Occupy the Airwaves— Valley Free Radio
Riding in waves of the Occupy Wall Street movement, a space for progressive & liberationist dialogue. Live every Sunday 10am on Valley Free Radio-WXOJ 103.3FM. Based in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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9.6.2026 John McDonough & U.S. Healthcare in the Neoliberal Era (opens the original)
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John E. McDonough, former Massachusetts state representative and present professor at the Harvard University School of Public Health, joins Occupy the Airwaves co-hosts Bob Gardner and Stephen Linsky to discuss his sweeping critiques of America’s health care system as analyzed in his new book: America’s Wrong Turn: U.S. Healthcare in the Neoliberal Era.
8.30.2026 Midterm Elections with Amilcar Shabazz (opens the original)
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Join Occupy the Airwaves co-hosts Emikan Sudan and Miranda Groux for an in-depth conversation with Amilcar Shabazz of the UMass Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies. In this show, we discuss the upcoming primary elections as well as the midterm elections and how the results could impact our lives moving forward.
8.23.26 Jeromie Whalen for Congress (opens the original)
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U.S. 1st Congressional District House candidate Jeromie Whalen joins Occupy the Airwaves co-hosts Emikan Sudan and Stephen Linsky for a wide ranging conversation about his campaign for Congress in the upcoming September 1st Democratic primary covering local and domestic issues including housing, reparations, data centers, AI, term limits, ICE, potential committee assignments, the direction of the Democratic Party as well as foreign policy issues including support for Ukraine and Israel.
8.9.2026 State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa (opens the original)
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State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa (D-Northampton) joins Occupy the Airwaves co-hosts Emikan Sudan, Bob Gardner and Stephen Linsky for her periodic update of the present Massachusetts legislative session. Unlike past sessions, this session has been governed by different rules that enables the consideration of pending legislation deeper into the legislative calendar. Rep. Sabadosa touches on some of the major pieces of pending legislation, including the major energy bills and the climate bond
8.2.2026 Political Economy Research Institute with Gerald Epstein (opens the original)
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UMass Economics professor and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), Gerald Epstein, spoke with Occupy the Airwaves co-hosts Emikan Sudan, Bob Gardner and Stephen Linsky about the launching of the ‘Game Changers’ project a compendium of initiatives to produce the social and economic goods most needed and desired by working Americans, from housing and healthcare to banking, tax policy and beyond. Learn more here.
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