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.
The Elections We Make
11/7/23: Author Jonathan Harr on “The Burial,” now on Amazon Prime. Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on the Truth School and, also, singing LIVE in the studio with Jeff Olmsted. Local trauma specialist Carter J. Carter on Gaza and Israel. Sen Paul Mark on democracy.
This Show Flows!
11/6/23: Sen Jo Comerford on the candidates she’s voting for & free menstruation products.; N’hmptn Mayor G.L. Sciarra on the police chief & Main Street; const. law prof Bruce Miller on keeping Trump off the ballot & guns at SCOTUS; Megan Zinn with local YA author Crystal Maldonado on “The Fall of Whit Rivera.”
HELP!
11/3/22: Rep. Jim McGovern on the House Republicans. MTA President Max Page on safety at schools. Donnabelle Casis with Sharon Leshner on Eastworks Open Studios. N’hmpton City Council President Jim Nash on hate speech during Public Comment. Rich Michelson with Smith College prof, poet, & co-author of Marvel’s World of Wakanda, Yona Harvey.
Sounds and Silence
11/2/23: Hampshire Prof. Salman Hameed on Islamophobia and Antisemitism. Atty John Pucci on Trump’s legal travails today. Brian Adams with Mass Wildlife’s Dave Wattles on black bears (super fun!). Glenn Seigel with superstar clarinetist & Amherst Coll prof Darryl Harper.
Sentences and Fragments
11/1/23: DA Dave Sullivan on protesters’ arrests and Cara Rintala’s sentence. Vietnam War poets Doug Anderson & Preston Hood on Lost War/Found Souls. Reporters Dusty Christensen on local police acting illegally and Sarah Robertson on the emergency shelters crisis. UMass prof & PERI Co-director Robert Pollin on low wage workers power.
Teach Your Children? Well,
10/31/23: Larry Hott & Andrew Leland on ”The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.” Claudia Lefko on her Ward 3 (N’hmpt) write-in candidacy. Professors Trevor Kearns & Joe Nardoni on our underfunded community colleges. Peter Whalen on insurance in a time of climate change.
Two Unconstitutional
10/30/23: Innovation Institute’s Pat Larkin & Sharron Wall on $5M UMass grant. Prof. Michael Klare on the Hamas-Israel War. Atty Tom Lesser on the unconstitutional federal marijuana law & Greenfield’s unconstitutional equity theft. UMass student Ava Hawkes on the protests & arrests. Writers Block with Megan Zinn & Suzanne Michelle Smith.
Rights! and Rights?
10/27/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on Hamas, Israel & Amherst. Teachers’ union leaders Max Page & Deb Gesualdo on strikes. Donnabelle Casis and Mollye Maxner on “A Stone’s Throw.” Scott Coen on the World Series. Rev. Carole Bull on faith in hard times. Amherst’s Paul Bockelman and Cat Newman on CRESS, police & dispatch.
Josh Silver Hosts Talk the Talk
10/26/2023: ACLUM’s Carol Rose on money in politics & digital privacy; Northampton School Committee member Aline Davis & candidate Endamian Stewart; Brian Adams with John Berryhill, Smith College Botanical Gardens; All That Jazz with Ruth Griggs & Green Street Trio’s Paul Arslanian.
Your Lying Eyes
10/25/23: Leslea Newman on “Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard.” Poets Rich Michelson, Rabbi Ben Weiner & Jena Schwartz. Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman. Valley Light Opera’s Thom Griffin & Kathy Blaisdell on Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe.” Performance Project’s Julie Lichtenberg & Moise Jackobo on “Mother Tongue” – one night only! MHC psychology prof Mara Breen on your lying eyes—and ears.
