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.
Big Questions
Greenfield Community College VP of Workforce Development, Kristen Cole. Rev Mark Seifried of Haydenville Congregational Church. Investigative reporter Dusty Christensen asks, Why wasn’t this Northampton cop fired? UMass Prof Charmaine Nelson, Dir of Slavery North Initiative.
Filling in the Holes
3/19/24: Live from Tandem Bagel: Cool Films with Larry Hott: “Remembering Gene Wilder.” Spring? The Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Mo McElligott. Amherst schools on the fiscal cliff? School Comm. member Jennifer Shiao responds. “The Celtification of Emily Dickinson” with Rosie Caine & Robert Boulrice.
Justice
3/18/24: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: school funding. Atty Luke Ryan on erroneous convictions. Hon. Michael Ponsor, federal judge and novelist, on “Point of Order.” Northampton School Superintendent Dr. Portia Bonner: schools teetering on a fiscal cliff.
Occupations
3/15/24: Activists Paki Wieland, Priscilla Lynch & Nick Mottern: occupying Rep Jim McGovern’s Northampton office. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on Gaza & permissible use of earned sick time. Donnabelle Casis w/ Lucia Monge: the natural world recycled. Kennedy Institute for U.S. Senate CEO Adam Hinds. David Knowles w/ Producer-Director Jean Koester on “The Cemetery Club.”
Million Dollar Questions
3/14/24: Greenfield Acting Police Chief Todd Dodge: the $1Million+ race discrimination verdict against the Dept. Rev. Michael McSherry on the afterlife. Brian Adams with forester Lincoln Fish: our trees, ourselves. Ruth Griggs w/ UMass Professor of Trombone Dave Sporny.
Our Foundational Foundations
3/13/24: Trivia, not trivial, w/ Northampton Education Foundation bd. members Lisa Papademetriou & Megan Zinn. David Mazor, founder of Reader to Reader. Larry Hott on “Zone of Interest” & “20 Days in Mariupol”. Nation magazine Michael Klare on nuclear war. Mary Lyon lives –with foundation founder Sue Samorinski & Exec. Dir. Kristen Tillona-Baker.
Lots of Green, Lots of Red
3/12/24: Rep. Pat Duffy: St. Patrick’s Day & housing. Duke Goldman: hope for the Red Sox? Todd Gazda, Ex. Dir., Ed. Collaborative: schools, lacking cash, experiencing bullying and racism. Sarah & Ryan Voiland — the catastrophic fire at Red Fire Farm – the community’s response & how you can help.
Our Awards Go To
3/11/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on schools, decent housing & St. Paddy’s Day. Amilcar Shabazz w/ award winning community activists Pat Ononibaku & Councilor Ellisha Walker. Tapestry Health’s CEO Mavis Nimoh on reproductive rights & safe sites. Megan Zinn on commas that divide us.
State of the Union on Int’l Women’s Day
3/8/24: MTA’s Max Page: Biden, unions & MCAS. Scott Coen: UMass & the MAC. Donnabelle Casis w/ MHC prof Dixon Williams on Anila Quayyum Agha. Carrie Baker w/ Merle Hoffman: “Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto.” Megan Zinn w/ poet Carolina Hotchandani (“The Bookeaters”) & Perugia Press’ Becky Olander.
Cease Fire Now
3/7/24: Rep. Jim McGovern on Gaza, Ukraine, Biden, & Trump. Rev. Andrea Ayvazian w/ Rev. Terrlyn Curry Avery: the devastating hate crime, arson, at her, the MLK Community, Church in Springfield, rebuilding, healing & love. Prof. Brian Adams w/ CISA’s Claire Morenon: support local farms, fight hunger, buy fresh.
