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 Friends 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), DA David Sullivan, Writers Block (Megan Zinn), Science and Sensibility (Brian Adams), Righting Wrongs (ACLUM Carol Rose), State Senators Comerford & Mark, Representatives Sabadosa, 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.
Rides: Smooth & Bumpy
8/29/25: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa. Ethel Everett & Jeff Jones: Labor Day demonstration in Holyoke. UMass researcher Shannon Roberts – teen driver safety study. Valley Players Matteo Pangallo & Chris Rohmann on It’s a Wonderful Life auditions next week. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske, Naor Deleanu and Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: “RAW-GAZA” bike ride for Gaza, 4,000 miles, San Fran to NH.
Beginnings and Endings
8/28/25: Bill & Buz Fishwrap. ACLU of MA Ex Dir Carol Rose on militarization of DC law enforcement and SCOTUS- approved cuts. Fran Volkmann & Carol Edelstein, authors of “Herself to the End.” Jon Anz w/ Ruth Griggs, President of Northampton Jazz Festival.
Old Growth, New Growth
8/27/25: Former Nhmptn City Council Pres Jim Nash: last night’s mayoral debate. CDH Rehab Ass’t Dir Andrea Noel-Doubleday: changing seasons, staying fit. GCC prof Brian Adams w/ Bob & Monica Leverett: our Old Growth Forests. Filmmaker Larry Hott w/ Brian Adams on “Wild by Law.”
Wake Up!!
8/26/25: Josh Silver: Wake up! We live under an authoritarian regime. Bill fishwraps the N”hmptn Council debate. UMass prof Bridgette Davis: Trump administration v financial aid. Duke Goldman: racism in baseball, the Red Sox and Yankees.
Resolutions
8/25/25: Atty Joel Feldman: rent stabilization now! Megan Zinn w/ Jill Bialosky: “The End is the Beginning,” remembering her mom. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ artist Kay Douglas: “Antebellum” at Ctr for Peace through Culture. Amherst Town Mgr. Paul Bockelman & Health Dir Kiko Malin: opioids settlement funds & potholes.
Resistance
8/22/25: Mass Teacher Ass’n Pres Max Page: Labor Day & fighting for education. Rep Mindy Domb: ameliorating federal cutbacks. Ray Levasseur: “Coming Home—Radicalized by War & Incarceration.” Donnabelle Casis w/ Holyoke Art’s Kathy McKean: the Storefront Gallery Project.
Opponents
8/21/25: Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: RFK Jr & insur industry v. children. DHG & Recorder Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Jeromie Whalen v Richie Neal. Rabbi Amita Jarmon: Israelis opposed to Netanyahu’s horrifying policies. Ruth Griggs w/ saxophonist Harry Allen-coming to the Drake.
Piloting the Future
8/19/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: Our PILOTS, roads & bridges. Three County Fair Ex Dir Taylor Haas – opening Friday! Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Holly Ruderman & Pam Victor: let there be light houses. Smith’s Carrie Baker w/ Feminist Gen Co-Dirs., Amherst H.S. students, Inanna Balkin & Olive Paradis
Summits and Nadirs
8/18/25: Diane Chamberlain, new principal of Amherst-Pelham’s Summit Academy: special ed success. Megan Zinn w/ Libby Buck, author of “Port Anna.” “Rat******” author David Daley: gerrymandering destroying democracy. Dr. James Garner of UMass Environmental Conservation Dept: hydro relicensing & endangered species in the CT River.
Looking Forward, Looking Back
8/15/25: UMass Profs Max Page & Sam Redman: Trump v. the Smithsonian – what dies? MTA Pres Max Page: Trump’s cuts & UMass — the legislature to the rescue? Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: gerrymandering, troops on the streets, & democracy’s future? Caterpillars at the Carle. Donnabelle Casis w/ the renowned Grace Lin: her retrospective at the Carle.
