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.
Busted
7/3/24: DA David Sullivan: Trump’s immunity, Biden’s replacement. Eric Reeves: massacres & mass starvation in Darfur. UMass Poli-Sci prof Raymond La Raja: his Boston Globe op-ed on Biden; the right-wing surge in France. Reporter Dusty Christensen: busting the Mass. Cannabis Ctrl Comm; labor charges against Smith.
Saving Democracy, Rights, & Forests
7/2/24: Atty John Pucci, Buz & Bill on SCOTUS’ granting Trump immunity for his crimes. Sen Paul Mark: should Biden step aside; also, the $6B housing bond bill & the right to read books in schools & libraries. Brian Adams w/ Mass Audubon’s Andrew Randazzo: saving our local forests.
Fellow Citizens
7/1/24: Sen Jo Comerford: presidential debate, affordable housing & climate. Silversthorne Theater’s Gina Kaufmann & Director Michelle Ong-Hendrick on “Bulrusher”. Ctr For New Americans ED Laurie Millman, paralegal Harleen Multani, & Citizen Basil Kibakuli on July 4th naturalization ceremony. Megan Zinn & Ben Shattuck: “The History of Sound”
Your Ballot Yourself
6/28/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: THE debate & yesterday’s votes. MTA Pres Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy: replacing MCAS as grad req’t. Donnabelle Casis w/ Brantner DeAtley: visionary artists. Josh Silver autopsies the Biden’s debate performance. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman & Comms Mgr Samantha Giffen: school & library funding.
FOR Women
ACLU of MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: this week’s Supreme Court’s abortion decisions. NOW co-founder Muriel Fox: “The Women’s Revolution: How We Changed Your Life.” Science prof Brian Adams w/ GCC Engineering Prof Ted Johnson: more nukes now? Ruth Griggs w/ Kristen Neville: the Spfld Jazz & Roots Festival
Good Grief Larry & Jane
6/26/24: Larry Hott recommends “Hit Man”, “How to Rob a Bank” & “The Good Place -Aristotle & Ethics.” Sex Matters w/ Dr. Jane Fleishman & Edie Daly: “Old Lesbians.” State Auditor Diana DiZoglio: auditing legislators. The Garden’s Shelly Bathe Lenn: helping young people & families with the death of loved ones.
Subject to Debate
6/25/24: Political expert Josh Silver: the upcoming presidential debate. Hampshire prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the oldest galaxy ever seen was just seen; also, harvesting minerals from the far side of the moon. Duke Goldman: MLB banned Willie Mays’ & Mickey Mantle for casino pr and now is super-hyping gambling. Massachusetts Review Editor Jim Hicks: the summer issue, the Gaza issue and turning over the reins.
Believe
6/24/24: Pamela Adams, Commonwealth Heroine Award recipient: helping Haitians & other immigrants here. UMass Afro-Am Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Juneteenth – its history & our continuing commemoration. Nation Magazine Defense Corr & Hampshire Prof Emeritus of Peace & World Security Studies Michael Klare: Ukraine & Gaza — what now? Writers Block: Megan Zinn with author, Smith College’s Valerie Joseph & illustrator Michael LaRiccia: “This is What Mazie Believes.”
Rallying
6/21/24: Amherst Young Feminist Party’s Marisol Pierce Bonifaz & Alice Jenkins: tomorrow’s protest. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the maternal health bill. Baseball historian Duke Goldman: Willie Mays’ passing. Donnabelle Casis w/ “Pulling at the Roots” playwrights Patrick Gabridge & Talya Kinston. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Jack Schneider: the MCAS a graduation requirement. EM Kennedy Inst. Pres Adam Hinds: Congressional dysfunction.
Protests
6/20/24: DHG & Recorder Editor Dan Crowley: the N’hmpton school budget fight. Duke Goldman: the great Willie Mays. Rev. Michael McSherry: civil disobedience in scripture. Activists Susan Triolo & Louise Antony: the “Bigger than Dobbs” rally. GCC Union Pres Trevor Kearns: the No Confidence vote on the College President.
