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.
A New Library
1/8/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: school receivership, the police & snow. UMass. Prof Amilcar Shabazz: MLK & the holiday. Constitutional law prof. Bruce Miller: the Trump disqualification case at SCOTUS. Megan Zinn & Lisa Prolman, Ass’t Dir., Greenfield Public Library: why libraries matter.
Taxing Times
1/5/24: MTA Pres. Max Page: a police search for a book in a local school. Astronomer Salman Hammed: flights to asteroids & the moon. Donnabelle Casis and Heid Erdrich: Indigenous art at the Meade. Community Action’s Rebecca Bannasch: $ back from the IRS. Amherst Town Mg’r Paul Bockelman: potholes & schools.
Girls to the Front & Soulful Jazz
1/4/24: Rep. Jim McGovern on war & peace & Biden. Stone Church’s Erin Scaggs & Alouette Batteau: women in the music industry. Prof. Brian Adams & climate activist Russ Vernon Jones: the failed COP conference. Ruth Griggs & NMH Music Program Director, composer & saxophonist Ron Smith — LIVE!
Happy New Year?
1/3/24: D.A. David Sullivan: Should Trump be excluded from state ballots? . Larry Hott highly recommends “Still: A Michael J. Foxx Movie” & “A Still Small Voice.” Dusty Christensen, the Shoestring’s Investigative Editor, on climate change here. Sen. Paul Mark on guns & housing.
Woman: Revisited
1/2/24: Insurrection: former U.S. atty John Pucci on SCOTUS & Trump. Sen Jo Comerford on housing, immigration & her “Blue Envelope” bill. Silas Kopf faux Northampton Mayor. The new Massachusetts Review: — “Woman: Revisited” with editors Shailja Patel, Emily Wojcik, & Eddie Clifford.
Last Day, First Night
12/29/23: Live in the studio – archguitarist extraordinaire Peter Blanchette. Northampton Arts Council’s Steve Sanderson previews First Night — 12 hours of joy. Bill, Buz & Dan look back at 2023 and forward to 2024.
FIRST NIGHT!!
12/28/23: Peter McQuillan previews FN. LIVE — Indie Rock star, Ciarra Fragale. Watch these — Cool Films with Larry Hott. Rev. Carole Bull on spiritualism & the arts. Brian Adams with high school climate activists. Come dance! Ruth Griggs with Christine LeBel, Lindy League Western Mass., & Jeff Olmsted, Valley Jazz Voices.
Why Trump Is Winning
12/27/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver. Sex Matters with Jane Fleishman. The global lurch to the right with Dan Torres. Northampton downtown redesign and the looming school budget crisis with Bill Dwight.
Happy Kwanza
12/26/23: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz illuminates Kwanzaa. Duke Goldman examines income inequality in sports today. Amherst Town Council Pres. Lynn Griesemer & Jones Library Trustees Chair Austin Sarat explain borrowing $10 million (more !!) for the renovation.
2023 & 2024 Wins & Losses
12/22/23: Rep. Mindy Domb: 2023 legislative actions & inactions. MTA’s Pres Max Page: MCAS, Fair Share & strikes. Rev. Michael McSherry: Christmas’ meaning. Reproductive rts activists Carrie Baker & Odile Gogibu on abortion bans. Outgoing Mayor Roxann Wedegartner: Gfld’s present & future.
