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Negro Baseball Leagues

Former UMass Marketing Professor Doron “Duke” Goldman discusses his research on the Negro leagues and the integration of Major League Baseball.   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151268297388693&l=63ed2f55fc  ...

Mr. Steve

Mr. Steve of PBS Kids fame joins us. He will be appearing at the Springfield Museums on Saturday, February 23 in celebration of their new exhibit, GUITAR: The Instrument that Rocked the World. Information about the event:...

Hampshire Shakespeare Company

Steve Henderson and Steve Pierce, Co-producers for Hampshire Shakespeare Co main stage and Young Company, join us to discuss the new PBS series “Shakespeare Uncovered.” Mr. Henderson is also Director of the HSC summer workshops and both men have acted and...

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.        ...

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....

Downton Abbey Season 3 Preview

Phone interview with Beth Hoppe, PBS Chief Programming Executive and General Manager for General Audience Programming, about the start of Season 3 of Downtown...

Masterpiece Ball Preview

High tea, cocktail hour as well as dinner, dancing and an advanced screening of Downton Abbey season 3, that’s all a part of WGBY’s Masterpiece Ball! Gordon Alexander of Provisions in Northampton and Jeff Holmes of UMass Amherst are among those lending and...

Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl Preview

The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the “Great Plow-Up,” followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Carrie Saldo...

Operation Castle

Operation Castle was a series of six hydrogen bomb tests by the United States in the Marshall Islands during the 1950s. It was declassified in the 1990s, and Holland, MA resident and U.S. Army veteran Ronald Benoit details his eyewitness account as an MP serving there...