October Mountain, Part 2

Folklorist and These Mysterious Hills author Joe Durwin takes us on a supernatural tour of the Berkshires’ 16,500 acre October Mountain State Park where it is said by some that ghosts and spirits roam, UFOs fly overhead, and Bigfoot wanders in the woods… October...

Ballot Question 2: Assisted Suicide

Massachusetts State Ballot Question 2 seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the Baystate. Supporter of Question 2 Steve Crawford and Question 2 opponent Dr. Shawn Charest, Medical Director of Mercy Hospice, discuss their opposing views on the controversial...

Emily Dickinson Photo

Jane Wald, Executive Director of the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst discusses the excitement surrounding  the discovery of an 1859 daguerreotype, believed to be the only second known photo of the poet Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson Museum      ...

October Mountain, Part 1

Alec Gillman of the DCR and folklorist Joe Durwin explain the colorful history of the Berkshires’ October Mountain, and its transformation from a private estate and nature preserve into the largest state forest in Massachusetts. October Mountain State...

Mass Farm to School Project

Emily French, Massachusetts Farm to School Project’s western Massachusetts Farm to Cafeteria Director, and Chicopee Public Schools Director of Nutrition Services Joanne Lennon  talk about “Farm to School” organizations’ efforts since 2004 to...

Dorm Violence

Kim Gandy, President & CEO  of the National Network to End Domestic Violence and former President of NOW joins us to discuss domestic violence, including the recent reports of rape at UMass & Amherst College. While there are so many good causes, rarely will...

College? Yes! Recap

Latino Youth Media Institute member Zydalis Zayas will join Carrie in studio to talk about her experience participating in the recent College? Yes! program kick-off. Springfield Parent...

WMECo President Peter Clarke

WMECo President & COO Peter Clarke talks about storm preparations one year after the Halloween weekend storm that knocked out power for up to a week in much of Western and Central Massachusetts. Would WMECO be better prepared to restore service faster if such a...

Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Reading proficiency by third grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Yet every year, 68% of America’s children miss this crucial milestone. Grade Level...

The State We’re In: Richard Neal

  Congressman Richard Neal (D), Springfield/MA 2nd District, comments on the Presidential campaign as well as the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race and the coming post-election Congressional session to deal with the looming “fiscal cliff” for Federal spending cuts....