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.
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.
McCartney: Music Ain’t Sex, But It Lasts Longer
1/30/25: Valley Players Matteo Pangallo & Kimberly Salditt-Poulin on “Love Letters.” Harvard Chaplain Greg Epstein on Trump’s reaction to Bishop Budde’s plea for mercy, and Greg’s new book “Tech Agnostic.” Gorgeous music by Big Yellow Taxi’s Teresa Lorenco & the tribute band’s upcoming shows. Ruth Griggs W/ Sean Glennon, Director of Marketing UMass Fine Arts Ctr: lots coming to FAC.
We Will Not Be Silent
1/29/25: Serious Theatre’s “We will Not Be Silent” – Sheryl Stoodley, Robin Doty, & John Sheldon. Larry Hott reviews “Death by Numbers” & “The Only Girl in the Orchestra.” Brian Adams w/ Sara Dykman: “Bicycling with Butterflies.” ACLUM Immigration Atty Adriana Lafaille
Heroes & Villains
1/28/25: Pol Consultant Josh Silver on the media bubble. Profs Kerstin Nordstrom & Yair Zick: The Algorithmics of Fair Resource Allocation. Duke Goldman: Clemente & his commitment to social justice, & why we see athletes as “heroes.” Franklin Co Sheriff Chris Donelan reflecting on his tenure as his Friday retirement approaches.
Money, Schools, & Staying Warm
1/27/25: Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: Northampton Municipal Budgeting 101. Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Why is Amherst’s first black female school superintendent under fire? Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman on schools, library, new fire & police chiefs, warming centers, and more. Megan Zinn w/ John Sayles on his new novel “To Save the Man.”
OMG, its PTSD!
1/24/24: Rep Mindy Domb: the budget, the bills, & the bull from DC. Amherst School Superintendent Xiamora Herman addresses recent accusations she created a hostile work environment. Prof Carrie Baker w/ Caren DeAngelis & daughter Darci on Idaho, ground zero for abortion bans. Comedian Kathy Griffin at Academy of Music on her “My Life on the PTSD List” Tour.
Freedom Rings
1/23/24: ACLU of Mass Ex. Dir Carol Rose: Trump’s Order to abolish birthright citizenship & his pardons.
Rev Carole Bull: Bishop Budde’s words for the President & his reaction. Dr. Jonathan Bayuk: bird flu –a potential pandemic? & viruses here & now. John Anz w/ Amherst Coll Jazz Profs Bruce Diehl & David Picchi—Live in the Studio & free at the Drake.
Endings
1/22/25: ICE now in churches & schools. Larry Hott: “Seat 31,” “Planetwalker” & “Keeper.” Collab Res Dir Kit Sabo & Fr Co COG Coord Leigh Figueroa: “Restorative Practices in Schools” during Trump 2.0. Brian Adams w/ Grow Food N’hmptn Co-Dir Michael Skillicorn. CDH Hospice Mgr Karen Miller & Cent Hamp Veterans Services Dir Steve Connor: end of life issues.
