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.
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
Community Action
12/8/23: MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS initiative. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the Big Whack! Donnabelle Casis & Kelly Silliman: the fab new community art space. Clare Higgins: giving & taxes. Central West Justice attys Marion Hohn & Catherine Ady-Bell: the emergency shelter crisis.
Reviews, Previews and Miracles
12/7/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on Ukraine and Congressional dysfunction. Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on miracles. Brian Adams & Amy Donovan (Franklin Co. Waste Mgmt. Dst.) on recycling & the holidays. Glenn Seigel with Ember’s saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis. coming to the Drake.
Healing
12/6/23: DA David Sullivan on domestic violence & new SJC justices. Larry Hott on “Bella” and “Bella!” Dusty Christensen on lawsuits against the Northampton Police and Chief Kasper’s legacy. Dr Norbert Goldfield, Healing Across the Divides E.D., on the horrors of the Israel-Hamas War.
Run Silent, Run Deep
12/5/23: WWII submariner, 99 y.o. Bill DIllon, & author Stephen Moore on “Strike of the Sailfish.” Sci-tech Cafe: Professors Kerstin Nordstrom (MHC) & Margaret Stratton (UMass) on molecules & memory. Lorraine Mangione & Sara Weinberger on “Mary Climbs In: The Journey of Bruce Springsteen’s Women Fans.” Sen Paul Mark on budget, politics, energy & shelters.
A lot Like Christmas?
12/4/23: Sen. Jo Comerford on guns & budgets. Northampton Mayor G-L Sciarra on Main St. & downtown’s rebirth. Law prof Bruce Miller on Trump’s immunity claims & the potential death of the Voting Rights Act, the EPA & OSHA. Megan Zinn w/ Liz Rosenburg, owner of the Toy Box, on kids’ books.
An Outbreak of Peace
12/1/23: MTA President Max Page on no state budget & MCAS reform. The Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage with Marianne Winters & Natalie Ulrich. “An Outbreak of Peace” with Sarah Pirtle. Dave Haughey (Bandeira Chocolates) on Northampton’s downtown development plan and deliciousness.
Move Over, Cinderella
11/30/23: ACLUM’s Carol Rose on face surveillance, overdose prevention centers & prison calls. Prof Ilan Stavans on Restless Books & “The Mexican Dreidel.” Brian Adams & Dave Rothstein on paddling the Ct. in a pumpkin!! Ruth Griggs with cellist & Ana Bandeira Chocolates owner, Dave Haughey.
Champions
11/29/23: Trans woman activist Raquel Willis on “The Risk It Takes to Bloom.” Larry Hott on “Stamped from the Beginning” and “The League.” Josh Silver on the Koch Bros’ support of Nikki Haley and Trump’s lead. Stacie Bourbeau — U.S. Women’s Amateur Pool Champion.
