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.
Blight
10/17/23: Mass. Review’s Jim Hicks on war & peace. The Comedy Quiz with funny!! Maddy Benjamin & Scott Braidman. Smith prof. & Ms. magazine’s Carrie Baker with Reproductive Equity Exec. Dir. Rebecca Hart Holder. Emily Monosson on “Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic.”
Charged
10/16/23: L3 Harris peace demonstrators Clara Wagner & Zehra Parvez on the charges they now face. Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on housing. Black trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams on why “The Bodies Keep Coming.” Cancer Connection’s Chelsea Kline on the Harvest Dinner. John Berkowitz & Tom Weiner on the Ukraine War forum. Whatchya Readin’? Megan Zinn with GCC’s Laura Tilsley Garcia & Smith’s Velma Garcia.
War
10/13/23: Filmmaker Larry Hotte on “Little Richard…” and “Desperate Souls…Midnight Cowboy.” Donnabelle Casis & Maggie North on the women artists exhibit, “As They Saw It.” Zeina Ashrawi Hutchinson (Arab-American Anti-Discrim. Comm.) on Hamas’ invasion & the War. Sen. Paul Mark on saving the environment.
Our Ensemble
10/12/23: Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on the Israel-Hamas War. Marjorie Kelly on “Wealth Supremacy.” Rev. Peter Kakos, Nick Mottern & Bill Dwight on war, peace, the police & the Chief. Glenn Seigel with Michele Rosewoman, leader of the 11-piece New Yor-Uba Ensemble.
Live from River Valley Co-op: Getting Us Out of This Pickle
10/11/23: Lynn Benander (Co-op Power), Suzette Snow-Cobb (Valley Co-op. Bus. Ass’n), Beth Spong (Dean’s Beans), Lloyd Miller (Old Creamery), Jeff Burdine (Gfld Farmers Co-op. Exch.) Craig Boivin (UMass Five Coll. Credit Union), Angie Facey (Our Family Farms), Kristin Howard (Real Pickles), & Rochelle Prunty (River Valley Co-op)
Walk with Us
10/10/23: Rep Patricia Duffy on gun violence. Rich Michelson & former Vt Gov. & poet Madeleine Kunin on “Walk With Me.” Todd Gazda on challenges to school library books. Ann Walsh & friends on Big Bros. Big Sisters’ Three Ring Ruckus. Aschleigh Jensen on affordable housing in Amherst.
Heritage
10/09/23: Aaron Vega on gun violence in Holyoke. Amilcar Shabazz & Justin Beatty on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Duke Goldman on the passing of Tim Wakefield & Brooks Robinson & the playoffs. Megan Zinn with Amy Chua on “The Golden Gate.”
2 MTA Leaders, 1 Astronomer, 2 Artists, 1 E.D., & 2 Newmans
10/6/23: MTA ‘s leaders Max Page & Deb McCarthy on MCAS & Cherish; Hampshire College prof. Salman Hameed — live from the New Mexico space launch site; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis & SCMA’s Emma Chubb on visual artist Deborah Jack; Clare Higgins, Community Action E.D., on $ for home heating; Mauritian Kenny Newman on climate change, the U.S. Navy base, and his last name.
Chaos & Mist
10/05/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on the D.C. clown show; Atty John Pucci on the impending GA trial of Trump alleged co-conspirators; Rev. Andrea Ayvazian & Quaker activist George Lakey (“Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice”); Brian Adams with Smith College’s Paul Wetzel on our environment going nuts; Glenn Seigel with superstar musician Mat Maneri.
Speakerless, Hardly Speechless
10/04/23: We ask DA David Sullivan about Kevin McCarthy, Trump’s gag order and the Rintala murder trial; Cool Films with Larry Hott on “Judy Blume Forever” and “Periodical”; Dusty Christensen on broadband monopolies vs municipal ownership; Wayfinders CEO Keith Fairey & FRCOG Director Linda Dunlavy on affordable housing here now.
