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.
Last Day, First Night
12/29/23: Live in the studio – archguitarist extraordinaire Peter Blanchette. Northampton Arts Council’s Steve Sanderson previews First Night — 12 hours of joy. Bill, Buz & Dan look back at 2023 and forward to 2024.
FIRST NIGHT!!
12/28/23: Peter McQuillan previews FN. LIVE — Indie Rock star, Ciarra Fragale. Watch these — Cool Films with Larry Hott. Rev. Carole Bull on spiritualism & the arts. Brian Adams with high school climate activists. Come dance! Ruth Griggs with Christine LeBel, Lindy League Western Mass., & Jeff Olmsted, Valley Jazz Voices.
Why Trump Is Winning
12/27/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver. Sex Matters with Jane Fleishman. The global lurch to the right with Dan Torres. Northampton downtown redesign and the looming school budget crisis with Bill Dwight.
Happy Kwanza
12/26/23: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz illuminates Kwanzaa. Duke Goldman examines income inequality in sports today. Amherst Town Council Pres. Lynn Griesemer & Jones Library Trustees Chair Austin Sarat explain borrowing $10 million (more !!) for the renovation.
2023 & 2024 Wins & Losses
12/22/23: Rep. Mindy Domb: 2023 legislative actions & inactions. MTA’s Pres Max Page: MCAS, Fair Share & strikes. Rev. Michael McSherry: Christmas’ meaning. Reproductive rts activists Carrie Baker & Odile Gogibu on abortion bans. Outgoing Mayor Roxann Wedegartner: Gfld’s present & future.
LIVE IN THE STUDIO X 2
12/21/23: The amazing Northamptones sing! DHG & Recorder editor Dan Crowley on local aspects of today’s big stories. Brian Adams & Smith prof, astronomer Kimberly Ward, explain the solstice and the universe. Glenn Sigel with percussionist legend Tony Vaca, who also plays LIVE.
Bomb Threats
12/20/23: Globe journalist Brooke Hauser & Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on bomb threats here. Larry Hott recommends “The Mission” & “A Courageous Assemblyman’s Stand for Reproductive Rights.” Timmon Wallis And Vicki Elson on “Warheads to Windmills.” GCC President Michelle Schutt on affording college.
The Forest from the Trees
12/19/23: Northampton immigration atty Megan Kludt: saving DACA. The Comedy Quiz (on dinosaurs!) with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Mandy Anderson. Solar power v. forests with Smith prof Naila Moreira. Gwen Agna & Shelley Rotner: “Finding Home:Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary.”
Sheroes
12/18/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle: the superintendent search. MLRI atty Judith Liben: subsidized affordable housing — for the rich? Reproductive Rights hero, Dr. Giovannina Anthony: the fight for abortion. Megan Zinn with John Sheirer on “For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories”
Guns & Cherish
12/15/23: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: legislative wins & the gun bill. MTA Pres. Max Page & GCC prof Phyllis Keenan on CHERISH. ArtBeat: Donnabelle Casis & Pulp Gallery’s Dean Brown. Drs. Shane Taylor & Kate Atkinson: concierge medicine. Gregory Gibson: his new book & his son’s murder.
