WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

We hear incredible Tuvan throat singing LIVE with ALASH, take a tour of artist Don Blanton's exhibit at Westfield on Weekends and test out Michael Fors' Liquid Jazz Experience decanter.

Panelists break down President Trump's address to the nation, a new bill to encourage more co-op business models, Mass. healthcare providers halting gender affirming care, and what gambling harm prevention looks like.

We learn about the convergence of art, healthcare, policy and research at the "Art for the Common Good" convention at UMass. Plus, we check in with Rep. Jim McGovern about what's new in Washington.

The Trump administration does not want children to have access to gender-affirming care — and is using federal policies and financial threats to make that happen. Massachusetts is among the states assuring families the care will be protected. But those promises are hard to keep when hospitals, including Baystate Health in western Massachusetts, stop providing the treatment on their own.

A wrap up with the folx of NEPM's Media Lab of their spring session, and a chat with the talent and organizers of the Revelry at 33 fundraiser for Northampton Center for the Arts.

The plan is called 'Compass Rail', and residents will see the earliest project materialize around 2030, with the so-called Inland Route — or what officials are calling the first phase of West -East Rail — connecting Springfield to Worcester and Boston.

The shells, shipped from China, are used at CRRC's Springfield manufacturing facility to create subway cars for the MBTA. They had been impounded by the Department of Homeland Security this past summer, over concerns they had been made with forced labor.

For the second time in less than a decade the New England Commission of Higher Education is requiring Hampshire College to show cause why its accreditation should not be withdrawn. Can officials make the case to the commission, as it did in 2019?

We talk to guest curator Ayanna Dozier for the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival and visit Stoneman Brewery for the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight.

We talk to the creators of the annual fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County, Big Love Little Performances, meet the CEO of Transhealth, Jo Erwin, and explore the night sky with Mr. Universe.