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.
Wars & Roses
5/12/25: Live from India — UMass Prof Shanthie D’Souza: the India-Pakistan conflict. Megan Zinn w/ author, prof Jon Wynn: “The Set Up.” Veterans Advocate, USAF Lt-Col (ret) John Paradis & Harvard history prof. Richard Tedlow: the White Rose Resistance. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the future of reparations.
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.”
