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.
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.”
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.
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.”
To Die For
6/27/23: Investigative reporter Alden Wicker, author of “To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick and How We Can Fight Back;” Johnny Memphis, Music Coordinator, Florence Summer Concert Series; Negro League expert Duke Goldman on reparations; Lisa Reilly on “The Hustler Files” and persons behind the wall.
