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.
Leaders
7/29/25: City Stage Pres Burns Maxey & Treas Mike Tautznik: the community’s success & the creative economy. Sports Man! Scott Coen on Sunday’s Hall of Fame inductees, the Sox & Yanks. Amherst Prof of Psychology Catherine Sanderson: why and when groups become mobs (e.g. Jan 6). Michael Klare on Ukraine, Gaza, & Syria, Trump, Putin & Netanyahu.
From the Front Lines
7/28/25: CODEPINK founder Madea Benjamin: tonight’s event – Gaza today. Megan Zinn w/ Forbes Bd Chair Katy Wight “watcha’ readin’?” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the state of reparations in W. Mass. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: opioid settlement funds & reparations money.
Darkness and Light
7/25/25: MTA Pres Max Page: religion determining K-12 curriculum? Rep Mindy Domb: the fight for food. Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: advice and consent. John Feffer: his play “The Wedding Jester.” Donnabelle Casis w/ Sierra Myers & Christine White from Art for the Soul Gallery: “Where Light Speaks.”
Versus & Verses
7/24/25: The Ukraine/Russia War: John Berkowitz v John Feffer. Carol Rose, Ex Dir ACLU MA: Trump v. birthright citizenship Harvard, Columbia, the1st Am, PBS & NPR. Rev Carole Bull: the essence of prayer, meditation & poetry. Jon Anz w/ French Gypsy Jazz singer songwriter star Tatiana Eva-Marie – coming to the Iron Horse.
The Fire This Time
7/23 /25: UMass Prof Charli Carpenter: Trump, the military and possible nuclear war. Ace Tayloe, candidate for Nhmptn City Council, Ward 3. GCC science prof Brian Adams w/ DHG & Recorder columnist Bill Danielson: ”Speaking of Nature.” Amherst Town Councilor Andrew Steinberg: his legacy & his decision to not run again.
Seeing Ourselves
7/22/25: Pol consultant Josh Silver: the 2026 midterms & Northampton politics. Local artists & musicians Inde & Hazel Basil: “Mirror Mirror” at APE Gallery. Andrea Monson, Ex Dir, Downtown Nhmtn Ass’n: this weekend’s Sidewalk Sale.
Trump’s War on Big Bird
7/21/25: NEPM Pres Matt Abramovitz on devastating cuts to public radio & television. Megan Zinn w/ UMass English Prof Jenny Adams: reading, writing & thinking. Ehmptn Interim Mayor Salem Derby: 4 days on the job. Immigration Atty Stacy Tolchin: ICE’s roving raids on immigrants.
You Can’t Trump This
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
Wings and Roots
7/17/25: Smith Prof James Lowenthal: space travel & NASA cuts. Rabbi David Seidenberg: Tisha B’Av, immigrants, ICE & Israel. Local newspapers’ Ex Ed Dan Crowley: Amherst Guidance Counselor, fired over ant-trans behavior, reinstated. Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Dr. Lucinda Canty of Mom-&-baby-focused Lucinda’s House & Anika Lopes on Ancestral Bridges.
Be Cool!
7/16/25: Bill Bowers: “Between Us” mime show at Chester Theatre w/ artistic directors Christopher Baker & Michelle Ong-Hendrick. Cooley Dick’s Dr. Sunny Shukla’s tips for staying out of the ER. Brian Adams w/ Pres Joe Curatone of Alliance for Climate Transition. Bob Cilman w/ Norma Jean Haynes on banjo, Will Amend on percussion, w/ Young@Heart Chorus 7/22 at Look Park.
