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.
Northampton Downtown Redesign
1/30/24: Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Dr Khama Ennis on “Faces of Medicine.” Jillian Duclos, E.D. Downtown Northampton Ass’n: the redesign. Sci-Tech Cafe: MHC profs Kerstin Nordstrom & Spencer Smith on physics & Saltwater Taffy. Hollywood ed. & Oscar voter Harry Keramidas: the year’s best films. Wanda Bertram, Prison Policy Initiative: the exploding prison population.
Restless in Translation
1/29/24: The run to Beacon Hill with Easthampton City Council Pres. Homar Gomez. Clear Stories with Stephen Petegorsky (photographer), Naila Moreira (poet), & Paul Gulla (gallery manager). Megan Zinn with Amherst College prof Ilan Stavans, co-founder of Restless Books.
The Terrific & the Horrific
1/26/24: MTA Pres Max Page: the Newton educators’ strike. The Northamptones — Live! Atty David Hoose: last night’s execution. Donnabelle Casis & HCC Prof Raishad J. Glover: his new show. Amherst Prof. Austin Sarat: the history of the death penalty. Live: NHS virtuosos pianist Noah Daube-Valois & CDH’s Jacquie Ouellette: music on the psychiatric ward.
Victory!
ACLU’s Carol Rose: SJC rules — DAs to disclose police misconduct; also, DNA collection, cell phone tracking, & book banning. Rev. Carole Bull: non-violence. Wayfinders’ Keith Fairey & Valley CDC’s Alexis Breiteneicher: low- income housing now. Gov. Councilor Tara Jacobs: new justices & judges.
More Discourse, Less Discord
1/24/24: John DiBartolo wants more discourse, less discord. Peter Simpson talks about saving Haymarket Café. Jane Fleishman discusses desire. Brian Adams with Paul Lagreze on mushroom cultivation. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen explains the Greenfield police leadership raises and the local presence of Ukrainians seeking to remain in this country for humanitarian reasons.
Kings & Queens
1/23/24: Fish wrap on Trump remaining on MA ballot, and Supreme Court threat to gut regulatory authority of admin agencies. WHMP’s sports guy Scott Coen talks Pats, Belichick, & Mayo. Print & radio investigative journalist Sarah Robertson describes her work. Duke Goldman looks at free agency’s past, present, & future. Easthampton Theater Company’s Michael Budnick & Pedro Serrazina discuss “Torch Song.”
Our Past Is Not Past
1/22/24: Northampton criminal defense attys Paul Rudof & Ryan Shiff: the SJC has ruled — the possibility of parole for young people sentenced to life imprisonment for murder – their case. “Black in the Valley”: UMass prof. Amilcar Shabazz & Amherst prof. Stefan Bradley: reparations here & Black History month. “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” with Director of Musealia, Luis Ferreiro. Megan Zinn with John Clinch on “The General (Ulysses S. Grant) and Julia” (his wife).
The State of Things
1/19/24: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: state of the State. MTA Pres. Max Page: Fair Share & the Newton teachers strike. Iohann Rashi Vega: Holyoke happenings. Environmental atty Yahn Olson: PFAS, forever chemicals. Amherst School Comm. member Jennifer Shiao: state of the super search.
Political, Religious & Philanthropic Gold
1/18/24: Josh Silver: Trump, inevitable & dangerous. Rev. Michael McSherry: politics & God. Ann Walsh, Bob Lowery & Tara Brewster: Big Bros Big Sisters/ Big Love, Little Performances. Former G’fld Mayor Roxann Wedegartner: raises for police chief & deputy. Ruth Griggs: All That Jazz.
Changes?
1/17/24: Felicia Kornbluh: “A Womans’ Life Is a Human Life.” ARHS students: the “Beyond Roe” rally. Dr. Norbert Goldfield: the surge in covid. Prof. Brian Adams & MA Audubon’s Tom Lautzenheiser: to hibernate or not to hibernate. New MA Probation Comm., Pamerson Ifill: his remarkable story & vision.
