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.
Chilling and Warmth
4/24/25: London-based journalist Stryker McGuire: Trump v Europe, UK & Ukraine. ACLUM Ex Dir Carol Rose: fighting back in the courts & on the streets. Rev Carole Bull on the homophobic pastor who learned to accept his gay son. Ruth Griggs w/ Bombyx’s Cassandra Holden & vocalist Rochelle Rice.
Timely Topics
4/23/25: Historian Tom Goldscheider w/ author Jennifer Rycenga: “Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women.” Cooley Dickinson Hospital President & CEO Kevin Whitney: Innovations at CDH. Brian Adams w/ Naturalist Josh Rose: Dragonflies and damselflies. Larry Hott: “Selfie” w/ Dir Agosotino Ferrente & Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival Jim Hicks, & Anna Botta.
Earth to Humans: Stop it!
4/22/25: “Reader to Reader:” books for kids in underserved communities—you can help. Andrew Bellak: investing in businesses that sustain the earth. Michael Klare: losing the Pope’s voice for peace, Gaza, Ukraine, AI and nukes. Duke Goldman: sporting events – for the rich only?
What We Don’t Need is a King
4/21/25: Buz & Dan fishwrap on Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies & the state of democracy in 2025. Megan Zinn w/ author Julie Brill: “Hidden in Plain Sight.” Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: her city joins suit vs US Dept of Educ, the legis budget for Local Aid, & EHS’s “We the People” successes. Big Bros Big Sis’ Ann Walsh & DA Dave Sullivan on Daffodil Run 2025.
Guardrails R Us?
4/18/25 MTA Pres Max Page: Higher Ed needs collective response to Trump’s assault, May Day rally in Spgfld. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: budget chaos. Prof Austin Sarat: Fist bumps to Harvard, to local democracy, and the courts. Richard Cahillane & Teresa Lorenzo – Big Yellow Taxi show at Shea Theater 4/19. Donnabelle Casis w/ Pasqualina Azzarello of Easthampton City Arts on Poetry Month.
Fractures
4/17/25: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: health insurance – a broken system. Exec Ed of DHG & Recorder Dan Crowley: today’s and tomorrow’s headlines, Trump banning AP & other reporters. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Trump’s weaponization of antisemitism. Jon Anz on the fabulous music & arts festival in So Hadley w/ 2025 Grammy-winner Ruthie Foster.
To Your Health
4/16/25: Jo Erwin, CEO, TransHealth: assault on the LGBTQ+ community’s health. Rebecca Todd, Ex Dir, Conn River Conservancy: the river’s future health after $11.5 million restoration funds frozen. Gfld City Council Pres Lora Wondolowski: the city’s fiscal health – school budget cuts? Larry Hott recommends “Street Fight”(Sen Cory Booker’s early years) & “Running with Beto” (Beto O’Rourke v. Ted Cruz).
Fore Thee I Sing
4/15/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: fighting cuts for kids’ mental health. Trustees of Reservations’ Wendy Ferris & Julie Richburg: rewilding Beaver Brook golf course. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Kim Sherman & Scott Braidman: revolutionary questions. Smith Prof Carrie Baker: resisting Trump’s attack on higher ed.
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.”
