Podcasts: Talk The Talk
Talk The Talk
Weekdays 8:00 -10:00 a.m. EST; rebroadcast 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST
Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg host newsmakers, activists, authors, & artists – including:
Mayors Monday(Northampton, Holyoke, Easthampton) & Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman, Salman Hameed’s Universe, the Comedy Quiz, Black In the Valley (Professor Amilcar Shabazz) Political Gold (Josh Silver), Our House (Congressman Jim McGovern), Crime & Punishment (John Pucci), DA David Sullivan, Writers Block (Megan Zinn), Science and Sensibility (Brian Adams), Community Action (Clare Higgins), Righting Wrongs (ACLUM Carol Rose), State Senators Comerford & Mark, Representatives Sabadosa, Blais, Duffy, & Domb, ArtBeat (Donnabelle Casis), Cool Films (Larry Hott), Feminist Futures (Carrie Baker), Talkin’ Baseball & Fair Play (Duke Goldman), Your State U (MTA Pres. Max Page) All That Jazz (Ruth Griggs & John Anz), Exec. Editor, DHG & Gfld Recorder, Dan Crowley.
No Net
1/15/26: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: flu is rampaging & the medical system failing. Gazette & Gfld Recorder Ex Editor Dan Crowley: Trump’s attacks on the press & behind local headlines. UMass Legal Studies Prof, Atty Jamie Rowen: Trump, Venezuela, Greenland & int’l law. Ruth Griggs w/ star flute and sax musician Anna Webber: coming to the Iron Horse w/ her nonet.
The Big Picture
1/14/26: Amherst Councilor Lynn Greismer: schools & the 2026 financial cliff. Phil Ringwood, Ex Dir, Dial Self: homeless youth here. Hillary Caws-Elwitt: light eaters, romantic turtles, talking trees & books. Amherst Cinema’s Alex Horbeck & George Myers: films you really want to see.
Looking Forward and Back
1/13/26: Pat Goggins on commercial rent in Northampton. Prof Amilcar Shabazz on violence in America – yesterday & today. Bishop Talbot Swan: MLK as a radical prophet. Duke Goldman: the Red Sox let another star go.
Taking Time
1/12/26: Amherst author Jill Shulman: choosing a college & taking time to tell them who you are. Megan Zinn w/ Jedediah Berry, author of “The Naming Song,” winner of the 2025 Mass Book Award for Fiction –a decade to write. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garica, Treasurer Rory Casey & Councilor Megan McGrath-Smith: years to change the 1879 law. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: years later, are we honoring MLK’s legacy?
A Stitch in Time
1/9/26: MTA Pres Max Page: strong unions, Social Security & the state budget. Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Lev Ben Ezra & Jess Thompson: the working poor & Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. Astronomer Salman Hameed: space station troubles, aliens & galaxies w/o stars. Donnabelle Casis w/ Hannah & Anneke Corbett: “Stitchin’ Kin.”
Proof
Proof
1/8/26: Heartbeat Theater’s Kimberly Gaughan & Jason Rose-Langston on “Proof.” Human rts atty Laura Pitter: Trump’s justifications for ICE’s killing & Maduro’s abduction. UMass Prof Cole Fitzpatrick: new local data on car fatalities. Ruth Griggs w/ Valley Jazz Voices Dir Jeff Olmsted: Saturday’s fabulous concert @ Bombyx.
Brumation & Torpor?
1/7/25: DA David Sullivan: Venezuela, fentanyl & local prosecutions. Broadside Bookshop co-owner Roz Kreshak-Hayden: navigating Picture Main St & new books she loves. Mass Audubon’s Tom Lautzenheiser: brumation, waking up winter, & meadow-jumping mice. Larry Hott’s Cool Films: “The Alabama Solution” & “The Perfect Neighbor.”
Besieged
Besieged
1/6/25: UMass History Prof Kevin Young: Venezuela & war & UMass Amherst — “Besieged From Without, Undermined from Within….” Sen Jo Comerford: the 2026 ballot questions. Congressman Seth Moulton: Trump’s aggression & Congress’ passivity. Sen Paul Mark: some good news from the Beacon Hill.
The Urgency of Now
1/5/26: Bob Flaherty: Trump, the invasion, protests & rewilding. Megan Zinn w/ Margot Douaihy: “Divine Ruin,” third in the Sister Holiday mystery series. At-large Amherst Councilor Mandi Jo Hanneke: buy the numbers. Nation Magazine Defense Correspondent Michael Klare: Venezuela & beyond.
Happy New Year? Happy New Year!
12/31/25: Beth Gillis, couples’ therapist: resolutions? Bill Danielson: “Speaking of Nature”— photo of the year. Ben Weil, Northampton Dir of Climate Action: good news! Cool Films with Larry Hott—three recommendations.
