radioplasma podcast

Our guest is comedian Mike Lemme. After a successful series of presentations in a New York theater, Mike talks about his experience on this project, his story as a comedian and performer, and all the details of his presentation at Gateway City Arts,on June 29th, 2018.

This is our first iteration of a series of conversational discussions on topics of interest, led by Holyoke local media, and open for everybody to participate and follow up. "Let's talk - Hablemos" is an approach to generate a diverse and open series of conversations, where journalist, Natalia Muñóz, News Director at Holyoke Media, along with Radioplasma's producer and host, Iohann Rashi Vega, wil...

This session is a homage to Anthony Bourdain's legacy as a storyteller, and media creator, after knowing of his passing on June 8th, 2018. Journalist Natalia Muñóz joins this conversation to honor and remember Bourdain's work, and also to bring awareness about suicide, and how it is affecting people, everywhere.

The Holyoke Herald celebrated the achievements and professionalism of their staff reporters, Holyoke High School students, committed to reporting and write Holyoke's History, at the Melva Awards Ceremony, held on May 29th, 2018 at Holyoke High School. From being a newspaper, the Herald has adapted to the times, becoming a multi-platform media outlet, combining the newspaper with an online presence...

Andres Villada is our guest and the organizer of this year's Holyoke Farmer's Market, that is taking place from May 31st, until October 11th, every Thursday at High Street, in front of Holyoke City Hall. On this session, we talk about the plans for this year, and the importance of a Farmer's Market in our community, as a space for all to come together.

Legends, Beats & Grooves is a Hip-Hop DJ showcase to entertain and educate on the History of the DJ, Turntablism, and Hip-Hop Culture. On this conversation with Gary Thomas, owner of Gees Records, we talked about the relevance of every guest on this event, on the Hip-Hop, Pop, and Music Culture in general. Legends, Beats & Grooves is scheduled for Sunday, May 20th at 3:00 PM at Gateway City Arts

It's an honor to have Olivia Mausel as our guest, to talk about Holyoke's History, and all the dedication to research, preserve, and educate about the many places, times, resources, and people that are part of the history of the City of Holyoke. As she receives a recognition by The City for her decades of dedication as member of the Historic Commission, we honor Olivia on this episode as well.

This is our very first podcast session from Springfield, MA at the new Gándara Youth Acces Center, named The Impact Center. This is a safe, welcoming space for young adults to receive support, connect to resources for job, housing, education, mentoring, or just having a space where to be, without judgment. Kristine Rodriguez, Carmelo Torres, and Amanda Alicea talk about the services available at t...

Radioplasma presents, a special session, recorded after the opening of a museographic comparative architectural installation between Museo Casa Cautiño-Insúa, Guayama, Puerto Rico, and Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA. Our guests are curators, Alvilda Sophia Anaya-Alegría, professor at Cambridge College; and visiting from Puerto Rico, Aníbal Rodriguez Ayala, historian and Museum Curator for el In...

Welcome to our audio tour of the fishway at the Holyoke Dam! It's the season to see the migration of the fish and witness the power of the Connecticut River, generating the electricity for the City of Holyoke. Kate Sullivan, Director of Marketing and Communications for Holyoke Gas & Electric, and Elizabeth Austin, Coordinator of Public Programs at the Robert E Barrett Fishway, are our hosts on thi...

As part of the screenings of "PROMESA", a documentary by Michelle Falcon, the audience has been offered the opportunity of having a conversation with the filmmaker and two activists from Puerto Rico, Samantha Medina Figueroa, and Johanyvette Rodriguez Gonzalez. On this bilingual session, we discuss the current events in Puerto Rico, the protests, activist movement, the crisis in Puerto Rico, the c...

We are meeting in the middle, for the River Roll & Stroll, 2018. Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead, are the producers in charge of the logistics for the second River Roll & Stroll, happening on May 6th, 2018, at the Veterans Memorial Bridge, between Holyoke and South Hadley. We talked about what is being planned for this ephemeral street festival where music, arts, food, and community, will meet...

