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.
Cherish This
9/22/23: MTA Pres. Max Page & Citizens for Public Schools E.D. Lisa Guisbond on the Cherish Act & MCAS; Rep. Mindy Domb on E-W/ W-E Rail, MCAS, & medical parole; ArtBeat with Betsy Stone & Aprile Gallant (SCMA), the NOW FREE museum with amazing exhibits; labor expert Harris Freeman on the UAW strike; atty John DiBartolo on Northampton’s proposed downtown plan.
Covering up?
9/21/23: Exec. Editor Dan Crowley on the Amherst Schools not disclosing the Title IX report; Rev. Michael McSherry on war, God & prayer; Brian Adams & Anna Laird Barto on kayaking the Connecticut & sewage overflows; Ruth Griggs with Jazz Fest star, bassist Matt Dwonszyk.
Google This
9/20/23: Tanya Maria Golash-Boza on “Before Gentrification—the racial wealth gap; Larry Hott on “The Busing Battleground” & “The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools”; Greenfield historian Tim Blagg on the Great Falls Massacre & today’s search for artifacts; National Taxpayers Union President Pete Sepp on DoJ’s antitrust suit against Google.
Class Acts
9/19/23: Madeleine Blais on “Queen of the Court” — class, race and “Tennis Legend Alice Marble;” the Comedy Quiz (on junk food) with Maddy Benjamin, Dave Ruderman & Scott Braidman; Smith prof. Carrie Baker with Women’s Media Ctr’s Barbara Findlen on “50 Years of Ms;” Harry (“Back to the Future”) Keramidas on the Ashfield Film Fest & the Writers Guild strike.
Terms and Limits
9/18/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on her last term, schools & downtown; astronomer Salman Hameed on life on other planets; former N’hton City Council President Bill Dwight on the downtown plan; DHG columnist Sara Weinberger on family, the Holocaust & the High Holidays; G’fld Recorder’s Richie Davis on “Flights of Fancy, Souls of Grace;” Writers Block with Megan Zinn on the books she loves.
On Point & On Strike!
9/15/23: Lindsay Sabadosa on physics and weaponized robots; MTA Pres. Max Page and labor organizer Nellie Taylor on the UAW strike & the Cherish Act; ArtBeat — tattoos with Betsy Stone & Lucky’s Patrick McDonald & Ian Healey; Noelle Janka on “Rebel Healing: Transforming Ourselves & the Systems that Make Us Sick;” the Doozy Doo with Kelsy Flynn, Mark Karpel, & Kelsey Flynn.
Lessons
9/14/23: Atty Rebecca Jacobstein on the MA. Supreme Judicial Court & police misconduct; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on the high holidays; Brian Adams with Ed Hamel & Tim Beaudry of Glendale Ridge Vineyard on winemaking; Schools activists Ali Wicks-Lim, M.J. Schwartz & Maxine Oland (Title IX complainant) on the Amherst controversy.
Just Past, Very Present & Immediate Future
9/13/23: Sen. Jo Comerford on our solar future; Dr. Ruth Folchman on your meditation future; Dr. Roy Eidelson on “Doing Harm,” psychologists’ recently promoting torture; Easthampton City Arts’ Pasqualina Azzarello on the Art Walk & Porchfest; Glenn Seigel on Jazz Shares & upcoming gigs.
Firearms and Fatherhood
9/12/23: Rep. Patricia Duffy on proposed firearms and health care laws; Duke Goldman on the Red Sox, the Yankees, and the Negro Leagues; Loretta Ross on “Women Who Change the World: Stories from the Fight for Social Justice;” Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane, with Stacey Nee from the Children’s Trust, on the Sheriff’s Award for the Nurturing Fathers Program.
Remembrances and Romance
9/11/23: A 9/11 remembrance; then, UMass Amherst Afro-Am Chair Amilcar Shabazz on diversity, equity & inclusion; constitutional law expert Bruce Miller on whether the 14th Amendment bars Trump from running; Megan Zinn on romance novels, what they are now and why.
