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.
Write On
4/14/25: Heidi Stemple rocks the show: “The Poetry of Car Mechanics”— politics, writing, bullying & birds. Mass Review Ex Ed Britt Russert: brilliant artists, grim times & the hope of spring. Tom Weiner, co-author of “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.”
Civic Peace & Pie
4/11/25: MTA Pres Max Page & UMass Ed Prof Jack Schneider: DEI, lawsuits, & the Civics Summit. CT River Conservancy’s Nina Gordon-Kirsch: the relicensing battle — can we save the river? NYT best-selling graphic novelist Jarrett Krosoczka: the R.I.S.E Fest. Bombyx Exec Dir Cassandra Holden w/ Rachel Blackman, Coordinator of “Poetry and Pie.”
Local Life
4/10/25: N’hmtn-based Eric Reeves: the Darfur genocide, famine, and futility. E’hmpton mayoral candidate Lindsi Sekula: why run? 1st Franklin Rep. Natalie Blais: local roads, local farms and loco tariffs. Ruth Griggs w/ Amherst’s Drake Mgr Lincoln Allen: music for all.
Doctorate Women
4/9/25: Amherst Council Pres Lynn Griesemer (Ed D.): finances, schools, and library. Law prof Jill Hasday (J.D.) author of “We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles…Perpetuates Inequality.” Anne Dietrich (Ph.D. Sports Mgmt) w/ Brian Adams: sports & climate change. Betsy Leondar Wright (Ph.D. Sociology), ”Is It Racist, Is it Sexist?…”
“The Most Unkindest Cuts of All”
4/8/25: Rep Pat Duffy: Trump v. our state budget. Educ Collab Ex Dir Todd Gazda: budget cuts & the future of DEI in K-12. Hilltown Comm Dev Corp Ex Dir Dave Christopolis: lobbying the legis for rural communities. Baseball expert Duke Goldman: Red Sox & Yankees & Guerrero’s $500million contract.
Crisis & Comedy
4/7/25: UMass and Smith Prof Robert Weir: “The Marx Bros’ and America” — in Gfld tomorrow. Artist Mark Guglielmo: “Portraits of My People”: how Italians became White—at 33 Hawley. Duke Goldman: Trump’s judges, umpires and refs. Nhmtn Mayor GL Sciarra: a fiscal cliff?
Sunshine & Moonlight
4/4/25: MTA Pres Max Page: threats to education, some rays of sunshine. Comm Action PV Exec Dir Clare Higgins: the not-so-bad-yet effect of fed employee firings. Amy Fairchild & Lonesome Bros’ Ray Mason w/ organizers Robert Markey & Pam Cote: musical benefit for CA wildfire victims tomorrow. Astronomer Salman Hameed: NASA, the moon, & Musk. Donnabelle Casis w/ Jennifer Polins, Founding Art Dir, School for Contemporary Dance & Thought.
McGoverning
4/3/25: Human Rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump using anti-terror laws to silence & punish critics. Martín Espada launching “Jailbreak of Sparrows” @ Raven Books, Shelburne Falls. Congressman Jim McGovern: Sen Cory Booker’s historic speech, “Hands Off” rallies, & tariffs. Ruth Griggs just named 2025 Jazz Hero by Jazz Journalist Ass’n.
Fighting Back & Fighting Forward
4/2/25: D.A. David Sullivan & Children’s Advoc Ctr’s Kara McElhone: combatting child abuse here. David Knowles w/ Pauline Productions’ Jeannine Haas & actor Jarice Hanson: “Frances Perkins: A Woman’s Work.” Rich Michelson previews “Poetry in Times of Crisis” – tomorrow at Forbes. Brian Adams w/ CISA Ex Dir Jennifer Core: Trump’s assault on farmers—Is it time for pitchforks? Larry Hott recommends “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round,” Portrait of a Lost Artist,” & “Elie Weisel: Soul On Fire.”
Slammed
4/1/25: Sen Paul Mark: DJ Trump v working people. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & Akrobatik: The Power of Truths Conference. Atty John Pucci: Trump destroying law firms & law. The Youth Poetry Slam w/ Lyrical Faith, AoM’s Aliana de la Guardia, Sci-Tech student poet & Amilcar Shabazz.
