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.
Staying Alive
8/21/24: Larry Hott w/ Maggie Mailer: “How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer.” Producer Robert Freeman & actor Jaris Hanson on the play “My Mama and the Full Scale Invasion.” Brian Adams & ED Tim Johnson of Native Plant Trust. Dusty Christensen: Democratic Convention & Holyoke police dragnet?
Excitement, Hope & Resolve
8/20/24: Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: The Dem Convention & The Resilience Hub. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor & Laura Patrick. Smith Prof Carrie Baker w/ activist-in-residence Ann Beeson. Bill Dwight joins our coffee klatch to reflect on the Democratic National Convention.
Protests
8/19/24: Dem Convention delegate, Easth’n Mayor, Nicole LaChapelle: Chicago & the campaign. Margaret Larson & Ellen Koteen: Riverside Ind. evicting the artists community. Timmon Wallis, Nat’l Coord, Warheads to Windmills: the Nuclear Ban. Megan Zinn & GenZ rocker & reader Tommy Hart – Watcha Readin’?
Stayin’ Alive
8/16/24: Hot Films w/Larry Hott & Maggie Mailer: “How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer.” ArtBeat w/ Betsy Stone, Rebecca Muller & Maria Timina: “Impermanence” @ Gallery 3. Gfld former mayor Roxann Wedegartner: lessons from the pandemic. Kennedy Inst. CEO Adam Hinds: off to the races.
From the Horse’s Mouth
8/15/24: Garrick Perry and Neal Robinson: the Iron Horse is back! Smith prof Carrie Baker w/ Sam Sharf, who fled New College of Florida & has been welcomed at Hampshire. UMass Prof Nancy Folbre: recipient of a $2.7 million grant to study the need for childcare & elder care.
Don’t Look Back?
8/14/24: Bestselling & acclaimed author Peter Heller: “BURN.” Larry Hott & Jonathan Harr: “Ripley” & “The Imposter.” Brian Adams w/ Gardening the Community activists Ramon Elliston, Liarexmy, and Jhaneil Ramirez. Former Mass Senate Pres Stan Rosenberg: the race for president and musings on Harris-Walz.
Building the Plane While Flying It
8/13/24: Rep Pat Duffy: school receivership & economic development & climate bills still not passed. Northampton Arts Council’s Steve Sanderson & Peter McQuillan: PERFORMANCE 34! Educ Collab Dir Todd Gazda: Covid’s impact. Amherst Coll music prof Eric Sawyer & theater prof Ron Bashford: “The Onion”– their new opera.
Our PILOTS, Ourselves
8/12/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshus Garcia: a PILOT, the police chief, schools & receivership. UMass Afro-Am Prof Amilcar Shabazz: racism & the presidential. Sen Paul Mark: climate & economic development bills — now what? Nation Mag Defense Corr & Prof Emeritus Michael Klare: two major wars on the brink.
Ticking Us Off
8/9/24: Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: UMass seeking felony riot charges against protesters. MTA Pres Max Page: Walz’s record on education & Mass legislature’s failures. Smith Gov’t Prof Howard Gold: misogyny in the presidential. UMass Microbiology prof Stephen Rich: serious threats from ticks.
America’s Consciousness & Retirement
8/8/24: Tamar Fields—Friends of Standing Together; Michael McSherry senior pastor on retiring from Edward’s Church; Aaron Falbel & Mary Link remembering Randy Kehler; Ruth Griggs and Paul Arslanian on Northampton Jazz Fest.
