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.
Civil Wrongs
3/14/25: MTA Pres Max Page: saving the Dept of Ed! Sarang Sekhavat of the MA Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition: the fed and state policies clash. Talkin’ Baseball w/ Duke Goldman: the boys of spring. Donnabelle Casis w/ artist Kahli Hernandez: the world famous “artoonist’s” “Art Heist.”
Finding Our Way
3/13/25: Keith Fairey, CEO of Wayfinders: threats to housing under Trump. David Knowles w/ Wm Spademan & Trish Perlman: Ehmptn Theater Co’s “On Golden Pond.” Rep. Natalie Blais: USDA slashing food & nutrition funding. “Watermelon Wednesdays” w/ Paul Newlin & music star Cory Pesaturo – in Nhmptn w/ Natalie Tenenbaum Tuesday.
Good CRAIC in Hard Times
3/12/25: Amherst Town Council Pres Lynn Griesemer: layoffs in schools. Todd Gazda, Ed Collab Dir: the future of DEI. GCC Prof Brian Adams w/ Karen Foster, Ex. Dir, All Out Adventures: “The Polar Plunge.” Rosie Caine & Cady Coleman play LIVE in studio — Wild Irish Shenanigans
Keep on Walking, Keep on Talking
3/11/25: Rep Pat Duffy: the crisis at hand – the loss of federal funds. Amherst Coll Prof Rick Lopez: “Beyond Fridamania” – the Frida Kahlo phenomenon here! Downtown Nhmpton Assoc new ED Andrea Monson: econ devel & the new face of Northampton. Hamp Mayor GL Sciarra: the threat of losing federal funds.
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
3/10/25: Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans: “Lamentations of Nezahualcoyotl,” translations from the Aztec, stories from an extraordinary, flawed empire. Megan Zinn w/ Nathaniel Miller whose new novel is “Red Dog Farm,” tomorrow at the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: feds denying his city $20 Million, sanctuary, school receivership, & St. Paddy’s Day celebration. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Tom Weiner, co-authors of ““In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.”
Bad News, Some Good
3/7/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump dismantling DOE & DEI. Clare Higgins: Trump-induced chaos & an upcoming gov’t shutdown? W Mass Code Pink activists Paki Wieland & Susan Triolo on Intl Women’s Day. Astronomer Salman Hameed: planets aligning, Space X exploding, landers tipping over & the upcoming lunar eclipse. ArtBeat — Donnabelle Casis w/ William Baczek: the Landscape Exhibition.
The Essence of Our Being
3/6/25: Human Rights Atty Laura Pitter: Trump-Musk destroying USAID, deserting the world & threatening Sanctuary Cities. Rich Michelson & Eric Lesser — “Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder.” Rep Jim McGovern: Republicans gutting the gov’t. What hope remains? Ruth Griggs w/ rising star pianist Sean Mason — coming to the Drake.
Chickens
3/5/25: DA David Sullivan: Trump’s address & local scammers. Amherst School Supt Dr Xi Herman: accused, exonerated & back to work. Brian Adams w/ Underline Farm’s Karl Prahl: organic-fed poultry in Avian flu times. Johnny Memphis previews the Back Porch Festival. Larry Hott: the Oscar-winning documentaries.
Politics, Poetry, Pucci & Players
3/4/25: Sen. Paul Mark: federal cuts & the future of West-East Rail. Rich Michelson w/ UMass prof, translator & poet John Hennessy: poetry from Ukraine & “Exit Garden State.” Atty John Pucci: DOJ’s new mission: vengeance & retribution. Paul Newlin: “Watermelon Wednesdays” w/ violinist Tim Kliphuis (Django Jazz) & Petri Prauda of the Finnish band Frigg.
A Free Press?
3/3/25: Free Press Pres Craig Aaron: rampant fed govt censorship. Megan Zinn w/ Odyssey’s Robin Glossner: new books to love & authors to meet. Sen. Jo Comerford: federal cuts threatening MA & new legislature transparency rules. Nhmptn Mayor GL Sciarra: the $600,000 request for schools, snow & ice & potholes.
