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.
The Easthampton School Superintendent Search
5/12/23: Rep. Natalie Blais on dangers to school children from motorists, legislation, the budget, and more; ArtBeat with Betsy Stone and Priya Nadkarni Green on Priya’s amazing show; MTA President Max Page and Professor Daniel Mulcare on our state universities & the Cherish Act; Dr. George Timmons, President-Elect, Holyoke Community College on his vision for HCC; Jeff Napolitano and Easthampton City Council President Homar Gomez on the school superintendent search.
Protests, Beavers, a Candidate & Musicians
5/11/23: Susan Triolo (Code Pink) & Marisol Pierce Bonifaz (Generation Ratify Amherst) on “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” & Saturday’s protests; Belchertown Selectboard candidate Lesa Lessard Pearson; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on hunger & spring holidays; Brian Adams & naturalist Drew Johnson on beavers, ponds & pellets! Glenn Siegal with Smith College professor, musician & filmmaker Jake Meginsky.
Sneak Preview
5/10/23: Alexandra Kennedy, Exec. Dir. of the Eric Carle Museum, on the search for her successor; Florence-based Larry Hott on the upcoming sneak preview of his new PBS film “The Niagara Movement; Todd Gazda, Dir. of Educational Collaborative, on abolishing MCAS; Wanda Bertram of the Easthampton-based Prison Policy Initiative on women behind the razor wire.
Duffy, Blue, an LGBTQ+ School, & Affordable Housing
5/9/23: Rep. Pat Duffy on the Cherish Act, $ for schools, and much more; Duke Goldman “Talkin’ Baseball” — Sox, Yanks, Tampa Bay and the amazing Vida Blue; educators Allison Druin and Ben Bederson on a new school for LGBTQ+ students in western Mass.; CEOs Alexis Breiteneicher (Valley CDC), Keith Farey (Wayfinders), Gina Govoni (Franklin County Redevelopment Authority) on affordable housing.
Gulp
5/5/23: MTA President Max Page on reimagining MCAS; Literacy Project teacher Thane Thomsen on Sunday’s runraiser; astronomer Salman Hameed on “planetary engulfment” (engulpment?); Donnabelle Casis and Lisa Thompson on the UMass ArtSalon; investigative reporter Dusty Christensen on the cannabis industry; Easthampton Theater Co.’s Michael Budnick and Eva Husson Stockhammer on “God of Carnage;” Clay Pearson on Pride—tomorrow.
Prejudice and Pride
5/4/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on the fight for LGBTQ rights, SNAP, & the debt ceiling; Michael Lind on “Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America;” Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on Hampshire Pride, yesterday & today; Brian Adams with Smith College basketball star Morgan Morrison, Div. 3 player of the year; “Take Five” with Ruth Griggs and sax great Chuck Langford.
Young@Heart, Live in the Studio
5/3/23: DA David Sullivan on the 27,000 wrongful OUI convictions; the Y@H Chorus Love Show with Bob Cilman, Julia van Ijken, Rosie Caine, & Chris Haynes; Sudan expert Eric Reeves on the war and genocide; Keith McCormick on “Great Bones” and osteoporosis.
Author Author,! Lawyer Lawyer!
5/2/23: Leslea Newman (“Heather Has Two Mommies”) on her three (!) new books–two published today; evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos on “The Cat’s Meow” — how cats evolved; Senator Paul Mark on his Revolutionary Commission, earmarks and democracy; Atty Joe Bernard on the tens of thousands of people whose oui convictions may be vacated.
Politics, Ethics, Prisons & Rights
5/1/23: Senator Jo Comerford on the Death With Dignity Act; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra on the sagas of Main Street — the bear in the tree, the plans, and Pride; constitutional law professor Bruce Miller on Law Day, Supreme Court ethics & transgender rights; Megan Zinn and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on “Chain Gang All-Stars,” prisons & dystopia.
27,000 Convictions
4/28/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on schools and the UMass protest; MTA President Max Page; Donnabelle Casis with Ashley Eliza Williams on rocks, squids, clouds, and other beings; world renown Tony Trischka on his Earl Scruggs tribute at the Drake; Attorney Joseph Bernard on his win at Mass. highest court this week, vacating 27,000 convictions.
