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.
Trials and Tribulations
11/28/23: Priest sexual abuse victim, actor & counselor Jay Sefton on “Unreconciled.” Talya Kingston & Meryl Cohn on the local Playwrights Lab upcoming shows. Duke Goldman on inequality & loyalty in sports. W. Mass. federal district court judge Michael Ponsor on the Bill of Rights & students.
Souls of Grace
11/27/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on her failed re-election. Martín Espada on “Gonzo.” Amilcar Shabazz with Councilor-elect Hala Lord on Amherst’s politics. Richie Davis on “Flights of Fancy, Souls of Grace.” Megan Zinn with antiquarian bookshop owners, Kevin & Dianne Germain.
Advocates, Defenders & Nunchaku
11/22/23: Gabrielle Hamel from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders. Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman on desire. Honoring Peter Ives, now Pastor Emeritus of First Churches. Atty Luke Ryan & River Valley Taekwondo’s Bill Tuman on knives, nunchuks & the SJC. Rev. Carole Bull on giving thanks and remembering JFK.
Marching On & Mushing On
11/21/23: 888-323-HOPE with David Sullivan, Jim McGovern, Dan Carey, Jo Comerford, Mindy Domb. & Monte. Hilltown Sled Dogs with Marla BB –mushy stuff. Comedy Quiz—Talkin’ Turkey with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Eckis and WINNER JESS TYLER. Carrie Bake with Beth Lev from Indivisible Northampton, Swing Left Western Mass. Brian Adams with Northampton Survival Center’s Heidi Nortonsmith and Alexander Le’ger-Small.
March for The Food Bank
11/20/23: Monte!+ Rep. Jim McGovern, Food Bank’s Andrew Moorhouse & Chicopee Mayor John Vieau. Rev. Michael McSherry on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Filmmaker Larry Hott, on “American Symphony” & “Pianoforte.” Local author Robert Radin on “Noche Triste: A Memoir of Anorexia.”
Community Action
11/17/23: Monte Belmonte on the March. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on the legislature’s failure to pass a budget. MTA Pres Max Page on the Andover educators’ strike & unfunded contracts. Community Action’s Clare Higgins on housing. Dr. Kate Atkinson & Adriana Piantedosi on concierge medicine.
The Front Page
11/16/23: N’hmtn Main Street Redesign & “A History of Boston” with attorney Daniel Dain. DHG & Recorder Exec. Editor Dan Crowley on big stories & the Amherst reveal. Take action! with GCC prof. emeritus Brian Adams, Susan Theberge (Climate Action Now) & Naia Tenerowicz (Spfld Climate Justice Coalition). Glenn Seigel with guitarist Jim Matus.
Young@Heart
11/15/23: A Twist & Crawl preview with Bob Cilman, Medford Boston, Helen Boston, Alycia Duffy, Ro Duffy, Emily Reardon, & Jen Polins. What’s cooking at the Cancer Connection with Paul Sustick of Paul & Elizabeth’s and Exec. Dir. Chelsea Kline. “While we Watched” with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott.
School Days
11/14/23: Rep. Patricia Duffy on health care for all, guns, climate change & school receivership. SABR star Duke Goldman on the Red Sox & the World Series. Todd Gazda, Educ. Collab. E.D., on funding rural schools. Amherst School Comm. Member-Elect Sarah Marshall on Amherst schools facing a fiscal cliff.
Increase, Decrease, End, Build
11/13/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on voting, crime & schools. Amilcar Shabazz, Vira Douangmany Cage, & Ellisha Walker on the Dr. Demetria Shabazz Center for the Arts. Amherst prof Austin Sarat on young people losing faith in democracy. Stefan Ward-Wheaton & Ed Malachowski celebrate Valley Free Radio. Megan Zinn with James Jennings on “Wings of Red.”
