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.
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.
Healing
12/6/23: DA David Sullivan on domestic violence & new SJC justices. Larry Hott on “Bella” and “Bella!” Dusty Christensen on lawsuits against the Northampton Police and Chief Kasper’s legacy. Dr Norbert Goldfield, Healing Across the Divides E.D., on the horrors of the Israel-Hamas War.
