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.
What’s Buzzing in the Valley?!
7/31/23: Prof Eric Reeves on the continuing horrors in Sudan & Darfur; Greenfield School Comm member Elizabeth Deneeve on the application of Providence Christian Academy; Northampton Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra on mosquitos & new Fire Chief Andrew Pelis; Hampshire Sheriff Cahillane on providing residents opportunities.
Looking Glass
7/28/23: Dan & Buz on threats to democracy; MTA Pres Max Page on the need for equity & inclusion in public higher ed; Daniel Kramer on the Chester Theatre Company’s “Circle Mirror Transformation;” Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman & Communications Director Brianna Sunryd on housing, roads, and relations with colleges
Urban Food Revolution
7/27/23: Newly appointed State Fire Marshall Jon Davine; Rev Carole Bull on Progressive Christianity; Brian Adams with the young food activists of Gardening the Community; Ruth Griggs with Jazz Vocalist Karrin Allyson.
Flowing Rivers
7/26/23: Larry Hott with local filmmaker Mary Patierno on her new film out about the Rio Grande; Chair of the UMass IT Faculty Erik G. Learned-Miller on the dangers of AI; Jan Freeman on her poetry retreat; Jennifer Dieringer & Allison van der Velden discuss Community Legal Aid’s partnership with Community Health Center of Franklin County
Political Gold
7/25/23: Josh Silver on Trump’s chances & the No Labels Party threat to Democrats; Michael Klare on Ukraine, cluster bombs, food, & drones; Duke Goldman on racism in MLB today; journalist Wesley Blixt remembers Al Giordano, psychedelics and Gonzo journalism.
Mayors Monday, Black in the Valley, Saving Democracy, & “Somebody’s Fool”
7/24/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner on floods, foreclosures and housing for new immigrants; Professor Amilcar Shabazz on reparations in Amherst & Northampton; Miles Taylor on “Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump;” Megan Zinn with Richard Russo on “Somebody’s Fool.”
Scary Journeys
7/21/23: MTA Pres. Max Page on ed reform; Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on the floods; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Britt Ruhe on Commonwealth Murals; Maya van Rossum on Green Amendments to state constitutions; Congressman Adam Smith on “Lost and Broken: My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety.”
Food, Floods, Photos & the Local Solar Array Fight
7/20/23: CISA E.D. Phil Korman, and Gazette Photo-Editor Carol Lollis, on the floods; Edwards Church Minister Michael McSherry on the afterlife; Brian Adams with Smart Solar Shutesbury advocates on their opposition to clearcutting for solar; Glenn Seigel with Greenfield’s world-renown musician Anna Webber.
Magic & Disappearing (?) Rights
7/19/23: Chris Rohmann & John Feffer; on “Hope I Die Before I Get Old;” ACLU Mass. E.D. Carol Rose on LGBTQ rights; E.R.nurse & MNA spokesperson Suzanne Love on mental health care here; Double Edge Theater’s Hannah Jarell, Mica Farias Gomez, & Carlos Uriona on this summer’s magic.
Fed Up
7/18/23: Andrew Morehouse, E.D., Food Bank of Western Mass. on the floods and our food; the Kingston Trio’s Mike Marvin; the Comedy Quiz with the Happier Valley Comedy folks–Maddy, Scott, Moe & Laura; Carrie Baker with Atty Jennifer Levi on GLAD’s trans rights lawsuits; UCLA prof David Myers on The Crisis of Democracy in Israel.
