Public Affairs

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...

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...

Coming Up Friday, December 27

The State We’re In: Easthampton Mayor Mike Tautznik After 8 terms and 16 years as Mayor of Easthampton, Mike Tautznik is stepping down. We talk about his years in public service and the state of local government as he sees it in Massachusetts...

Coming Up Friday, December 20

The State We’re In: State Representative Todd Smola State representative Todd Smola (R) Palmer and the 1st Hampden District, discusses state finances looking ahead to FY 2015 and looming race for Governor, U.S. Senate, and the legislature in...

Guns in Society

Jim Wallace, Executive Director of Gun Owners’ Action League, and State Representative David P. Linsky talk about the pros and cons of gun control, specifically as it relates to Massachusetts. This is part of our ongoing conversation this week on the one year...