 14, 2012  Newtown, CT massacre.  ...

Fracking

Attorney Peter Vickery discusses his concerns & thepossible environmental dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” procedures to get shale gas that may be underground here in western Massachusetts....

Simon Stevenson: UMass Dining

UMass Amherst Dining Services was recently ranked 3rd best in the nation for food by the Princeton Review for 2012. We talk with Executive Director Ken Toong about the honor, and take a look at what it takes to feed the students and faculty at theAmherst campus....

The Abolitionists

In conjunction with PBS series “The Abolitionists” premiering Jan. 8, Republican Executive Editor and local historian Wayne Phaneuf discusses local history related to John Brown, the underground railroad, and abolitionist activities in this area....

Mike Quincy: Winter Driving

Consumer Reports Auto Content Specialist Mike Quincy talks with Carrie Saldo regarding what people need to know about driving in the winter months. www.consumerreports.org/cars                  ...