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Valley Advocate Podcast

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News, politics, arts, and more in Western Massachusetts, produced by the Valley Advocate.
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VA Podcast: Steve Pfarrer on David Berman and his ties to the Valley

Valley Advocate PodcastSep 23, 2019

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Jonathan Jenner and Hope on the Western Mass Asylum Support Network

Jonathan Jenner and Hope on the Western Mass Asylum Support Network

In continuation of Luis Fieldman's "Seeking Asylum in Western Mass" series, part 2 of the series explores those in the region who are helping asylum seekers settle in western Massachusetts. Jonathan Jenner, a founder of the Western Massachusetts Asylum Support Network, and Hope, a person from Africa who recently received asylum in the region, talk with Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter about asylum seeker support in Western Mass.

Mar 23, 202035:20
Seeking Asylum in Western Mass Part 1, fleeing violence to arrive
Mar 17, 202024:48
Coronavirus preparations in the Valley discussed by Chris Goudreau

Coronavirus preparations in the Valley discussed by Chris Goudreau

Valley Advocate Associate Editor Chris Goudreau speaks with Editor Dave Eisenstadter about local preparations for the coronavirus in the Pioneer Valley, based on reporting he did speaking with hospitals, municipalities, and individuals. In the time since this podcast was recorded, medical information has been updated to indicate that in Massachusetts there are 28 presumptive positive cases with one case confirmed.

Mar 09, 202012:11
Chris Goudreau on the end of free recycling in Western Mass
Feb 24, 202019:46
David Brule on River Stories series on local Native history and culture

David Brule on River Stories series on local Native history and culture

David Brule, president of the Nolumbeka Project, based in Greenfield, speaks about a series focusing on Native Americans in the Valley. The series, which will consist of about a dozen events, is in part a response to this year's Plymouth 400 observance, which is more focused on white settlers and the 1620 Plymouth Rock landing by the Pilgrims.

Feb 03, 202024:46
Chris Goudreau on local independent record labels

Chris Goudreau on local independent record labels

Writer Chris Goudreau wrote a recent piece on local independent record labels in the Valley. Those include Feeding Tube Records in Florence, Disques de Lapin in Brattleboro, and Rub Wrongways Records in Northampton.

Jan 29, 202013:31
Pete Redington on guns in the Valley

Pete Redington on guns in the Valley

Writer Pete Redington talks about his recent article about gun owners in the Valley and about how people on opposite sides of the gun issue rarely speak to one another.

Jan 21, 202016:58
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on the ROE Act and expansion of abortion rights
Jan 13, 202021:07
Bizarro Briefs: Man bites dog ... while naked and on meth
Jan 09, 202012:23
Chris Goudreau on Ranked-Choice Voting

Chris Goudreau on Ranked-Choice Voting

Chris Goudreau recently wrote an Advocate cover story on the possibility that ranked-choice voting could be adopted in Massachusetts for the 2022 elections. He talks about both state and local efforts to pass the voting system.

Jan 06, 202015:59
Bizarro Briefs: Be your own farm

Bizarro Briefs: Be your own farm

Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Hear about being your own farm in a dystopian future, generous burglars, and the danger of inviting robots into your home.

Jan 02, 202012:37
Bizarro Briefs: A burglar's Christmas surprise, a bald eagle vs. an octopus, and the Valley's best public bathrooms
Dec 24, 201912:14
Former Ninja Turtles artist Eric Talbot on becoming a tattoo artist
Dec 17, 201915:28
Bizarro Briefs: What is art, anyway?
Dec 13, 201914:22
Steve Pfarrer talks historical fiction
Dec 09, 201915:02
Bizarro Briefs: A hellish marriage proposal, a belligerent pig on live TV, and an epic use of a narwhal tusk
Dec 05, 201912:59
Bizarro Briefs: An intruder beaten up by an 82-year-old woman, brother sister bonding, and illegal bologna
Nov 27, 201911:56
Peter Stilla speaks about psychedelics and legalization

Peter Stilla speaks about psychedelics and legalization

Peter Stilla wrote the recent Advocate cover story "The Return Trip: Psychedelics may come back from the abyss of illegality" looking at how mushrooms, LSD, and mescaline may be poised to be legalized for certain uses. He also speaks about how the drugs combine science and spirituality for those who have studied them and how they affect the brain.

Nov 25, 201922:26
Bizarro Briefs: Dung made into booze, a terrible anti-meth campaign, and a 43-year-old Twinkie
Nov 20, 201912:00
Javier Luengo-Garrido of ACLU Massachusetts on Greenfield's Safe City vote

Javier Luengo-Garrido of ACLU Massachusetts on Greenfield's Safe City vote

Javier Luengo-Garrido, coordinator of the Immigrant Protection Project for ACLU Massachusetts speaks about Greenfield's recent city-wide vote to pass a Safe City Ordinance to uphold immigrant rights in the community of Greenfield. He also talks about what is next for the sanctuary movement, including in Northampton and statewide.

Nov 18, 201922:40
Bizarro Briefs: A Thanksgiving revolt

Bizarro Briefs: A Thanksgiving revolt

Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Hear about New Jersey turkey attacks, a mac-and-cheese dry rub turkey recipe, and a gender reveal gone horribly wrong ... in Turkey, Texas.

Nov 15, 201914:06
Bassist Avery Sharpe talks about his piece "400"
Nov 14, 201927:38
Gena Mangiaratti talks about ghost investigation with Agawam Paranormal
Nov 04, 201920:19
Bizarro Briefs: Every week is Halloween
Oct 30, 201913:26
Chris Goudreau on young activists in the Valley

Chris Goudreau on young activists in the Valley

Advocate Associate Editor Chris Goudreau talks about his recent story speaking with young activists in the Valley dedicated to causes including gun control, homeless rights advocacy, and climate change. 

