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.
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.
Talk the Talk on 8.14
8/14/25. Northampton Police Chief John D. Cartledge on community policing. Tom Peake, of the Donahue Institute, on the benefits of gambling. Professor emeritus of peace and world security studies Michael Klare on Trump vs Putin meeting. WRSI’s Steve Sanderson on 35th “Transformance.”
Resilience
8/13/25: Amherst Town Council Pres Lynn Griesemer: follow the money. Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane: drugs in our community. Prof Brian Adams w/ Karen Foster & Nicole Rochefort: All Out Adventures’ upcoming Kayakathon. Filmmakers Larry Hott & Roger Sorkin: political films & the American Resilience Project.
Wars and Pieces
8/12/25: Newman on the headlines & fascism. Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie is super— parents’ religious objections to curriculum. Poet Doug Anderson & Brandeis Prof Janet McIntosh on “Kill Talk”—at A.P.E. Duke Goldman: the first woman umpire in MLB—finally!
Resilience & Resistance
8/11/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Superintendent on the school counselor who misgendered students. Eric Reeves: millions starving in Sudan. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: federal cuts, resilience, and resistance. Global Groove w/ UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz, Taproot’s Matthew King & Bobby Torres & Rebelle’s Manou Africa.
