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.  

Ruth Griggs with Kristen Neville

Raining Accusations

7/13/23: Journalist Andrew Quemere makes accusations against DA David Sullivan; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on eternal life; Brian Adams with GCC soil scientist Tony Reiber on the downpour and its consequences; Ruth Griggs with Kristen Neville of “Blues to Green” on the upcoming fabulous S’fld Jazz & Roots Festival.

Justice?

7/12/23: Sen.Jo Comerford on flood damage to farms & SCOTUS’ damage to colleges; Smith Prof Carrie Baker on Easthampton’s pregnancy services ordinance; Paul Newlin on W. Whately’s Watermelon; Wednesdays death penalty atty Stephen Bright & James Kwak on “The Fear of Too Much Justice.”

Duke Goldman and Bill Newman

Truth and Consequences

7/11/23: Breaking media and baseball news with Duke Goldman; Trump’s co-defendant– will he flip? with atty John Pucci; a turning point in the screenwriters strike? with Hollywood screenwriter Jacob Forman; cluster bombs in Ukraine with “War Made Easy” author Norman Solomon.

Monday Monday, So Good to Me

7/10/23:  Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on ARPA money, a new middle school & downtown murals; UMass Afro-Am prof Amilcar Shabazz on affirmative action & admissions; WNEU law prof Bruce Miller on SCOTUS gutting precedent; Megan Zinn with editor Kate Senecal on finding your voice.

We Do Autopsies

7/7/23: Sarah Weinman on “…True Crime in an Era of Reckoning;” Salman Hameed on breaking news — the universe humming along; Donnabelle Casis & Procheta Mukherjee Olson on her show at Bombyx; Community Action’s Clare Higgins on new housing here; Carol Aleman (Historical Society) Jan Maher & Doug Selwyn (Lava Center) on “Black Families of Greenfield.”

Two Circuses and Two Presidents

7/6/23:  Rep Jim McGovern on efforts to impeach Pres. Biden, RFK Jr’s candidacy & more; Circus Smirkus –a preview — totally cool! UMass. Pres. Marty Meehan & MTA Pres. Max Page on affirmative action & student debt; science professors Brian Adams & Richard Little on the geology we live on; “All That Jazz” with Glenn Seigel and former night club owner Dennis Steiner.

Come Dance with Us

7/5/23: DA David Sullivan on the lawsuit against his office, affirmative action & bail; “Sex Matters” with Dr. Jane Fleishman on desire & arousal; the summer Cosmopolitan Ballet Theatre program at Smith College with founder Irina Vakhromeeva teacher and Oksana Kozhanova.

The Supreme Court v. Equality

6/30/23: Sen. Jo Comerford, MTA Pres. Max Page, & political expert Josh Silver on SCOTUS, diversity, affirmative action & college admissions; ArtBeat’s Donnabelle Casis with Christina Balch on artistic mothering; Sidehill Farm’s Amy Klippenstein & Paul Lacinski on cows, yogurt and BREAKING NEWS—an environmental scoop; environmentalist Charles Eisenstein on our climate future.

Laurie Millman and new citizen Gary Wynter and Bill Newman.

A Whale of a Time

6/29/23: Center for New Americans E.D. Laurie Millman and new citizen Gary Wynter; Historic Northampton’s  Laurie Sanders and Elizabeth Sharpe on Reading Frederick Douglass; rescuing whales with Brian Adams and Brian Sharpe, Director, Marine Mammal Rescue; All That Jazz with Ruth Griggs and superstar Andy Jaffe.

OWLS ARE POLYAMOROUS!

6/28/23: LIVE — the Brazilian Choro band Quarteto Urubatan; NYT bestselling author Jennifer Ackerman on “What an Owl Knows;” Larry Hott with award-winning documentary photographer Becky Moseman; Chester Theatre’s Tara Franklin on “The Making of a Great Moment.”

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