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.
Aspirations & Dreams
10/14/24: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz: Indigenous People’s Day and the Catholic Church’s position on reparations. Nate Clifford, co-owner, Cornucopia, & Jamie Morey: YES on ballot question 4. Megan Zinn with author Marisa Labozzetta: “Men Who Walk in Dreams.”
BREAKING NEWS
10/11/24: Shoestring Editor Brian Zayatz: NPD has just dismantled “Moose Camp.” MTA’s Max Page, Mass Voter Table’s Shanique Rodriguez, & Mass Vote’s Marisol Santiago: ballot Q 2 (MCAS). Donnabelle Casis w/ Matthew Cummings, Dir, Ehmptn OOO Gallery. Clare Higgins: the MA Ballot Qs. Extreme weather w/ Dr. John J. Berger.
It’s Official!
10/10/24: N’hmptn’s new Police Chief John Cartledge: his life & plans. Filmmaker Charlie Light: “Far Out: — Life On & After the Commune.” Michael Klare: nat’l security threats — hurricanes, the Middle East & Ukraine. Ruth Griggs w/ Amherst Coll music prof & saxophonist Jason Robinson: his new album & live @ the Drake.
Our Cooperative Future — Live from River Valley!
10/9/24: Movers and shakers from Co-op Power, the Old Creamery Co-op, Real Pickles, River Valley Co-op, & UMass Five College Credit Union, Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives.
Movers and shakers from Downtown Sounds, Flat Iron coffee house, Neighboring Food Co-op Ass’n, Our Family Farms, & PV Squared,
Facing Facts
10/8/24: National political strategist Bob Creamer: “Nuts and Bolts: The Formula for Progressive Electoral Success.” Duke Goldman: Pete Rose to the Hall of Fame? Elizabeth Silver & Christina Maxwell of 413 Staying Connected: canvassing in Montana & phone banking in Texas. Todd Gazda: teaching trades v. liberal arts
Mark this Day
10/7/24: Sen Jo Comerford: economic devel, & local solar siting bills. Mayor GL Sciarra: the new police chief, developing the former probate court bldg & Go Vote! Jack Wurfl, a Jew who survived Nazi Germany (most of his family didn’t). Megan Zinn w/ author Juliet Grames: “The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia.”
Voyages, Exploring, Fiddling
10/4/24: MTA Pres Max Page: the longshoremen strike & the MCAS question. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the launch to Jupiter’s ocean-filled moon, Europa. Donnabelle Casis, Athan Vennell & Sloan Tomlinson: Monster Arts Project 5. Dr. Steven Hassan: “The Cult of Trump.” Sarah Michel, Sarah the Fhttps://soundcloud.com/uploadiddler, LIVE!
Wars
10/3/24: Rep. Jim McGovern: War and Peace & the election. Rev Andrea Ayvazian: have faith –especially today. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio: audit the legislature? Ballot Question 1. Candidate Nadia Milleron: her fight against Richie Neal for the MA 1st Congressional District.
Birds and Bees
10/2/24: DA David Sullivan: Veep debate, Drug Take Back, Safe & Healthy School Summit. Sex Educators Jane Fleishman & Hardy Haberman: the critical importance of consent & the Kink Community. Scientists Brian Adams w/ NHS teacher Fred Morrison: Monarch butterflies’ migration, & bees. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: Trump, journalism, the 1st Am.
The State We’re In
10/1/24: Atty John Pucci: Trump’s criminal cases, SCOTUS & the election. The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac Editor in Chief Carol Connare – fun! Sen Paul Mark: the American Revolution—the 250th, Ballot Question 1, auditing the legislature, & Happy 100th B’day, Jimmy Carter. ” Hiking Hidden Gems…National Parks” with Ted Alvarez.
