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Raw reactions and hot takes on current events, politics, culture, and society. Guest interviews and comedy mixed in.
Hosted by Slater — on-air since 17 and still in legacy radio in Western MA, now building something independent and unfiltered.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
56 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
57 episodes
since June 1, 2025
episodic
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Pam Ellis is a medium based in the Berkshires. In this episode she sits down with me and does a live reading. Later she gets on the phone with my fiancée (we’re both widowed) and connects with her late husband. During that reading she reveals the gender of a miscarriage we hadn’t told anyone about.…
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Michael Obasohan is Pittsfield's chief diversity officer. He is a gay Black man running the city's diversity, equity, and inclusion office in a city that is mostly white. The job has been debated since the office opened in 2021. Some people say the city needs it. Others say it is money that could g…
In this episode I sit down with Ricardo Morales, the Commissioner of Public Works for the City of Pittsfield. Morales, a civil engineer, was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Massachusetts in 2011. Morales, who was hired as the city's engineer in 2018 and then named head of Public Works in 2020, is …
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Matt Bishop, Principal of Taconic High School in Pittsfield, MA. Bishop has worked in the Pittsfield school system for nearly 30 years. With 805 students this school year, this is the first year Taconic has become a full vocational high school (CTE). Times have …
Mike Fenton is a Springfield city councilor and attorney running for Massachusetts Governor’s Council District 8. That’s the elected body that confirms judges, parole board members, and other appointments from the governor. District 8 is all of Western Mass. (Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hamps…
Corey Bishop is one-half of Bishop West Real Estate, a full-service real estate company based in Berkshire County. In this episode, we focus on vacant retail and commercial spaces in Pittsfield and the Berkshires.
Why do investors and developers like Allegrone, David Carver, and Mill Town, the one…
Ben Garver joined the Berkshire Eagle as a photojournalist in 1995. Thirty years and more than a million photographs later, he retired in 2025. In this episode, Garver walks us through what it actually takes to shoot spot news, the emergencies, accidents, and breaking stories that don't wait for a …
Detective Kim Bertelli-Hunt is a legend in Pittsfield. Known as the "face of the department," she just retired from the Pittsfield Police Department after more than 43 years of service, making her the longest-serving female officer in the Commonwealth. Join me as we walk through her incredible care…
In this episode, I sit down with Warren Dews III from Hinsdale, MA. Making content as "Dewser" across multiple social media platforms, this dude always keeps it positive and has found success with skits, streaming, and just being himself. He even has his own dance. Dews holds a degree in criminal j…
News of Teddy Swims and Raiche Wright's break up have hit mainstream publications like TMZ, People, and Us Weekly recently. Swims just released a new track called "Break Up In Reverse" which is said to be about their troubled relationship. They have a 1 year-old son together, Rambo. So, what's life…
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