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.
Bomb Threats
12/20/23: Globe journalist Brooke Hauser & Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on bomb threats here. Larry Hott recommends “The Mission” & “A Courageous Assemblyman’s Stand for Reproductive Rights.” Timmon Wallis And Vicki Elson on “Warheads to Windmills.” GCC President Michelle Schutt on affording college.
The Forest from the Trees
12/19/23: Northampton immigration atty Megan Kludt: saving DACA. The Comedy Quiz (on dinosaurs!) with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Mandy Anderson. Solar power v. forests with Smith prof Naila Moreira. Gwen Agna & Shelley Rotner: “Finding Home:Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary.”
Sheroes
12/18/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: the superintendent search. MLRI atty Judith Liben: subsidized affordable housing — for the rich? Reproductive Rights hero, Dr. Giovannina Anthony: the fight for abortion. Megan Zinn with John Sheirer on “For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories”
Guns & Cherish
12/15/23: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: legislative wins & the gun bill. MTA Pres. Max Page & GCC prof Phyllis Keenan on CHERISH. ArtBeat: Donnabelle Casis & Pulp Gallery’s Dean Brown. Drs. Shane Taylor & Kate Atkinson: concierge medicine. Gregory Gibson: his new book & his son’s murder.
A2Z
12/14/23: John Pucci on Trump & the Supreme Court. Rabbi Riki Kosovske & Pastor Marisa Egerstrom on the bomb threat to Beit Ahavah. Brian Adams & Andre Boulay of A2Z Science & Learning Toy Store. Ruth Griggs with Edwards Church’s new Dir. of Music, Adam Simon.
“Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism”
12/13/23: “Class, Race, Gender…(and) Capitalism” with activist, organizer professor Michael Zweig. Larry Hott recommends “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” and “Lift.” Michael Klare on Israel-Hamas & Ukraine. Schools, money & the election with Greenfield Councilor Marianne Bullock.
Schools
12/12/23: We Fishwrap Harvard. Duke Goldman on Shohei Ohtani’$700 million contract. Jay Fleitman, Massachusetts Campaign Co-Chair of Desantis for President. Educ. Collaborative’s Todd Gazda on school superintendents.
Dark Days & Bright Lights
12/11/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: more cops & the City Council fight. Amherst activists Amilcar Shabazz & Andrea Battle: community & CRESS. Sarah Pirtle, Tim Van Egmond & Rochelle Wildfong: the Ashfield Winter Solstice Celebration. Center for New Americans’ Laurie Millman & Sarah Sullivan: 30 Poems/30 Days at Smith College. Megan Zinn & Ana Reyes, local, NYT bestselling author of “The House in the Pines,” at the Odyssey in S. Hadley
Community Action
12/8/23: MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS initiative. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the Big Whack! Donnabelle Casis & Kelly Silliman: the fab new community art space. Clare Higgins: giving & taxes. Central West Justice attys Marion Hohn & Catherine Ady-Bell: the emergency shelter crisis.
Reviews, Previews and Miracles
12/7/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on Ukraine and Congressional dysfunction. Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on miracles. Brian Adams & Amy Donovan (Franklin Co. Waste Mgmt. Dst.) on recycling & the holidays. Glenn Seigel with Ember’s saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis. coming to the Drake.
