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.
Under Oath
1/3/25: MTA Pres Max Page: change K-12 funding & other 2025 priorities. Bill & Buz: the meaning of the oath that Congress takes today. Donnabelle Casis w/ New England Visionary Artists Museum Co-directors Michael Tillyer & Susan Foley. Community Action’s Claire Higgins on Housing in Place. Human Rights Attorney Laura Pitter: the issue is genocide.
Darkness & Light
1/2/25: Rep Jim McGovern: terror in New Orleans & scary stuff in Washington. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske & JM Sorrell on “We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th,” a film about the Hamas massacre. Ed Orzechowski & Darlene Volpe on “Becoming Darlene: The Story of Belchertown Patient #3394.” Ruth Griggs w/ Director Jeff Olmsted: Valley Jazz Voices & the January 12 concert.
Auld Friends
12/31/24: First Night archguitarist Peter Blanchette plays live in the studio. Bill gives Buz & Dan a 2024 political quiz – they flunk (but still impress Newman). From GCC –science prof Brian Adams w/ Natural Resources Coordinator Tony Reiber: New Year’s resolutions for the earth. Hampshire Prof of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare on Jimmy Carter, Ukraine & NATO.
Loss & Found
12/30/24: Amherst School Superintendent Dr. Xiomara Herman: wrapping her arms around her job.
Bill Dwight: a trip down memory lane — Pleasant St. Video, the removal of Main St. benches & Jimmy Carter remembered. Megan Zinn’s favorite reads of 2024.
Time to ReBelle
12/27/24: Rep Mindy Domb: this week’s big legislative victory. MTA Pres Max Page: 2024’s top ten Mass. education stories. Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: Biden’s death row commutations & democracy (?) under Trump. First Night performers Kalpana Devi & Manou Africa of ReBelle.
On ICE
12/26/24: Hampshire Co. Sheriff Pat Cahillane on ICE enforcement. Rev. Carole Bull: Jesus, the Archangel & the manger. UMass Isenberg School prof Anna Nagurney: Trump, tariffs & tradeoffs. Remembering some who passed in 2024.
Tones
12/24/24: First Night: The Northamptones sing the Beatles. Astronomer Salman Hameed: flying fast across the universe — not Santa, a NASA probe. Political expert Josh Silver: a silver lining in Trump’s victory? Duke Goldman: Rickey Henderson & the Hall of Fame. Santa Claus stops by the studio.
Heri za Kwanzaa!
12/23/24: Afro-Am Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Ayanna Crawford: what, why & where is Kwanzaa? Local musical icon Ray Mason: First Night Rocks! Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: building a library, the middle school & CRESS– alternatives to police responses. Megan Zinn’s “Whatcha Readin?” w/ Mo Turner — writer, editor & journalism instructor.
Fire & Rain
12/20/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: mental health on Beacon Hill; MTA Pres Max Page: MCAS as grad req’mt — again? New Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren: fire & ambulance mutual aid among our cities & towns. EM Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: the ghost of gov’t shutdowns past.
Have Faith, Have Hope
12/19/24: DHG & Recorder Editor Dan Crowley: local Person(s) of the Year. Rev. Michael McSherry: having hope. U.S. Judge Michael…
