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.
They Sing and They Compose
9/5/23: First, Harvey Silverglate, attorney for Trump’s alleged co-conspirator, John Eastman; then, attorney John Pucci critiques Silverglate; Sen. Paul Mark on the Women’s Heritage Trail and affordable housing; Double Edge Theatre’s Travis Coe on Little Amal (a 12-foot puppet’s) inspiring Walk Across America — to Ashfield; Michel Moushabeck & Tony Silva preview the amazing “Musicians for Maui” benefit and play live in the studio!
Teach Your Children, Well …
9/1/23: MTA leaders Max Page & Maria Hegbloom on Cherish; Springfield mayoral candidate, Councilor Jesse Lederman; Donnabelle Casis with Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter; Clare Higgins on Gov. Healey’s cuts to Head Start; Cancer Connection ED Chelsea Kline on the Bed-in; Berkshire Brewing CEO Gary Bogoff on his company’s commitment to community.
Former Chair of Amherst School Committee Speaks
8/31/23: A Fishwrap; then, Rev. Michael McSherry & Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on the death penalty; recently resigned. Chair of the Amherst School Committee, Allison McDonald, on the swirling controversy; Healing Across the Divides (of Israel & Palestine) with Exec. Dir. Dr. Norbert Goldfield.
Is the Past, Past?
8/30/23: Larry Hott on two great films: “It Ain’t Over,” the Yogi Berra story, and “The Invention of the Other,” the Amazon’s isolated indigenous people; Amherst School Committee member Peter Demling on why he resigned; tomorrow’s news today with the Old Farmer’s Almanac Associate Editor Tim Goodwin – the 2024 edition launched yesterday.
“Woketopia?”
8/29/23: Prof Amilcar Shabazz with Amherst Town Councilor Michele Miller on reparations; GCC’s Linda Desjardin on MassReconnect, the new free community college program; Amherst School Committee Chair Ben Herrington on why he resigned; National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, Les Bernal, on predatory gambling on MGM Springfield’s 5th anniversary.
Running For, From, & Around
8/28/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on human remains, the police, and her re-election campaign; Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach on students escaping Ron DeSantis — transfers from New College; Red Gate Educational Farm’s Sydney Treuer & CISA’s Jacob Nelson on kids, nature, & learning; Megan Zinn with J. Vanessa Lyon, author of “Lush Lives.”
Making a Difference By Design
8/25/23: MTA Pres. Max Page on the Amherst Schools and liberal arts defunding; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, playwrights Tayla Kingston (Wam Theater) & Patrick Gabridge (Plays in Place) on “Pulling at the Roots” three plays about Northampton; Conway School trustees Bill Dwight and Mollie Babize, on its 50th anniversary and our future.
Abundance
8/24/23: ACLUM ‘s Carol Rose on Trump & the First Amendment; Rev. Carole Bull on progressive Christianity and whose bible?; Brian Adams & Nili Simhai on CBI’s Abundance Farm; Ruth Griggs with bandleader & drummer Joe Farnsworth on the upcoming Max Roach Centennial Celebration.
Wars: in Ukraine, on Drugs, in Politics
8/23/23: Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael Klare on the War in Ukraine, Russia, & BRICS; Holyoke Media News Director Natalia Munoz on the Northampton police; Franklin Co. former Rep. & Register of Probate John Merrigan on his death penalty vote, opioids, & Greenfield’s mayoral race; Buz & Bill on POST.
POSTing Up
8/22/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver on the Republican debate and Trump; Sex Matters with Dr Jane Fleishman; Fair Play with Duke Goldman on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team –victorious despite their World Cup loss; reporter Dusty Christensen on cop discipline — the POST report, and unionizing Hadley’s big-box stores.
