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.
A lot Like Christmas?
12/4/23: Sen. Jo Comerford on guns & budgets. Northampton Mayor G-L Sciarra on Main St. & downtown’s rebirth. Law prof Bruce Miller on Trump’s immunity claims & the potential death of the Voting Rights Act, the EPA & OSHA. Megan Zinn w/ Liz Rosenburg, owner of the Toy Box, on kids’ books.
An Outbreak of Peace
12/1/23: MTA President Max Page on no state budget & MCAS reform. The Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage with Marianne Winters & Natalie Ulrich. “An Outbreak of Peace” with Sarah Pirtle. Dave Haughey (Bandeira Chocolates) on Northampton’s downtown development plan and deliciousness.
Move Over, Cinderella
11/30/23: ACLUM’s Carol Rose on face surveillance, overdose prevention centers & prison calls. Prof Ilan Stavans on Restless Books & “The Mexican Dreidel.” Brian Adams & Dave Rothstein on paddling the Ct. in a pumpkin!! Ruth Griggs with cellist & Ana Bandeira Chocolates owner, Dave Haughey.
Champions
11/29/23: Trans woman activist Raquel Willis on “The Risk It Takes to Bloom.” Larry Hott on “Stamped from the Beginning” and “The League.” Josh Silver on the Koch Bros’ support of Nikki Haley and Trump’s lead. Stacie Bourbeau — U.S. Women’s Amateur Pool Champion.
Trials and Tribulations
11/28/23: Priest sexual abuse victim, actor & counselor Jay Sefton on “Unreconciled.” Talya Kingston & Meryl Cohn on the local Playwrights Lab upcoming shows. Duke Goldman on inequality & loyalty in sports. W. Mass. federal district court judge Michael Ponsor on the Bill of Rights & students.
Souls of Grace
11/27/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on her failed re-election. Martín Espada on “Gonzo.” Amilcar Shabazz with Councilor-elect Hala Lord on Amherst’s politics. Richie Davis on “Flights of Fancy, Souls of Grace.” Megan Zinn with antiquarian bookshop owners, Kevin & Dianne Germain.
Advocates, Defenders & Nunchaku
11/22/23: Gabrielle Hamel from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders. Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman on desire. Honoring Peter Ives, now Pastor Emeritus of First Churches. Atty Luke Ryan & River Valley Taekwondo’s Bill Tuman on knives, nunchuks & the SJC. Rev. Carole Bull on giving thanks and remembering JFK.
Marching On & Mushing On
11/21/23: 888-323-HOPE with David Sullivan, Jim McGovern, Dan Carey, Jo Comerford, Mindy Domb. & Monte. Hilltown Sled Dogs with Marla BB –mushy stuff. Comedy Quiz—Talkin’ Turkey with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Eckis and WINNER JESS TYLER. Carrie Bake with Beth Lev from Indivisible Northampton, Swing Left Western Mass. Brian Adams with Northampton Survival Center’s Heidi Nortonsmith and Alexander Le’ger-Small.
March for The Food Bank
11/20/23: Monte!+ Rep. Jim McGovern, Food Bank’s Andrew Moorhouse & Chicopee Mayor John Vieau. Rev. Michael McSherry on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Filmmaker Larry Hott, on “American Symphony” & “Pianoforte.” Local author Robert Radin on “Noche Triste: A Memoir of Anorexia.”
Community Action
11/17/23: Monte Belmonte on the March. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on the legislature’s failure to pass a budget. MTA Pres Max Page on the Andover educators’ strike & unfunded contracts. Community Action’s Clare Higgins on housing. Dr. Kate Atkinson & Adriana Piantedosi on concierge medicine.
