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.
Looking Glass
7/28/23: Dan & Buz on threats to democracy; MTA Pres Max Page on the need for equity & inclusion in public higher ed; Daniel Kramer on the Chester Theatre Company’s “Circle Mirror Transformation;” Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman & Communications Director Brianna Sunryd on housing, roads, and relations with colleges
Urban Food Revolution
7/27/23: Newly appointed State Fire Marshall Jon Davine; Rev Carole Bull on Progressive Christianity; Brian Adams with the young food activists of Gardening the Community; Ruth Griggs with Jazz Vocalist Karrin Allyson.
Flowing Rivers
7/26/23: Larry Hott with local filmmaker Mary Patierno on her new film out about the Rio Grande; Chair of the UMass IT Faculty Erik G. Learned-Miller on the dangers of AI; Jan Freeman on her poetry retreat; Jennifer Dieringer & Allison van der Velden discuss Community Legal Aid’s partnership with Community Health Center of Franklin County
Political Gold
7/25/23: Josh Silver on Trump’s chances & the No Labels Party threat to Democrats; Michael Klare on Ukraine, cluster bombs, food, & drones; Duke Goldman on racism in MLB today; journalist Wesley Blixt remembers Al Giordano, psychedelics and Gonzo journalism.
Mayors Monday, Black in the Valley, Saving Democracy, & “Somebody’s Fool”
7/24/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner on floods, foreclosures and housing for new immigrants; Professor Amilcar Shabazz on reparations in Amherst & Northampton; Miles Taylor on “Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump;” Megan Zinn with Richard Russo on “Somebody’s Fool.”
Scary Journeys
7/21/23: MTA Pres. Max Page on ed reform; Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on the floods; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Britt Ruhe on Commonwealth Murals; Maya van Rossum on Green Amendments to state constitutions; Congressman Adam Smith on “Lost and Broken: My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety.”
Food, Floods, Photos & the Local Solar Array Fight
7/20/23: CISA E.D. Phil Korman, and Gazette Photo-Editor Carol Lollis, on the floods; Edwards Church Minister Michael McSherry on the afterlife; Brian Adams with Smart Solar Shutesbury advocates on their opposition to clearcutting for solar; Glenn Seigel with Greenfield’s world-renown musician Anna Webber.
Magic & Disappearing (?) Rights
7/19/23: Chris Rohmann & John Feffer; on “Hope I Die Before I Get Old;” ACLU Mass. E.D. Carol Rose on LGBTQ rights; E.R.nurse & MNA spokesperson Suzanne Love on mental health care here; Double Edge Theater’s Hannah Jarell, Mica Farias Gomez, & Carlos Uriona on this summer’s magic.
Fed Up
7/18/23: Andrew Morehouse, E.D., Food Bank of Western Mass. on the floods and our food; the Kingston Trio’s Mike Marvin; the Comedy Quiz with the Happier Valley Comedy folks–Maddy, Scott, Moe & Laura; Carrie Baker with Atty Jennifer Levi on GLAD’s trans rights lawsuits; UCLA prof David Myers on The Crisis of Democracy in Israel.
Veto
7/17/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle explains her veto of the reproductive health ordinance; Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder, Freedom from Religion Foundation; law prof Wendy Parmet on “Constitutional Contagion”– covid the Courts; Megan Zinn with Chloe Gong on “Immortal Longings.”
