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.
Putting Out Fires
11/5/24: Sen Jo Comerford celebrates progressive activism this election, thanks poll workers, & explains her Q2 advocacy. Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: the city’s 52-acre brush fire & robust early voting. Bill & Buz on the 5 ballot questions (MTA Pres Max Page joins them.) Book banning: Megan Zinn w/ director Kate Way, former NHS teacher: her documentary, “Banned Together.”
Questions & Ramifications
11/1/24: Ballot Q 1: Auditor Diana DiZoglio backs her ballot question. Q 2: MTA Pres Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy: YES to eliminate MCAS as.grad reqmt. Donnabelle Casis w/ prof Sarah Stefana Smiith: her amazing exhibit at Hampshire College. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins: kids are on the ballot. Amherst prof Austin Sarat: the election & democracy.
SCARY STUFF
10/31/24: Political expert Josh Silver: everything you wanted to know about the upcoming election. Michael Harbron on his “Interview with the Devil.” Filmmaker Christopher Seward (“Music for Mushrooms”) & Jamie Morey, advocate for ballot question 4.
Vote
10/30/24: Nate Clifford and Jamie Morey: vote “Yes” on Q4!” Larry Hott w/ Exec Producer Dan Lombardo & screenwriter/actor Brenda Mary Withers of “Dindin.” Brian Adams w/ MA Audubon ecologist Tom Lautzenheiser: scary Halloween creatures bats, spiders & snakes, oh my! UMass Prof Jasmine Kerissey & Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Goals & Galaxies
10/29/24: Spgfld Republican Exec Ed Larry Parnass: crisis in the media. MHC Prof of Physics Kerstin Nordstrom w/ Amherst Prof of Astronomy Mia de Los Reyes: the loneliest galaxies. Ariel Brooks & Nan Parati: saving Ashfield’s Elmer’s & reviving community — good news! Happier Valley Comedy stars Scott Braidman & Pam Victor: the Dream Theater Campaign.
No Monkeying Around
10/28/24: Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans: Mexico’s Jewish woman president & “Sabor Judio: the Jewish-Mexican Cookbook.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the Black experience & this election. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: housing, schools, bids, the library & downtown. Megan Zinn w/ Bill Roorbach, author of “Beep”—a narrating monkey.
Living History, Amplifying Voices
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req’t is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.
The Election
10/24/24: ACLU MA Ex Dir Carol Rose: protecting democracy, fighting fascism. Rev Carole Bull: the politics of Christianity today. Live from London, journalist Stryker McGuire: right-wing politics & the UK view of Trump. “All that Jazz” w/ Ruth Griggs & VT Jazz Ctr’s Co-Directors Eugene Uman & Elsa Borrero: great performances.
Questions
10/23/24: Bill & Buz on Q1. Larry Hott w/ filmmaker Evan Goodchild & Peggy Gillespie: “The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie.” Brian Adams w/ Billy Spitzer, Exec Dir, the Hitchcock Ctr for the Environment: living buildings, living our lives. Bill & Buz: on ballot Qs 2,3,4 & 5.
Making Decisions
10/22/24: Political Gold with Josh Silver: the White House, the Senate & the House. Steve Sanderson: the NEF Adult Spelling Bee. Duke Goldman—he’s front-page news: the World Series, the Negro Leagues & remembering Luis Tiant. Marissa Labozzetta: “The Men Who Walk in Dreams.”
