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.
Keep on Walking, Keep on Talking
3/11/25: Rep Pat Duffy: the crisis at hand – the loss of federal funds. Amherst Coll Prof Rick Lopez: “Beyond Fridamania” – the Frida Kahlo phenomenon here! Downtown Nhmpton Assoc new ED Andrea Monson: econ devel & the new face of Northampton. Hamp Mayor GL Sciarra: the threat of losing federal funds.
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
3/10/25: Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans: “Lamentations of Nezahualcoyotl,” translations from the Aztec, stories from an extraordinary, flawed empire. Megan Zinn w/ Nathaniel Miller whose new novel is “Red Dog Farm,” tomorrow at the Odyssey. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: feds denying his city $20 Million, sanctuary, school receivership, & St. Paddy’s Day celebration. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Tom Weiner, co-authors of ““In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.”
Bad News, Some Good
3/7/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump dismantling DOE & DEI. Clare Higgins: Trump-induced chaos & an upcoming gov’t shutdown? W Mass Code Pink activists Paki Wieland & Susan Triolo on Intl Women’s Day. Astronomer Salman Hameed: planets aligning, Space X exploding, landers tipping over & the upcoming lunar eclipse. ArtBeat — Donnabelle Casis w/ William Baczek: the Landscape Exhibition.
The Essence of Our Being
3/6/25: Human Rights Atty Laura Pitter: Trump-Musk destroying USAID, deserting the world & threatening Sanctuary Cities. Rich Michelson & Eric Lesser — “Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder.” Rep Jim McGovern: Republicans gutting the gov’t. What hope remains? Ruth Griggs w/ rising star pianist Sean Mason — coming to the Drake.
Chickens
3/5/25: DA David Sullivan: Trump’s address & local scammers. Amherst School Supt Dr Xi Herman: accused, exonerated & back to work. Brian Adams w/ Underline Farm’s Karl Prahl: organic-fed poultry in Avian flu times. Johnny Memphis previews the Back Porch Festival. Larry Hott: the Oscar-winning documentaries.
Politics, Poetry, Pucci & Players
3/4/25: Sen. Paul Mark: federal cuts & the future of West-East Rail. Rich Michelson w/ UMass prof, translator & poet John Hennessy: poetry from Ukraine & “Exit Garden State.” Atty John Pucci: DOJ’s new mission: vengeance & retribution. Paul Newlin: “Watermelon Wednesdays” w/ violinist Tim Kliphuis (Django Jazz) & Petri Prauda of the Finnish band Frigg.
A Free Press?
3/3/25: Free Press Pres Craig Aaron: rampant fed govt censorship. Megan Zinn w/ Odyssey’s Robin Glossner: new books to love & authors to meet. Sen. Jo Comerford: federal cuts threatening MA & new legislature transparency rules. Nhmptn Mayor GL Sciarra: the $600,000 request for schools, snow & ice & potholes.
Have Hope, Have Heart
2/28/25: Rep. Mindy Domb—now Chair of Mental Health, Substance use & Recovery. MTA Pres Max Page on Sen. Markey’s bill to preserve ed funding. Filmmakers Larry Hott & Julia Mintz on her film “Four Winters” — surviving and fighting Nazis. Hope for peace in Palestine & Israel with Roots Co-founders Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger & Khaled Abu Awwad. Dr. Kemar Brown, cardiologist & Am Heart Ass’n volunteer: heart transplants and saving yr loved ones with CPR.
A Really Big Show
2/27/25: ACLUM Ex Dir Carol Rose: the threat to sanctuary cities and town. Rev Carole Bull: a personal relationship with the Higher Power. Jessi Kirley, Pres of Ehmtn-based J Kirley Collective & Common Capital Pres Raymond Lanza-Weil: small loans, big dreams & his testimony at US Senate yesterday. All That Jazz w/ John Anz, Mark Gionfriddo & Brian Lapis—olde time radio show.
Heat & Soul
2/26/25: John Pucci: Trump’s corruption of the DoJ. Indivisible mbr Bill Feinstein: Friday’s 24-hour economic blackout. Larry Hott on “Porcelain War” & “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.” Chris Appy & Brian Adams w/ Sunrise Movement Co-Fndr Varshini Praskash. Natl Heart Month w/ CDH Cardiologist Jim Arcoleo & Interventional Radiologist Greg Blackman.
