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.
“The Most Unkindest Cuts of All”
4/8/25: Rep Pat Duffy: Trump v. our state budget. Educ Collab Ex Dir Todd Gazda: budget cuts & the future of DEI in K-12. Hilltown Comm Dev Corp Ex Dir Dave Christopolis: lobbying the legis for rural communities. Baseball expert Duke Goldman: Red Sox & Yankees & Guerrero’s $500million contract.
Crisis & Comedy
4/7/25: UMass and Smith Prof Robert Weir: “The Marx Bros’ and America” — in Gfld tomorrow. Artist Mark Guglielmo: “Portraits of My People”: how Italians became White—at 33 Hawley. Duke Goldman: Trump’s judges, umpires and refs. Nhmtn Mayor GL Sciarra: a fiscal cliff?
Sunshine & Moonlight
4/4/25: MTA Pres Max Page: threats to education, some rays of sunshine. Comm Action PV Exec Dir Clare Higgins: the not-so-bad-yet effect of fed employee firings. Amy Fairchild & Lonesome Bros’ Ray Mason w/ organizers Robert Markey & Pam Cote: musical benefit for CA wildfire victims tomorrow. Astronomer Salman Hameed: NASA, the moon, & Musk. Donnabelle Casis w/ Jennifer Polins, Founding Art Dir, School for Contemporary Dance & Thought.
McGoverning
4/3/25: Human Rts Atty Laura Pitter: Trump using anti-terror laws to silence & punish critics. Martín Espada launching “Jailbreak of Sparrows” @ Raven Books, Shelburne Falls. Congressman Jim McGovern: Sen Cory Booker’s historic speech, “Hands Off” rallies, & tariffs. Ruth Griggs just named 2025 Jazz Hero by Jazz Journalist Ass’n.
Fighting Back & Fighting Forward
4/2/25: D.A. David Sullivan & Children’s Advoc Ctr’s Kara McElhone: combatting child abuse here. David Knowles w/ Pauline Productions’ Jeannine Haas & actor Jarice Hanson: “Frances Perkins: A Woman’s Work.” Rich Michelson previews “Poetry in Times of Crisis” – tomorrow at Forbes. Brian Adams w/ CISA Ex Dir Jennifer Core: Trump’s assault on farmers—Is it time for pitchforks? Larry Hott recommends “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round,” Portrait of a Lost Artist,” & “Elie Weisel: Soul On Fire.”
Slammed
4/1/25: Sen Paul Mark: DJ Trump v working people. Michael Lawrence-Riddell & Akrobatik: The Power of Truths Conference. Atty John Pucci: Trump destroying law firms & law. The Youth Poetry Slam w/ Lyrical Faith, AoM’s Aliana de la Guardia, Sci-Tech student poet & Amilcar Shabazz.
A Day to Remember
3/31/25: Immigration atty Dan Berger: students & deportations. Megan Zinn w/ local novelist Emily Everett: “All That Life Can Afford,” at the Broadside. Edward Carpenter: his memoir “Blue Helmet,” – on peacekeeping in So Sudan — at UMass & Amherst Books. W Mass Food Bank Ex Dir Andrew Morehouse: recent federal cuts. Literacy Proj Ex DIr Colleen Kucinski: the 40th anniv celebration.
Darkness and Light
3/28/25: MTA Pres Max Page w/ labor activist Stephen Lerner: light in dark times. Rep Mindy Domb: Trump rewriting history, leg transparency & priorities. EM Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: the constitution’s survival. Amherst Survival Ctr Exec Dir BenEzra: the Empty Bowl Fundraiser. Donnabelle Casis w/ Sierra Myers, Dir, Art for the Soul Gallery: neon art.
Ensemble Show
3/27/25: Easthampton HS teacher Kelley Brown w/ her students in We the People – this year’s competitors and the student-mentors. ACLUM Exec Dir Carol Rose: fighting ICE & defending the LGBTQIA+ community. Rev Carole Bull: holding dear the disappeared. Live in studio: saxophonist & educator Frank Newton – All That Jazz w/ Jon Anz.
Films, Frogs & an Astronaut
3/26/25: UMass Prof Anna Nagurney on tariffs. CDH’s new Pres Kevin Whitney: a community hospital. Larry Hott, Lisa Newman & Deb Krivoy: the Pioneer Vly Jewish Film Fest — “Midas Man” (Brian Epstein & the Beatles) &“Welcome to Yiddishland.” Astronaut Cady Coleman: “Sharing Space.” GCC science man Brian Adams: spring frogs, salamanders & Donald Duck.
