Corporate Politics Finance Law

Sam Smith from Williamstown and Mark Cohen from Great Barrington are involved with a grass roots effort to limit the amount of influence corporations have on political campaigns. Watch this...

The State We’re In: Politics

Our guests this week are political consultant Tony Cignoli, and Political Science Professors Mike Hannahan from the University of Massachusetts and Jerold Duquette from Central Connecticut State University. We’ll talk about the coming presidential race, the 2012...

Antonette Pepe

School Committee member Antonette E. Pepe announced her candidacy for mayor challenging Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, who is seeking a third term, and Springfield City Council President Jose F. Tosado. Additional Info: Antonette E. Pepe announces candidacy Watch this...

State We’re In: Richard Neal

Congressman Richard Neal (D) – Springfield and Massachusetts’ Second Congressional District, will join Jim Madigan to talk about the secret US military mission that took the life of Osama bin Laden and how it impacts the war on terror. Neal will also discuss the...

Western New England College Poll

Director of the Western New England College Polling Institute Prof. Tim Vercellotti discusses the recent poll findings that confidence in the economy is on the upswing here as well as US Senator Scott Brown’s prospects for re-election in 2012. Additional Info:...

The State We’re In: Joe Wagner

This week’s guest is Rep Joe Wagner (D) – Chicopee and House Chair of the Joint Legislative Cmte. on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies –which will oversee all bills dealing with possible casinos and slot machine gambling in the state. We’ll ask him...

The State We’re In: Brian Lees

Chief Clerk of Courts for the Hampden District and former Republican Minority Leader of the Massachusetts State Senate Brian Lees will join Jim Madigan to discuss the growing field of potential GOP presidential candidates for 2012 as well as next years’ US Senate race...

Political Participation: Mike Walsh

Former State Representative Mike Warsh will talk about political participation, and — as former chair of the legislative committee that oversaw the Mass Lottery and state-authorized gambling—he’ll discuss the prospects for – and the impact of — casino...

Middle East Political Crisis

Director of the International Relations Program at Mount Holyoke College, Prof. Sohail Hashmi, will be joining host Jim Madigan on Tuesday, February 22nd to discuss the current situation in the Middle East, and chaos that is taking place in North Africa. Additional...

Egypt Crisis

We will speak with UMASS Asst. Professor of Political Science Amel Ahmed about the continuing political crisis in Egypt. Her specialization is democratic politics, with a special interest in the dynamics of elite vs. popular control over democratic decision-making....

Unrest in Egypt

We speak by phone with U-Mass Amherst Professor David Mednicoff, an expert on Middle East politics and ask his thoughts on the current unrest in Egypt. Additional Info: David Mednicoff Profile PBS Newshour Watch this...