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.  

Voyages, Exploring, Fiddling

10/4/24: MTA Pres Max Page: the longshoremen strike & the MCAS question. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the launch to Jupiter’s ocean-filled moon, Europa. Donnabelle Casis, Athan Vennell & Sloan Tomlinson: Monster Arts Project 5. Dr. Steven Hassan: “The Cult of Trump.” Sarah Michel, Sarah the Fhttps://soundcloud.com/uploadiddler, LIVE!

Wars

10/3/24: Rep. Jim McGovern: War and Peace & the election. Rev Andrea Ayvazian: have faith –especially today. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio: audit the legislature? Ballot Question 1. Candidate Nadia Milleron: her fight against Richie Neal for the MA 1st Congressional District.

Birds and Bees

10/2/24: DA David Sullivan: Veep debate, Drug Take Back, Safe & Healthy School Summit. Sex Educators Jane Fleishman & Hardy Haberman: the critical importance of consent & the Kink Community. Scientists Brian Adams w/ NHS teacher Fred Morrison: Monarch butterflies’ migration, & bees. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: Trump, journalism, the 1st Am.

John Pucci

The State We’re In

10/1/24: Atty John Pucci: Trump’s criminal cases, SCOTUS & the election. The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac Editor in Chief Carol Connare – fun! ​ Sen Paul Mark: the American Revolution—the 250th, Ballot Question 1, auditing the legislature, & Happy 100th B’day, Jimmy Carter. ” Hiking Hidden Gems…National Parks” with Ted Alvarez.

Robert Meeropol

Revelations

9/30/24: Robert Meeropol: the gov’t executed his mother Ethel Rosenberg, knowing she was innocent. Bill Scher & Bill Dwight: the upcoming election & the VP debate. Spgfld teacher Roni Gold: No on Q2. Megan Zinn w/ Fred Waitzkin, author of “Anything is Good.”

Good News Bad News

9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with ​ Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.

All That Jazz

9/26/24: ACLU MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: free elections & abortion rights. Rev Carole Bull: patriarchy & the Bible. National Suicide Prevention Month with Nazar Yasin. Ruth Griggs w/ Arun Ramamurthy: Northampton JazzFest.

Mark Dion

Life

9/25/24: Mass Review editors Jim Hicks & Shailja Patel: poetry & self-immolation protests. Prof Michael Klare: the Israel/Lebanon/Hezbollah War & the U.S. role. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: campaign contributions to Reps Richie Neal & Jim McGovern. Get trained, save a life: Cooley Dickinson’s Mark Dion on the CPR class for all of us.

Josh Silver

As Goes Pennsylvania

9/24/24: Political expert Josh Silver: the polls today. MHC Physics Prof Kerstin Nordstrom & Amherst Geology Prof Nick Holschuh — the shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet & rising sea levels. Duke Goldman w/ Melissa Ludtke: “Locker Room Talk— A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside.” Dr. John Berger: politics & the climate crisis.

May Pang

Imagine This

9/23/24: John Lennon’s lover, photographer May Pang: her exhibit at R. Michelson Galleries. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Youth Empowerment. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: police alternatives, $21million for water. Vanessa Chakour: “Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature.”
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Vanessa Chakour: “Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature.” is a ticketed dinner. Buy tickets at (8 tickets remain). Tickets include the cost of a family style dinner. www.vanessachakour.com/book-launch

Vannessa will be at Unnameable Books in Turners Falls (open to all!) at 4pm on October 5th.

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