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.
Justice and the Election
8/6/24: Atty John Pucci: Will Trump be sentenced to jail next month? Amherst-based Amilcar Shabazz & Kathleen Anderson: Reparations Now? Reparations Now! A comedic break– Larry Hott reviews Albert Brooks’ “Defending My Life.” Mass. Democratic Party Chair Steve Kerrigan: how to elect Harris-Walz.
Overwhelming
8/5/24: Sen Jo Comerford: the failed clean energy bill, Umass protests, unfunded UMass contracts, Harris & Biden. Eric Reeves, Darfur Bar Ass’n Trustee: catastrophic famine in Sudan and & Darfur. Buz on GTMO, trials, the death penalty, & the just-killed plea deal. Megan Zinn w/ Marjan Kamali: “The Lion Women of Tehran.”
True Life
8/2/24: MTA Pres Max Page w/ educator Nora de la Cour: the front lines – teaching to the MCAS test. Astronomer Salman Hameed: life on Mars? humans on the moon? Donnabelle Casis w/ Springfield Museums Pres Kay Simpson: Frida Kahlo. Formers: Hamp Mayor Clare Higgins & Council Pres Bill Dwight: our brains & politics.
There’s a New Sheriff in Town
8/1/24: Rep Jim McGovern. Greenfield Acting Police Chief Todd Dodge on the changes in Greenfield policing. Tamar Fields & John Sears from Standing Together.
It is Something in the Soil
7/31/24: Atty Rachel Weber: defending UMass protesters. UU Rev Janet Bush: offering sanctuary & retirement reflections. Brian Adams w/ Liz Willis-O’Gilvie, Dir, Springfield’s Gardening the Community: food justice. Dr. John Berger: “… Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth.”
UMass & Wars: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
7/30/24: Criminal defense atty Rachel Weber: the persecution and prosecution of UMass protesters. Hampshire prof & Nation Mag writer Michael Klare: endless wars & the nuclear threat. UMass prof Kara Peterman: $6.5 Million (!) to study carbon footprints. Poli-sci prof Beth Ginsberg: Latino, Black & Jewish voters this election.
Dangers for Kids Ahead – Solutions, Too
7/29/24: UMass Computer Science prof Brian Levine: kids, computers and apps. Hilltown Youth Recovery Theater’s Jonathan Diamond & Sarah Close: “A Mid-Summers Night’s Dream.” Gfld Councilor Marianne Bullock: schools, police & money. Amherst’s new School Super Dr. Xi & Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: schools!
The Beat Goes On
7/26/24: Rep Mindy Domb: Kamala excitement, MA gun safety & the Gender X law. Donnabelle Casis w/ Hannah Brookman from Looky Here & Charlotte Treiber from Madhouse Multiarts: the Greenfield Arts Walk tonight! Ernie Brill: “Journeys of Voices & Choices.” Adam Hinds, CEO of Edward M Kennedy Institute for U.S. Senate: this historic election.
Rights & Wrongs
ACLU MA Exec Dir, atty Carol Rose: civil liberties – rights (& wrongs) this November. Smith College Prof Andrew Zimbalist: the Olympics, Paris & Boston. Dan Crowley, Exec. Ed, Daily Hampshire Gazette & Gfld Recorder: we remember & honor our local moral compass, Randy Kehler, who passed Saturday. John Anz w/ jazz stars Matt & Atla DeChamplain – coming to the Summit House.
Art at Risk, It’s for the Birds
7/24/24: Margaret Larson & Ellen Koteen: huge rent increases threaten 80 (!) Easthampton artists. Larry Hott: “Skywalkers: A Love Story” & other daredevil documentaries. Brian Adams w/ columnist Bill Danielson: “Speaking of Nature.” CDH’s Sue Pierce & Highland Valley’s Valerie D’Aquisto: discharging patients.
