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.
Getting Along & Getting By
2/13/25: UMass prof & diversity expert Nilanjana Dasgupta on “Change the Wallpaper…,” DEI’s future, & transforming ourselves & our communities. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on antisemitism, Netanyahu, Trump, & the cease fire. Congressman Jim McGovern: standing up & fighting back. Central West Justice Dir, atty Claudia Quintero, on protecting immigrants & other marginalized communities.
ICE & the Musk Factor
2/12/25: Bill & Buz: ICE raids at sensitive locations & the lawsuits. Larry Hott reviews “Eno” & “No Other Land.” GCC Prof Emeritus Brian Adams talks maple sugaring w/ High Hopes Farm’s Brian Rowe. UMass Econ Prof Gerry Epstein: Trump & Musk gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau & a coming bank crisis?
The Process That is Due
2/11/25: Rep Pat Duffy: the Auditor investigating the legislature, shelter funding, Trump & trans students. Duke Goldman on MLB 2025, the races, & the Sox. Todd Gazda, E.D., Collab Educ Services: local ed budgets & Trump’s assault on public ed. Immigration atty Dan Berger: Trump’s enforcement polices & reopening GTMO.
Then And Now
2/10/25: Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Nick Rivera (aka Porsh Bet$) about his music as an expression of his life growing up in Harlem & the valley, Porshbets. Tim Blagg & Prof. Peter Thomas: GCC Senior Symposium on King Philip’s War & the Battle of Great Falls. Megan Zinn & Olufunke Grace Bankole: “The Edge of Water”
America’s Engine: We’re Struck in Reverse!
2/7/25: Prof Salman Hameed on the consequences of NASA backing off its commitment to DEI in the face of administration’s demands. MTA Pres Max Page on the administration’s threats to education & the workers responsible for delivering it. Donnabelle Casis w/ Amanda Herman on the UMass Museum of Contemporary Art: “Is anything the matter?” Community Action PV E.D. Clare Higgins on her plans to retire, on fuel assistance, and income tax filing assistance. Larry Hott w/ filmmaker Kate Way on her film “Banned Together” on book banning.
The Takeover
2/6/25: Bill, Buz & Dan: Have we suffered a coup? Scott Coen talks Super Bowl. Tara Brewster: Big Bros Big Sis fun-raiser – Big Love Little Performances. Franklin Co Interim Sheriff Lori Streeter. Ruth Griggs w/ Western Mass cellist Jeremy Harman.
LIVE
2/5/25: The Northamptones LIVE! — singing us towards Sunday’s Silver Chord Bowl. D.A. Dave Sullivan live from the nationwide gathering of DAs in DC: justice imperiled by Trump policies. Brian Adams, Lynne Man & Tara Wallace of Sierra Club Forest Protection Team: the dangers of logging. Larry Hott recommends Oscar-worthy “Sugarcane” and “Black Box Diaries.”
Breaking the Laws
2/4/25: Attorney John Pucci: Trump’s revenge tour, purges of DoJ & FBI professionals. Pioneer teacher Joshua Freund, Pioneer Regional Principal Annie Scanlan-Emigh &; Noho parent and founder of Screentime Free Childhood Emily Boddy on cell phone policies in schools. Sen Paul Mark: Legislative Calendar, Gov’s budget, & Plan B if Fed funds are withheld. Mike German: “Policing White Supremacy”
Western Mass Connections
2/3/24: Sen Jo Comerford on Trump, the Gov’s budget, & some good news. Author Aran Shetterly on “Morningside: the 1979 Greensboro Massacre….” The Palestinian House of Friendship Polar Plunge w/ Tom Weiner & Celia Miller. Megan Zinn w/ New Yorker illustrator & graphic novelist Eric Drooker on “Naked City.”
Freeing Speech
1/31/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Massachusetts #1! Co-Director Julie Lichtenberg: Performance Project’s “Mother Tongue” at the Shea. Donnabelle Casis w/ Vanessa Query & Jan Maher of Gnfld’s LAVA Ctr. UMass Prof Kevin Young & student Eric Strong respond to the encampment report finding the Chancellor justified in ordering arrests. Jess Tyler of The Valley This Morning signs off.
