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.
Ride On
5/9/25: MTA Pres Max Page: a Fair Share from billionaires. Human Rts atty Laura Pitter: birthright citizenship at SCOTUS next week. Northampton Bike Week w/ George Kohout, Pres of Nhmptn Trials, & Tom Draudt. ArtBeat — Betsy Stone w/ Nayana LaFond: “Portraits in Red,” indigenous persons victimized by violence.
Justice & Love
5/8/25: Mallory Hanora, Co-Dr, Fam.for Justice: the FreeHer campaign — women in MA prisons. Amherst Survival Ctr Ex Dir Lev BenEzra: hunger here & fighting back. Rep. Natalie Blais: remembering Molly McGovnern, funding cuts & PILOTs. Ruth Griggs w/ Jim Olsen: Sun Ra’s Arkestra coming to Northampton.
What’s Criminal?
5/7/25: D.A. Dave Sullivan: local crime, fentanyl & Trump v the constitution. Musica Franklin ED Orice Jenkins: Saturday’s Fun Fest! Mass Review Ex Ed Britt Rusert: Nat’l Endow for Arts revoking local grants. GCC Prof Brian Adams w/ Dave Wattles of MA Wildlife: the bears among us. Filmmakers Larry Hott, Paul Stekler, & Louis Alvarez: “A Field Guide to Practical Politics.”
Train Wrecks?
5/6/25: Sen Paul Mark: the fight for local aid. Fmr State Sen Pres Stan Rosenberg, Alden Dreyer & Sam Bartlett on trains, planes, automobiles & trolleys. Josh Silver: Trump’s popularity, Ukraine & Gaza. Cutchins Programs for Children & Families CEO Tina Champagne: the cuts to mental health services for kids.
Resist!
5/5/25: UMass Poli Sci Prof Jesse Rhodes: a future for democracy? Megan Zinn w/ Helen Sheehy on “Just Willa” (a woman w/ indomitable spirit). Amherst Coll Prof & Restless Books publisher Ilan Stavans: NEA funding ripped away. N’mptn Mayor GL Sciarra: Pride, resistance, schools, $, & potholes.
MAYDAY, MAYDAY!
5/2/25: MTA Pres Max Page: May Day rally yesterday, MTA Annual Mtg tomorrow. Clare Higgins: Head Start & other Health & Human Services cuts. CEO Erika Kuester & Holly Mott: Treehouse Foundation 5K Fundraiser for kids/families in Foster Care. Salman Hameed: signs of life on a faraway planet? Donnabelle Casis w/ Sunny Allis & Alix Gerber: A.P.E exhibition “River Valley Radical Futures.”
Nothing Certain but Uncertainty
5/1/25: Hannah Moushabeck of Interlink Publishing: anti-Zionist Sim Kern’s “Genocide Bad.” MA Municipal Assoc CEO Adam Chapdelaine: Tough budget season shrouded in uncertainty. Atty Maria Frees of National Comm to Preserve Social Security & Medicare on the threats and uncertainty about Soc Sec. John Anz w/ Anais Reno SUNY college senior and world-class jazz singer.
Pride & No Prejudice
4/30/25: Dir Clay Pearson on Saturday’s Hampshire Pride w/ Co-Founder Mary Wang-Boucher of Northampton Resists. Anika Lopes: Ancestral Bridges new location opening on May 7. Brian Adams w/ Board Pres Gregory Mori & member Susie McCrey of New England Small Farm Institute. Youth Poetry Slam winner Julianys Centeno from Holyoke High School w/ Lyrical Faith.
Legacies & Leadership
4/29/25: Political Consultant Josh Silver: trump underwater; local politics overwater? Sci-Tech Cafe w/ Kerstin Nordstrom & Dmitry Kireev on the Future of Bioelectronics. Prof Chris Appy & Dr Quế Mai: Ellsberg Conference on Legacies of the Vietnam War. Author Gwen Agna: “Community-Centered School Leadership.”
Good Mischief
4/28/25: Jerry & Kara Noble on Fats Waller: “Keepin’ Out of Mischief.” Megan Zinn w/ owner Hillary Hoffman of Federal St Books in Greenfield. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Amherst Councilor Ellisha Walker on the need to keep DEI front & Center in Amherst. Amherst Town Mgr. Paul Bockelman updates on the budget, library, elementary school, and festivals.
