The BMA Audio Podblast

This episode examines how mainstream American media didn’t just fail to cover the destruction of Gaza accurately, but actively participated in obscuring it. Drawing on two works released a decade apart, the 2016 documentary The Occupation of the American Mind and Adam H. Johnson’s 2026 book How to Sell a Genocide, the discussion traces how a public relations infrastructure built since the 1980s sh...

In this podcast we explore the psychological toll of consuming distressing news, particularly coverage of the war in Gaza. Jason Brown and deputy editor of Consortium News Corinna Barnard with clinical psychologist Dr. Renee McCormick — examine how relentless exposure to traumatic news affects mental health. Dr. McCormick draws on research from the American Psychological Association (APA), other r...

Nadia Milleron, who is running as an Independent to represent the first congressional district of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives, speaks with her neighbors and cohosts Jason Brown and Corinna Barnard about the local and national implications of current US foreign aggressions. This conversation starts off with the U.S. imposition of a cruel energy blockade on Cuba, moves on to foc...

In this podcast Jason Brown and Corinna Barnard discuss the vast and ever expanding US military budget and the proliferation of US military bases and facilities — beginning right here at home in the first congressional district of Massachusetts.

Welcome to another episode of Culture Shift, where we explore an eye-opening documentary that reveals the concealed threats associated with the U.S. military-industrial complex. Titled "Earth’s Greatest Enemy," this film is the brainchild of journalist Abby Martin and Iraq War veteran Michael Prysner. It stands apart from traditional war documentaries, presenting a compelling narrative that intert...

An official selection of the Academy Awards, From Ground Zero confronts the shattered realities of the people of Gaza and shows the challenges of rebuilding. The characters in these 22 films face their demons, forge unlikely alliances, and rediscover the strength of the human spirit. We discuss these amazing films in context with the genocide happening now.

The footage of an overzealous ICE agent killing Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis reveals the violence of the American empire turning inward to protect itself.

Cafe Palestina is a venue that screens films about Palestine to create awareness of the effects of occupational genocide there. Yet posters promoting the event are being torn down in the town of Great Barrington. This podcast explores the phenomena.

In this episode dynamic impresario and performer Alex Harvey shares his experience collecting and performing anachronistic maritime music known as Sea Shanties. Alex is a popular traditional folklorist with a modern approach, filling rooms with his street ballads and maritime tunes through his project, Shinbone Alley. During his performances, audiences are invited to immerse themselves in the rich...

Berkshires In Solidarity with Palestine (BISP) members Christine Fulton and Jason Brown discuss the upcoming event on 9/16 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield 175 Wendell Avenue, MA 01201 Topics include, apartheid, tech warfare, US complicity, genocide and more.

Clark discusses Kerouac's writing style and the jazz music that influenced it.

After a ten year hiatus the film festival reboots showing films made in and about Palestine.

Camino Real by Tennessee Williams at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Get It Right by Randolyn Zinn at The Living Room Theatre

We discuss A Bronx Tale-The Musical (Mac-Haydn Theater), The Bookclub Play (Dorset Theatre Festival), Fuzzy (Barrington Stage Company).

This is the first episode of David Rothstein talking about the origins of the Music Inn in Lenox Massachusetts. The MI, an offshoot of Woodstock, showcased giants of Folk, Rock and Jazz such as The Modern Jazz Quartet, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Weather Report, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley and Muddy Waters, The Kinks, the Byrds,...