Filmmaker, Michelle Falcón (left), and activist, Nathalie Vicencio (right), are our guests on this session to talk about the screenings of Promesa, a documentary film by Michelle Falcón, telling the stories from families and people from Puerto Rico, and the economic crisis. Named after the acronym of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, that also means "promise" in Sp...

San Juan Mayor, Carmen Yulín Cruz, visited Holyoke during the celebration of Holyoke Innovation Week, and offered a public session of questions and answers with the community at Gateway City Arts, on April 25th, 2018. This is the recording of the event, brought to you by Holyoke Media, and Radioplasma.

Puerto Rican Author, Rafael Rodríguez Cruz, from Guayama, offered a lecture at Wistariahurst Museum, about the history and cultural connection with the Bomba Francesa of Guayama. This lecture is part of the Installation, Museo Casa Cautiño-Insúa: Romance, Arquitectura y Economía, curated by Alvilda Sophia Anaya-Alegría. Recorded at Wistariahurst Museum on April 17th, 2018.

This is the recording of the Neighbor 2 Neighbor Legislative Breakfast, a public event recorded at El Mercado, 413 Main St. in Holyoke, MA. On this community conversation, State Representative, Aaron Vega; Ward 2 City Councilor, Nelson Roman; City Councilwoman At-Large, Rebecca Lisi; Ward 4 School Committee member, Irene Feliciano-Sims, along with Andrea Nyamekye, Climate Justice Program Director...

Our guest is Insiyah Mohammad Bergeron, Holyoke Innovation District Manager, and Transformative Development Initiative Fellow for MassDevelopment. We talk about Holyoke Innovation Week, happening from April 22nd to the 29th, in Downtown Holyoke, and the process of showcasing the assets of Holyoke, for the community to connect with all the potential available in the Paper City.

Enjoy the beautiful and powerful poetry, wrote in seven days, with Fair Housing as core and inspiration point. This event celebrates National Poetry Month and National Fair Housing Month by commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Listen to all participant poets, get moved by the history lessons, true stories of struggle, and an impromptu conversation, remembering the riots after Ma...

Michael Moriarty and Israel Rivera from One Holyoke CDC, share the upcoming presentation of The Great Gatsby in Holyoke, at Holyoke High School and Wistariahurst in May, along with the updates on several projects that include a Basketball court, a Community Center for The Flats, a house relocation, and a series of cleanups.

Jackie Velez, from Neighbor 2 Neighbor, Holyoke Chapter is our guest to talk about the work being done at N2N, the current changes to the Criminal Justice Reform Package at the State Level, and an invitation to a Legislative Breakfast on April 18th, 2018 at El Mercado, in Holyoke

We welcome Verónica García, host and producer of "Presencia", WGBY's bilingual magazine TV program, featuring stories of the Latino communities of western New England. Now in its third season, we got an update on the evolution of the show, Veronica's dream, and the plans for workshops and internships for youth.

We welcome saxophone player and composer, Mtali Shaka Banda, in a conversation about his debut album "Rites of Passage". Also, Damany Gordon, from Genuine Culture LLC, joins the conversation.

Erika Slocumb is a scholar, artist, and community organizer who is working on a project with the Wistariahurst Museum, uncovering the stories of the black community in Holyoke, from the time the area was settled in 18th Century to the present. Listen to our conversation with Erika about "Black Holyoke: Uncovering the History of the Black Community in the Paper City."

We celebrate Black History Month with a conversation around the first year of Genuine Culture LLC as an initiative to educate and bring together the community through music, arts, conversations, seminars, history, and special events, organized by Theresa Cooper-Gordon, and Damany Gordon.

Tessa Murphy-Romboletti, Director of SPARK, supports businesses in development to connect, learn, and thrive, through a series of courses, and access to tools and resources they need to be successful. One of these initiatives is Holyoke Soup, a community gathering to know and support new emerging local businesses. The first Holyoke Soup event of 2018, also is taking place at a new venue, The HCC C...