Oct 29, 201918:50
Sessions - Anders Warringer

Sessions - Anders Warringer

Anders Warringer performs eclectic acoustic originals with a side of absurdity.

Oct 24, 201928:23
Bizarro Briefs: What's your dying wish?

Bizarro Briefs: What's your dying wish?

Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Learn this week about a dead practical jokester, the global organization controlling yellow traffic light timing, and a creepy animal-like fungus.

Oct 24, 201914:48
Julia Clark on her post-transition return to music
Oct 21, 201924:24
Bizarro Briefs: Dangerous Cheetos, TP wedding dresses, and animal crises
Oct 16, 201913:60
Luis Fieldman on Club Castaway strip club's LGBTQ-friendly policies

Luis Fieldman on Club Castaway strip club's LGBTQ-friendly policies

Writer Luis Fieldman wrote the Advocate's cover story on Whately strip club Castaway, and it's reopening with some new policies, including having male and queer-identified dancers, lesbian nights, and transgender performers.

Oct 14, 201916:44
Advocate Sessions - Among the Acres

Advocate Sessions - Among the Acres

Among The Acres combine folk-rock, pop, and Americana with lush vocal harmonies. 

Oct 09, 201931:38
VA Podcast: Chris Goudreau on local gas pipeline activism

VA Podcast: Chris Goudreau on local gas pipeline activism

Advocate Associate Editor Chris Goudreau wrote about how gas explosions last year in eastern Massachusetts have affected gas pipeline activism locally. He speaks to editor Dave Eisenstadter about the perspectives of the people he spoke with for the article and what the future of natural gas might be in Massachsuetts. Spoiler alert: possibly none.

Oct 08, 201921:48
Bizarro Briefs: Scamming the scammers, a date gone horribly wrong, drinking a drink with your own toe in it
Oct 03, 201917:01
Advocate Sessions - Ali Kat and the Revelators

Advocate Sessions - Ali Kat and the Revelators

Ali Kat and the Revelators perform rocking funk and soul with sax, guitars, and high energy vocals.

Oct 02, 201928:33
VA Podcast: Truck Stop Troubadours front-man Brian Chicoine on his music and a recent health scare

VA Podcast: Truck Stop Troubadours front-man Brian Chicoine on his music and a recent health scare

Columnist Jennifer Levesque speaks to Truck Stop Troubadours front-man Brian Chicoine about his music and a recent health scare. He also talks about an upcoming show at Poor Richard's in Chicopee.

Sep 30, 201911:23
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Disappointing attendance at Area 51 raid, a nonexistent flatulence competition, and biting a camel in self defense
Sep 26, 201917:05
Advocate Sessions - Amber Belle

Advocate Sessions - Amber Belle

Amber Belle is a singer-songwriter with a honey toned voice who performs original folk and country music.

Sep 26, 201924:07
VA Podcast: Steve Pfarrer on David Berman and his ties to the Valley
Sep 23, 201912:52
Advocate Sessions - Jake Klar
Sep 20, 201920:15
Bizarro Briefs: Explosive bull semen, beating an elevator up a building, stuffed Cheez-It pizza
Sep 19, 201918:12
VA Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti on Massachusetts consent laws

VA Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti on Massachusetts consent laws

Gena Mangiaratti speaks about her Advocate cover story in which she spoke with Gina Rose Napolitano, a young woman who says she engaged in a sexual relationship with a teacher at her school. The relationship had consequences that affected her mental health, she said. That relationship is legal under Massachusetts law, but Napolitano is working to change that.

Sep 16, 201912:50
Valley Advocate Sessions - OroborO
Sep 12, 201925:31
Bizarro Briefs: Awful gun testing, robot priests, and a poop knife
Sep 10, 201915:24
VA Podcast: Jonathan Kermah's Night Show
Sep 09, 201928:08
Sessions - Blame Cadence

Sessions - Blame Cadence

Blame Cadence is a one woman chorus of looped soulful a cappella pop. For the video recording of this session, as well as over 100 other sessions performances, go to sessions.valleyadvocate.com.  

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Aug 30, 201919:04
VA Podcast: A victory against residential pipelines

VA Podcast: A victory against residential pipelines

Longmeadow resident and activist Michele Marantz was interviewed in the Advocate story "Longmeadow voters say no to gas pipeline project in residential neighborhood," about her community group, which managed to get a zoning bylaw passed that could halt a pipeline project that affects several Western Mass communities. She speaks to editor Dave Eisenstadter.

Aug 30, 201926:50
Sessions - Lush Honey

Sessions - Lush Honey

Lush Honey is a band that makes funky soul and progressive rock ‘n’ roll. The band performed live at the Summit View in Holyoke during the 2019 Best of the Valley Readers’ Poll party. For the video version of this performance, go to session.valleyadvocate.com.

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Aug 28, 201943:04
VA Podcast: Chris Goudreau on Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno's absence from marginalized communities

VA Podcast: Chris Goudreau on Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno's absence from marginalized communities

In a piece looking at the upcoming mayoral election in Springfield, writer Chris Goudreau interviewed Mayor Domenic Sarno's challengers as well as leaders in the activist community. Sarno himself declined an interview. Goudreau speaks about what he learned reporting the story.

Aug 26, 201925:12
Bizarro Briefs: Peed on peas, moose meat solicitation, and a dirty diaper assault
Aug 23, 201917:46
Sessions - Home Body
Aug 22, 201927:13