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.
Ceolchoirm Sunday
9/16/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: Skate Park & a great piece of legislation thanks to Sen Warren. Archguitarist Peter Blanchette & vocalist Éilís Kennedy for Bombyx concert. Ashfield Filmfest’s Harry Keramidas & Tamara Sloan. Megan Zinn w/ Bernard Schwartz: literary programs for Authors Guild Foundation, & poet/novelist Luis Alberto Urrea.
The Future
9/13/24: Rep Natalie Blais: the presidential race & the divisions among us. MTA Pres Max Page & Northampton School Comm’s Gwen Agna: Vote YES on Ballot Question #2. Donnabelle Casis w/ A.P.E.’s Kathy Couch & Yanira Castro: “Exorcism=Liberation.” Ancestral Bridges Foundation President Anika Lopes on her upcoming GCC’s Senior Symposia. Elizabeth Hartmann on “Last Place Called Home.”
Breaking Down Divisions
9/12/24: Franklin Co. Superior Court Clerk Sue Emond: the most difficult cases. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske w/ Rachel’s Table ED Jodi Falk: Women of Vision, Gaza, hostages & you. Atty James Winston w/ Eric Sherman, co-author w/ Dwight Evans of “Dewey: Behind the Gold Glove.” The Taste of Northampton with Steve Sanderson.
Reflections
9/11/24: 9/11 & the debate. Jen Meeropol: U.S. govt reveals it executed her grandmother Ethel Rosenberg knowing she was innocent. Prison Radio’s Noelle Hanrahan & Jennifer Black w/ Abolitionist Law Ctr E.D. Saleem Holbrook: “Beneath the Mountain.” Brian Adams w/ Historic Nhmptn’s Laurie Sanders: 500 million years ago. Nhmptn Survival Ctr’s Hedi Nortonsmith & Alexander Leger-Small: food for all.
Debates: By Candidates, on Sluggers
9/10/24: Rep Pat Duffy on the MA ballot questions. Duke Goldman: Red Sox v. Yankees, Aaron Judge v. Shoshei Ohtani, remembering James Earl Jones. UConn Prof Beth Ginsberg on the debate, the polls, & the minority vote. Educator Todd Gazda: Artificial Intel (AI) in schools: truth and consequences
Odysseys
9/9/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on policing & schools. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Performance Project’s Julie Lichtenberg & James Arana: “Mother Tongue.” Barry Werth: “Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey … America’s Longest-Held POW.” Megan Zinn w/ author Rachel Kushner: her novel “Creation Lake.”
In Our Orbit
9/6/24: MTA Pres Max Page: free community college, Question 2, the MCAS grad req’t. Prof Salman Hameed: Astronomer conference, naming moons & stranded astronauts. Donnabelle Casis w/ Smith Museum Curator Emma Chubb & artist Younes Rahmoun. Community Action w/ Clare Higgins: fuel assistance & housing rehab. Author David Daley: “ANTIDEMOCRATIC”
Politics, Protests, & Polling
9/5/24: Congressman Jim McGovern on the upcoming debate & Liz Cheney’s announcement she’ll be voting for Harris! UMass Pol Sci prof & pollster Ray La Raja: UMass Task Force rec’d on campus political protests, & the reliability of polling. Ruth Griggs w/ Jazz Fest headliner Anat Cohen.
To Go, Please
9/4/24: DA David Sullivan: drugs, prosecution & National Recovery Month. Bombyx E.D. Cassandra Holden & chef extraordinaire O’Brian Tomalin: O’Brian in YOUR kitchen. Brian Adams, Environ Prof Susan Masino & Climate Action Now’s Susan Theberge: our forests, ourselves & the presidential debate. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: allegations re new Gfld police chief.
Posing Questions, Finishing the Sentence
9/3/24: Atty John Pucci: Trump’s trials & his upcoming NY sentence. Happier Valley Comedy’s Pam Victor & Scott Braidman: building the Dream. Sen Paul Mark: today’s vote. Antisemitism w/ Prof. Michael Hoberman, Rev. Randy Calvo & organizer Kim Audette.
