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.
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.
Human Rights and Wrongs
7/23/24: Political expert Josh Silver: topsy-turvy races & the Democratic Veep. “When the Mind’s Free” at the Shea: Director Toby Bercovici, choreographer Annalise Nielson & actor Myka Plunkett. Duke Goldman: the Olympics, race & protest. UMass prof & Human Security Lab Dir Charli Carpenter: Afghan fathers & daughters.
You Can’t Trump This
7/22/24: Amherst College Poli-Sci Prof Austin Sarat, UMass Afro-Am Prof Amilcar Shabazz, & Smith College Prof of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Carrie Baker: the race for President— Game on!And then, recommended summer reads with Megan Zinn and Booklink Mgr Peg Duffy.
