Show Segments

All on-air show segments.

On the Road in Franklin County: Chris Collins

Connecting Point goes on the road to Greenfield Community College to discuss some of the issues that are important to Franklin County residents.  Our first discussion is with long time media personality Chris Collins, who talks with Jim Madigan about some of the...

Springfield Museums’ Rare Find

Stored on a shelf for over 100 hundred years, a rare anthropological treasure was recently discovered in the Springfield Science Museum’s permanent collections. Originally cataloged as an “Aleutian hat,” the artifact had been preserved in museum collections for over a...

Academy of Music: 1940s Scandal

A box of letters and documents unearthed from a desk at Northampton’s Academy of Music revealed a mysterious story of scandal, power & politics that played out at the Academy in the early 1940s.  Amazed at what the documents unleashed, the Academy’s Executive...

Coming Up Friday, January 3

The State We’re In: Author Joe Ellis Pulitzer Prize-winning author & historian Joseph Ellis joins Jim Madigan to discuss his most recent book, “Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American...

HIV and AIDS

On Monday, December 30th, the documentary How to Survive a Plague airs on Independent Lens; it profiles an unlikely group of activists who helped identify and distribute promising treatments for HIV and AIDS in order to save those suffering from the disease....

UMass Comes to Springfield

UMass & Towersquare (owned by Mass Mutual) have formed a unique partnership in offering local citizens the opportunity to attend UMass right in downtown Springfield. The university will lease over 27,000 square feet on the 2nd floor of the building just in time...

Making It Here: Robert Engman Graphic Design

In the 30 years he’s been a graphic designer, Easthampton’s Rob Engman has worked with hundreds of clients from all over the country. Much has changed over the years in the mechanics of his job, but what hasn’t changed is Rob’s ‘passion and enthusiasm for creating...

Coming Up Monday, December 30

HIV and AIDS On Monday, December 30th, the documentary How to Survive a Plague airs on Independent Lens; it profiles an unlikely group of activists who helped identify and distribute promising treatments for HIV and AIDS in order to save those suffering from the...

Encore: Frontline’s Raney Aronson

Frontline is one of the best known and most cherished series in public broadcasting, often investigating topics that receive little attention elsewhere on television. The series is produced by WGBH and is distributed nationwide by PBS. Deputy Executive Producer Raney...

Encore: Lost Towns of the Quabbin: Boat Ride

This segment is part of our special series about the 75th anniversary of the Quabbin Reservoir. View more segments at the “Lost Towns of the Quabbin” archive. Producer Dave Fraser and videographer Mark Langevin travel by boat across the Quabbin Reservoir...