The BMA Audio Podblast

Jason Brown
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Berkshire Media Artists presents the BMA Audio Blast covering Community, Culture and Politics.

Episodes

  1. From Ground Zero: A discussion and reaction to the film with Nadia Milleron, Christine Fulton, Corinna Barnard and Jason Brown

    JAN 25

    From Ground Zero: A discussion and reaction to the film with Nadia Milleron, Christine Fulton, Corinna Barnard and Jason Brown

    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.

    28 min
  2. Patrick Lawrence - Imperial Boomerang

    JAN 13

    Patrick Lawrence - Imperial Boomerang

    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.

    9 min
  3. Culture Shift: The Tearing Down of the Posters

    12/02/2025

    Culture Shift: The Tearing Down of the Posters

    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.

    10 min
  4. Sea Shanty aficionado Alex Harvey discusses the anachronistic culture of maritime music.

    11/22/2025

    Sea Shanty aficionado Alex Harvey discusses the anachronistic culture of maritime music.

    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 intercultural tapestry of 18th and 19th century sea music. This genre, with influences from distant corners of the world, was reinterpreted and woven together by sailors of diverse backgrounds both in ports and on the open water. Each tune serves as one of the earliest forms of collective healing. In this way, it's a nostalgic remedy for our chaotic modern times.

    59 min
  5. Teach-in with Hazem Jamjoum discussion

    09/10/2025

    Teach-in with Hazem Jamjoum discussion

    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.

    1h 13m
  6. Kerouac: A Talk with poet, musician and jazz critic Clark Coolidge.

    07/28/2025

    Kerouac: A Talk with poet, musician and jazz critic Clark Coolidge.

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

    11 min
  7. The Culture Shift podcast presents: The Cafe Palestina film festival reboots.

    07/27/2025

    The Culture Shift podcast presents: The Cafe Palestina film festival reboots.

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

    21 min
  8. At The Theatre 2 Camino Real, Not About Nightingales, Get It Right

    07/26/2025

    At The Theatre 2 Camino Real, Not About Nightingales, Get It Right

    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

    7 min
  9. At The Theatre with Emily Edelman

    07/26/2025

    At The Theatre with Emily Edelman

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

    9 min
  10. David Rothstein Remembers The Music Inn.

    07/23/2025

    David Rothstein Remembers The Music Inn.

    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, the Eagles, America. Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt and Van Morrison.

    14 min
  • 10 Episodes

About

Berkshire Media Artists presents the BMA Audio Blast covering Community, Culture and Politics.

Information

  • Creator
    Jason Brown
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Berkshire Media Artists
  • Show Website
    The BMA Audio Podblast