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.
Trump’s War on Big Bird
7/21/25: NEPM Pres Matt Abramovitz on devastating cuts to public radio & television. Megan Zinn w/ UMass English Prof Jenny Adams: reading, writing & thinking. Ehmptn Interim Mayor Salem Derby: 4 days on the job. Immigration Atty Stacy Tolchin: ICE’s roving raids on immigrants.
You Can’t Trump This
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
Wings and Roots
7/17/25: Smith Prof James Lowenthal: space travel & NASA cuts. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Tisha B’Av, immigrants, ICE & Israel. Local newspapers’ Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Amherst Guidance Counselor, fired over ant-trans behavior, reinstated. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Dr. Lucinda Canty of Mom-&-baby-focused Lucinda’s House & Anika Lopes on Ancestral Bridges.
Be Cool!
7/16/25: Bill Bowers: “Between Us” mime show at Chester Theatre w/ artistic directors Christopher Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick. Cooley Dick’s Dr. Sunny Shukla’s tips for staying out of the ER. Brian Adams w/ Pres Joe Curatone of Alliance for Climate Transition. Bob Cilman w/ Norma Jean Haynes on banjo, Will Amend on percussion, w/ Young@Heart Chorus 7/22 at Look Park.
Our Strength — Together
7/15/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: Trump & Scotus attack education, environs, and farms. Ehamp renters’ rally tomorrow: Atty Joel Feldman w/ tenant organizer Kate Zanetta of Pleasant View–HOUSING RALLY. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Laura Patrick–BLUEBERRY. Prof. Carrie Baker w/ UMass Econ Prof Emeritus Lee Badgett, head of Koppa on the global effort to defend LGBTI+ lives & rights!
Stand up! Fight Back!
7/14/25: Dr. Angel Foster & Dr. D: the Mass Medication Abortion Access Project. Megan Zinn w/ Kate Russo, author of “Until Alison,” coming to the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: local school control & federal $miilions withheld. Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, the new state Commr of Conservation & Recreation.
Changes
7/11/25: We fishwrap Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChappelle’s leaving. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins—a retirement soiree. UMass econ prof Richard Wolff: Nazi Germany and Trump America’s parallels. Photographer Kevin Monaghan: his exhibit “Visual(s) & Lies.” Donnabelle Casis w/ printmaker Pascale Jarvis: “Transcendent Ink.”
Leaders
7/10/25: Ashfield-based human rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump v. immigrants & 1st Amendment — in Mass federal court today. Doug Selwyn & David Cohen: Single Payer in Mass NOW!! — now more than ever. Rep Natalie Blais: Congrats to Ehmptn Mayor Nicole LaChapelle — new DCR Comm, & also, the rural resistance to Trump. Ruth Griggs w/ Kristin Neville: Spgfld Jazz & Roots Festival—opening tonight!
Aspirations: Some Soaring, Others Pedestrian
7/9/25: Amherst Coun Pres Lynn Griesemer: potholes & schools. UMass Prof Kevin Young: UMass climate goals abandoned & the fed govt v. the environment. Brian Adams w/ former Arcadia Wildlife Director Jonah Keane: a magical place & a magical festival. Larry Hott reviews “Frederick Douglas — When the Lion Wrote History & “The Speech Is the Star.”
Hits and Misses
7/8/25: Bill & Buz: fed cuts = state cuts = local cuts. Todd Gazda, Ed Collab Dir, returning to his elementary school as the principal: “I miss kids!” Actors Rona Leventhal & Patric Madden: “Torch Song.” Duke Goldman: Yanks, Sox & Mets, the All-Star Game & 10 Red Sox visiting Trump.
