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.  

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa

What’s Now & What’s Next

7/19/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: the presidential race, education funding & guns.  MTA Pres Max Page: Victory!  Former U.S. Rep Scott Klug (R–WI), Guiliani’s Co-Chair: the Republican convention, Trump’s speech & his path to victory. Governor’s Councilor Tara Jacobs: confirming a diverse judiciary in Massachusetts. 

High Stakes, Moon Landings, Black Holes & Rising Stars

7/18/24: Congressman Jim McGovern: Trump & Biden. Edwards Church Rev Michael McSherry: Christian nationalism & Christian faith. Astronomer Salman Hameed: lunar landings, black holes & Lego bricks.* Ruth Griggs w/ local rising stars, saxist Ben Malynoski & drummer Jacob Smith: their gig tomorrow here.
*check this out: www.youtube.com/@kainaatastronomyinenglish
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7/17/24: Holyoke Schools Union Pres Nicholas Cream: receivership & MCAS. Larry Hott: “Art Talent Show” & “My Kid Could Paint That.” Brian Adams & Nolan Adams: pumped hydropower. Masslive & Republican investigative reporter Greta Jochim: the Leeds nursing home Highview’s scandalous conditions.

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker

This is a Test

7/16/24: Mayor GL Sciarra: national politics, schools & the override. Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Sally Ekus: fun with fireflies. Smith prof & Ms. Magazine editor Carrie Baker: Project 2025 & the abolition of our rights. Local activists Elizabeth Silver & Christina Maxwell: this election needs you NOW.

Bad News, Good News

7/15/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: the presidential campaign and housing- building for success. Marty Wohl, Co-President, the Northampton Education Foundation: money for enriching students’ lives & education. Megan Zinn with Tammy Greenwood: “The Still Point”.

Max Page

Testing, Testing 

7/12/24:  MTA Pres Max Page & Fair Test Ex Dir Harry Feder: MCAs & alternatives. Donnabelle Casis & Cima Khademi: her Easthampton City Arts show. Margie Riddle:  the League of Women Voters – books & voter protection. Karuna Center’s Polly Byers & Healing Across the Divides’ Norbert Goldfield: Israel, Palestine & humanity.

CHOSEN

7/11/24: Prof Rachelle Winkle-Wagner: “The Chosen We: Black Women’s Empowerment in Higher Education.” Megan Zinn: selling romance. Photographer Joe Wallace: “Remnants” in Turners Falls. Amherst author Betsy Hartmann: “Last Place Called Home” and the opioid crisis.

Larry Hott

Grabbing Power, Making History & Nuclear War

7/10/24: Barry Werth, author of “31 Days:” presidential immunity and succession. Filmmaker Larry Hott: “Food, Inc. 2” and “The Grab.” London-based journalist Stryker Maguire: Trump 2025, the view from Britain and Europe. Author Annie Jacobsen: “Nuclear War: A Scenario” – the NYT bestseller.

Finding Our Way

7/9/24: Rep Pat Duffy: Biden’s candidacy. maternal health, home equity theft, data privacy & reproductive rights. Duke Goldman: impossible baseball feats & the Red Sox’s Impossible Dream — again? Educator Todd Gazda: cell phones in the classroom. Way Finders CEO Keith Fairey: housing here & now.

Truth Way

7/8/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: Biden’s candidacy, crime & schools. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: reparations & renaming Rt 9 Sojourner Truth Way. UMass Prof & Dir of Cybersecurity Inst Brian Levine: social media’s dangers to kids & warning labels. Megan Zinn w/ Jendi Reiter, Northampton-based author of “Origin Story.”

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