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.
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.
A2Z
12/14/23: John Pucci on Trump & the Supreme Court. Rabbi Riki Kosovske & Pastor Marisa Egerstrom on the bomb threat to Beit Ahavah. Brian Adams & Andre Boulay of A2Z Science & Learning Toy Store. Ruth Griggs with Edwards Church’s new Dir. of Music, Adam Simon.
“Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism”
12/13/23: “Class, Race, Gender…(and) Capitalism” with activist, organizer professor Michael Zweig. Larry Hott recommends “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” and “Lift.” Michael Klare on Israel-Hamas & Ukraine. Schools, money & the election with Greenfield Councilor Marianne Bullock.
Schools
12/12/23: We Fishwrap Harvard. Duke Goldman on Shohei Ohtani’$700 million contract. Jay Fleitman, Massachusetts Campaign Co-Chair of Desantis for President. Educ. Collaborative’s Todd Gazda on school superintendents.
Dark Days & Bright Lights
12/11/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: more cops & the City Council fight. Amherst activists Amilcar Shabazz & Andrea Battle: community & CRESS. Sarah Pirtle, Tim Van Egmond & Rochelle Wildfong: the Ashfield Winter Solstice Celebration. Center for New Americans’ Laurie Millman & Sarah Sullivan: 30 Poems/30 Days at Smith College. Megan Zinn & Ana Reyes, local, NYT bestselling author of “The House in the Pines,” at the Odyssey in S. Hadley
