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.  

Going to a Third Party?

4/23/24: Josh Silver on DJT, RFK, Jr. & Joe. MHC Prof Kerstin Nordstrom & UMass Psych Prof Tara Mandalaywala: how kids perceive race & class. Brad Wolf, ed., Phillip Berrigan’s “Ministry of Risk.” PVPA mock trial champions — History Leader Gary Huggett, Elixa Tuthill, Charlotte Powell & Luke Laplante.

Northampton Trails

Down to Earth Day

4/22/24: Atty John Pucci: the Trump trial. Prof Amilcar Shabazz: the passing of civil rights icon Bill Strickland. George Kohout, Pres, & Alena Huisman, VP, Friends of N’hmpton Trails: the cleanup. Treehouse Fndn Founder Judy Cockerton & Bd Chair Sarah Carlan: running the runway for foster care.

Amending

4/19/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: the state budget. MTA Pres Max Page: the right to strike & MCAS. The Lava Center’s Open Stage w/ Vanessa Query & Nisse Greenberg. David Knowles & Jaris Hanson: fab local theater. Kennedy Institute CEO Adams Hinds: dysfunction.

Dan Crowley

Hear Today

4/18/24: DHG & Recorder editor Dan Crowley: bear paws & CRESS. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: the war, antisemitism & Passover. Brian Adams w/ Sublime Systems CEO Leah Ellis & Comms Dir Erin Glabets: environmentally friendly concrete. Ruth Griggs w/ VT Jazz Ctr ED Eugene Uman.

Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans

War and Pieces

4/17/24: Amherst’s Ilan Stavans w/ Ukranian-American, hard-of-hearing poet, translator & Princeton prof Ilya Kaminsky. Larry Hott: “Through Deaf Eyes.” Ken Grossinger: “Art Works…Organizers and Artists … A Better World Together.”  Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen: unions & Trader Joe’s. 

John Pucci

A Great Mash-up!

4/16/24: John Pucci: Trump’s trial. THE Mash-up: Y@H, Pride Chorus, Children’s Choir & The Best Thing Ever. The monthly Comedy Quiz w/ Happier Valley Comedy. Mohawk Trail Regional School District Superintendent Sheryl L. Stanton. Poetry & song with Rich & Marisa Michelson & Kinga Cserjési, coming to Bombyx.

Write On

4/15/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: schools, & policing. Joan Gelfand: “Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution”. W. Mass author Mickey Rathbun: “The Real Gatsby George Gordon Moore: A Granddaughter’s Memoir.” Holly Gramazio (soon at the Odyssey): “The Husbands.”

Carrie Baker and Dallas Ducar

Messes & Hope

4/12/24: Rep. Natalie Blais: housing & gaming. Barbara Diamond Goldin: “Benjy’s Messy Room.”  MTA Pres Max Page: state ed. funding. Artbeat with Donnabelle Casis, Kelly Silliman & Joie Gonzalez. Smith’s Carrie Baker & Trans Health CEO Dallas Ducar (fabulous!).  Amherst Town Council Pres Lynn Griesemer on schools & PILOTS.

Carole Bull

Darkness and Light

4/11/24: Becky Field focuses on refugees, immigrants, & asylum seekers. Rev. Carole Bull on the unspeakable. Brian Adams with Smith prof of computer science Jordan Crouser on Artificial Intelligence. Atty John Pucci: picking the Trump jury.

Johnny Memphis & Patrick Callinan

Breaking Down Bars

4/10/24: Johnny Memphis & Patrick Callinan, perform in studio. Larry Hott on the Gilda Radner & Gene Wilder movies. Susan Todd & Daryl McGraw of Formerly, Inc.: revolutionizing criminal justice. Amherst Asst Town Mgr.  David Ziomek: housing, CRESS & solar.

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