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.
Neighborism
Neighborism
3/16/26: Olivia Aguilar, MHC Prof & Dir of Miller Worley Ctr for the Environment: “A Latine Outdoor Experience.”
Megan Zinn w/ Anne Fadiman on “Frog and Other Essays” coming to Broadside.
Oscars Recap & Reactions w/ Megan Zinn & Kerstin Nordstrom.
MA LUCE Immigrant Justice Hotline w/ Lena Entin & Michael Kane.
We Remember
We Remember
3/13/26: We remember Paki Wieland.
The War in Iran w/ Smith Professors Naveed Mansoori & Brent Durbin.
Josh Silver: the politics of the War.
Edo Mor: the Valley’s music scene.
“Mean Girls” at NHS.
ArtBeat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Michael Tillyer of NE Visionary Artists Museum: “Headspace Two.
We the People
We the People
3/12/26: We The People—EHS teacher Kelly Brown & three students—on their way to the National Championship!
Rabbi Riqi Kosovske: reflections on today’s world.
The housing crisis here with John Bidwell (Way Finders) Laura Bandara (Pioneer Valley Planning Comm) & Kerry Spitzer (UMass Donahue Inst).
Remembering Natalie Graves.
Preparing & Repairing
Preparing & Repairing
3/11/26: Amherst Town Councilor Lynn Griesemer: fighting ICE & repairing potholes.
Daniel Bullen: “Daniel Shays’ Honorable Rebellion” & lessons for today.
Joe Boisvert, owner of North Hadley Sugar Shack: maple syruping and fab breakfasts.
Cool Films w/ Larry Hott: pairing for the Oscars.
Voices from Inside
Voices from Inside
3/10/26: Mean Girls @ NHS w/ Dave Grout & Ruby Ferrari – performing/singing LIVE in studio!
Rep Patricia Duffy: the Protect Act – restraining ICE in Mass.
Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: school budget crises.
Mass Review Ex Ed Britt Rusert: the Incarceration and Family issue – inside the razor wire.
Talkin Baseball w/ Duke Goldman: Spring training, World Baseball Classic, balls & strikes.
Doing and Undoing
Doing and Undoing
3/9/26: Country Joe remembered. Megan Zinn w/ Lindy West: her on-the-road memoir “Adult Braces.” Megan Zinn w/ political novelist Ellen Meeropol: “Sometimes an Island,” – life after the Undoing. Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: silenced sirens & Holyoke’s Irish tradition. UMass Middle East Prof David Mednicoff: the Iran War, nukes & int’l law.
Explosive Content
Explosive Content
3/6/26: Hampshire Coll Prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the Iran War & other Black Holes.
MTA Pres Max Page: AP scores –we’re no.1!, rural school $, the Bright Act & the tax cut referendum.
Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Ex Dir Lev BenEzra & Bd Pres Charity Day: Help—an emergency need for fuel assistance funds & the lived experience.
Donnabelle Casis w/ Heart for the Soul Gallery Ex Dir Sierra Meyers: the Inhairitance Exhibit.
Music To Our Ears
Music to Our Ears
3/5/26: Lora Wondolowski, Gfld City Council Pres & state rep candidate: humility & effective public service.
Live in the studio—N’mpton HS Chamber Choir, previewing the Local Vocal Chord Bowl—amazing!
The recently greatly honored E’mpton artist, marquetry master Silas Kopf.
Congressman Jim McGovern: the war, Epstein, Bondi & the budget.
Ruth Griggs w/ Dee Boyle-Clapp & Casandra Holden: the creative economy here.
Taking Care & Taking Wing
Taking Care & Taking Wing
3/4/26: DA David Sullivan: protecting ourselves from consumer rip-offs & ICE.
Jeremy Dubs — Nhmptn Ward 4 Councilor, disability rts advocate & star of “Tallywacker.”
Magic Wings’ new co-owner Vytautas Sukys: talkin’ butterflies.
Larry Hott w/ Yvonne Russo & Nicholas Pike: their Oscar-nominated song “Sweet Dreams of Joy” can be heard in the film “Viva Verdi,” available on Jolt.film.
The Future Is Now
3/3/26: The Future Is Now
Sen Paul Mark: our creative Mass economy.
Ken Comia, new Pres, Mass Chapter, American Planning Ass’n: the Pioneer Valley’s future.
Forbes Library Dir Lisa Downing w/ Bill Scher, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library Standing Comm President: Coolidge’s history & the future.
Free Press Co-CEO Jessica Gonzalez & Ruth Livier, Campaign Mgr, Democracy & Civil Rts Team & author of “Complicit…”: rampaging authoritarianism & how to fight back.
