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.
Life
9/25/24: Mass Review editors Jim Hicks & Shailja Patel: poetry & self-immolation protests. Prof Michael Klare: the Israel/Lebanon/Hezbollah War & the U.S. role. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: campaign contributions to Reps Richie Neal & Jim McGovern. Get trained, save a life: Cooley Dickinson’s Mark Dion on the CPR class for all of us.
As Goes Pennsylvania
9/24/24: Political expert Josh Silver: the polls today. MHC Physics Prof Kerstin Nordstrom & Amherst Geology Prof Nick Holschuh — the shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet & rising sea levels. Duke Goldman w/ Melissa Ludtke: “Locker Room Talk— A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside.” Dr. John Berger: politics & the climate crisis.
Imagine This
9/23/24: John Lennon’s lover, photographer May Pang: her exhibit at R. Michelson Galleries. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Youth Empowerment. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: police alternatives, $21million for water. Vanessa Chakour: “Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature.”
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Vanessa Chakour: “Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature.” is a ticketed dinner. Buy tickets at (8 tickets remain). Tickets include the cost of a family style dinner. www.vanessachakour.com/book-launch
Vannessa will be at Unnameable Books in Turners Falls (open to all!) at 4pm on October 5th.
The Politics of Magic?
9/20/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on NC GOP candidate’s nazi leanings, & affordable housing. MTA Pres Max Page on Teamsters Pres Sean O’Brien’s refusal to endorse. Betsy Stone w/ LOCULUS, Madison Palffy and Olana Flynn. Author Orenda Fink: “The Witch’s Daughter.” EMK CEO Adam Hinds on election integrity.
“You Can’t Handle the Truth” Or can you?
9/19/24: Exec Editor Dan Crowley on the importance of local news & thorough sourcing. Reverend Michael McSherry: speaking the lie until it becomes familiar does not make it the truth. Former MA Senate Pres Stan Rosenberg on the responsibility that comes with the political soapbox. Ruth Griggs w/ Argentine Saxophonist Julieta Eugenio, coming to Northampton Jazz Festival.
Celebrating Community & The Cosmos
9/18/24: Co-owners Nancy Felton and Roz Kreshak-Hayden on Broadside Bookshop’s 50th anniversary party this Saturday; Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Cancer Connection ED Chelsea Kline on the annual Harvest Dinner, Gnfld Public Library’s Francesca Passiglia, & artist Malaika Ross. Brian Adams w/ CT River Conservancy ED Rebecca Todd & Events Mgr Stacey Lennard: Source to the Sea Cleanup. Astronomer Salman Hameed on our ridiculously large universe.
Truth
9/17/2024: Buz and Dan on truth and politics. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, & Jess Tyler. Professor Carrie Baker on our Feminist Future…Todd Barron & Sharon Margula: Northampton Neighbors’ DoozyDo Parade.
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.
