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.
Grabbing Power, Making History & Nuclear War
7/10/24: Barry Werth, author of “31 Days:” presidential immunity and succession. Filmmaker Larry Hott: “Food, Inc. 2” and “The Grab.” London-based journalist Stryker Maguire: Trump 2025, the view from Britain and Europe. Author Annie Jacobsen: “Nuclear War: A Scenario” – the NYT bestseller.
Finding Our Way
7/9/24: Rep Pat Duffy: Biden’s candidacy. maternal health, home equity theft, data privacy & reproductive rights. Duke Goldman: impossible baseball feats & the Red Sox’s Impossible Dream — again? Educator Todd Gazda: cell phones in the classroom. Way Finders CEO Keith Fairey: housing here & now.
Truth Way
7/8/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Biden’s candidacy, crime & schools. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: reparations & renaming Rt 9 Sojourner Truth Way. UMass Prof & Dir of Cybersecurity Inst Brian Levine: social media’s dangers to kids & warning labels. Megan Zinn w/ Jendi Reiter, Northampton-based author of “Origin Story.”
Busted
7/3/24: DA David Sullivan: Trump’s immunity, Biden’s replacement. Eric Reeves: massacres & mass starvation in Darfur. UMass Poli-Sci prof Raymond La Raja: his Boston Globe op-ed on Biden; the right-wing surge in France. Reporter Dusty Christensen: busting the Mass. Cannabis Ctrl Comm; labor charges against Smith.
Saving Democracy, Rights, & Forests
7/2/24: Atty John Pucci, Buz & Bill on SCOTUS’ granting Trump immunity for his crimes. Sen Paul Mark: should Biden step aside; also, the $6B housing bond bill & the right to read books in schools & libraries. Brian Adams w/ Mass Audubon’s Andrew Randazzo: saving our local forests.
Fellow Citizens
7/1/24: Sen Jo Comerford: presidential debate, affordable housing & climate. Silversthorne Theater’s Gina Kaufmann & Director Michelle Ong-Hendrick on “Bulrusher”. Ctr For New Americans ED Laurie Millman, paralegal Harleen Multani, & Citizen Basil Kibakuli on July 4th naturalization ceremony. Megan Zinn & Ben Shattuck: “The History of Sound”
Your Ballot Yourself
6/28/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: THE debate & yesterday’s votes. MTA Pres Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy: replacing MCAS as grad req’t. Donnabelle Casis w/ Brantner DeAtley: visionary artists. Josh Silver autopsies the Biden’s debate performance. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Samantha Giffen: school & library funding.
FOR Women
ACLU of MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: this week’s Supreme Court’s abortion decisions. NOW co-founder Muriel Fox: “The Women’s Revolution: How We Changed Your Life.” Science prof Brian Adams w/ GCC Engineering Prof Ted Johnson: more nukes now? Ruth Griggs w/ Kristen Neville: the Spfld Jazz & Roots Festival
Good Grief Larry & Jane
6/26/24: Larry Hott recommends “Hit Man”, “How to Rob a Bank” & “The Good Place -Aristotle & Ethics.” Sex Matters w/ Dr. Jane Fleishman & Edie Daly: “Old Lesbians.” State Auditor Diana DiZoglio: auditing legislators. The Garden’s Shelly Bathe Lenn: helping young people & families with the death of loved ones.
Subject to Debate
6/25/24: Political expert Josh Silver: the upcoming presidential debate. Hampshire prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the oldest galaxy ever seen was just seen; also, harvesting minerals from the far side of the moon. Duke Goldman: MLB banned Willie Mays’ & Mickey Mantle for casino pr and now is super-hyping gambling. Massachusetts Review Editor Jim Hicks: the summer issue, the Gaza issue and turning over the reins.
