Social Issues

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Max Davis of Congregation B’nai Torah in Longmeadow will discuss the traditions and meaning of the upcoming Yom Kippur observance as well Rosh Hashanah....

Memorializing Grief & Tragedy

Prof. Karen Remmler, Mount Holyoke College and Director of the Five Colleges Women’s Studies Center discusses the 9/11 terror attacks – as well as other genocides and atrocities – and how we choose to memorialize such tragedies....

Umass Football Program

UMass/Amherst Athletic Director John McCutcheon discusses decision to upgrade UMass football program. The University of Massachusetts football program will be moving up from the Football Championship Subdivision (the FCS – formerly Division 1-AA) to the Football Bowl...

Brooks Fitch Interview

Guest: Jeff Sullivan, V.P. United Bank Brooks Fitch talks with Jeff Sullivan from United Bank in his “Change Maker” series. Watch this...

Tornado Aftermath

Guests: Heather O’Henry, Brimfield Resident; Chief Charles T. Kuss, Brimfield Police; Iain O’Connor, Brimfield Resident; Dave Bell, Owner, One Stop Car Care & Towing; Caelyn Adams, Volunteer, First Congregational Church of Brimfield. The town of Brimfield was hit...

Brooks Fitch Interview

Brooks sits down with an interview with Ira Rubenzahl, President of Springfield Technical Community College. Additional Info Ira Rubenzahl Bio from STCC Watch this...

Tornado Aftermath

We visit a local neighborhood to find out how people were affected by the recent tornado and how the recovery and rebuilding process is going. Additional Info Related News from Masslive.com Red Cross of Central & Western MA United Way Pioneer Valley Mass.gov...

As Schools Match Wits

Guests: Beth Ward, show host, Todd Rovelli, show judge, Dr. Elizabeth Preston, Westfield State College, Steve Jendrysak, Chicopee historian. Our guests talk about the past 50 years of As Schools Match Wits. As Schools Match Wits Online Watch this...

Women’s Fund of Western Mass

Guests: Julie Kumble, Women’s Fund of W. Mass,  Mari-Jon Adams-Pullan: Northampton, Shenandoah Sluter:  Greenfield, Virgenmina Perez: Holyoke. Our guests will discuss the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts’ new leadership institute program. Women from across...

Reaction from Monson

Reaction to the storm from Rev. Bob Marone, 1st Church of Monson. The church received major damage in yesterday’s tornado. Following the storms, people in one community devastated by one of the tornadoes are working to determine the way forward. Additional Info...

Remembering Bob Paquette

This past weekend, New England Public Radio lost long-time reporter Bob Paquette. Bob was the local host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” on WFCR and WNNZ for two decades. He will be greatly missed. We talk with Martin Miller, GM of WFCR about his memories...