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.
All That Jazz
6/15/23: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on “Retracing the Journey of Slavery;” Rep. Jim McGovern on craziness and dysfunction in Washington; GCC Prof Brian Adams with Hilltown Land Trust’s Sarah Welch on hikes and beauty here; Glenn Siegel with Jazz a la Mode’s Tom Reney.
The Flow of Life
6/14/23: LIVE in the Studio — Django in June—the music is amazing! Astronomer Salman Hameed and Josh Silver on UFOs! Travel company CEO Peter Jones on planes, trains, automobiles, Paris & London. Former Northampton City Council President Bill Dwight on city life, country squiring and flowing toilets.
Execution
6/13/23: Robert & Jenn Meeropol on this anniversary of the execution of Robby’s parents; Ethel & Julius Rosenberg; Duke Goldman on the recent revolution in baseball; Todd Gazda, Educ Collaborative Exec. Dir., on combatting hate in schools; Norman Solomon on “ War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine.”
Author Author Mayor Professor
6/12/23: Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia on the Victory Theater, & the police; UMass prof Amilcar Shabazz on Juneteenth; Elizabeth Loudon on “A Stranger in Baghdad” at the Broadside; Megan Zinn with Jeremy Bushnell on “Relentless Melt” at the Odyssey.
Presidents and Representatives
6/9/23: MTA Pres. Max Page on fair taxes; Rep. Natalie Blais on activist kids, libraries & public transit; Donnabelle Casis and Kim Carlino on Tiny Art for All; Atty Terry Lodge on nuclear waste sites; constitutional law expert Bruce Miller on SCOTUS’s voting rights decision and Trump’s indictment.
Fires
6/8/23: Dr. Rosanne Leipzig on “Honest Aging;” filmmaker Larry Hott on “Fantastic Fungi;” Rabbi Riqi Kosovske (Beit Ahavah) & Rev.Marisa Egerstrom (Florence Congregational Church) on the Bombyx controversy; Brian Adams & Eric Weld on his recent hike of the Appalachian Trail; Ruth Griggs with Felipe Salles, the UMass professor & iconic musician, on “Home Is Here.”
Crime & War, Housing, & Amazing Music
6/7/23: D.A David Sullivan on local crime, including recent homicides; Michael Klare on the Ukraine; War; Keith Fairey (Wayfinders), Alexis Breiteneicher (Valley CDC) & Gina Govoni (Franklin Co. Reg. Housing & Redevel. Auth’y) on affordable housing; Geoffrey & Mikayla Archambeau of Conway Fine Arts preview this weekend’s West by Northwest New England Festival.
The $2.5 Billion Question
6/6/23: Trump’s impending indictments with attorney John Pucci; does Massachusetts owe the feds $2.5 billion?– we ask Senator Paul Mark; the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding program in the Amherst schools with Exec Director Polly Byers; the upcoming dance-concert at Ashfield Town Hall with Mary Witt of the O Tones.
Senator, Mayor, Professor & Author
6/5/23: Sen. Jo Comerford on lowering utility bills and making higher ed affordable; WNEU constitutional law prof Bruce Miller on the Supreme Court decision gutting the EPA; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra on Main St., NPD, municipal salaries and the Bombyx controversy; Writers Block: Megan Zinn and Claire Fuller (at the Odyssey tomorrow) on “The Memory of Animals.”
Perspectives
6/2/23: MTA President Max Page on debt-free higher ed; Salman Hameed on the origins of the universe and UFOs; Community Action Exec. Dir. Clare Higgins on the debt ceiling deal’s impact on poor & working people; Claudia Lefko and Rutherford Platt on Monday’s Humane Urbanism panel at the Forbes.
