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 and Sex
9/27/23: Gwen Agna, N’hmptn School Comm. member at-large & reelection candidate; Dr. Jane Fleishman on sex ed. in schools; Brian Adams with Eliot Schrefer on “Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality.” Alison Berman, Director of Girls on the Run.
Darkness & Light
9/26/23: Josh Silver on polls, Trump, & 2024. Sci-Tech Cafe: MHC prof. Kerstin Nordstrom previews Darkness … (and) Life.” Peggy Gillespie on “Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families.” Duke Goldman on women & sports. Governor’s Councilor Tara Jacobs on pardons.
Superintendent wanted!
9/25/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on her re-election campaign, Greenfield’s schools, & a big recycling grant; Amherst Reg School Comm’s Jennifer Shiao on Where’s that Title IX report?, on the search for a superintendent, and the upcoming election to fill school committees vacancies; Prof Michael Klare on Ukraine Pres Zelenskyy’s visit & the House’s snub, the White House welcome, and his scathing speech to the UN.
Cherish This
9/22/23: MTA Pres. Max Page & Citizens for Public Schools E.D. Lisa Guisbond on the Cherish Act & MCAS; Rep. Mindy Domb on E-W/ W-E Rail, MCAS, & medical parole; ArtBeat with Betsy Stone & Aprile Gallant (SCMA), the NOW FREE museum with amazing exhibits; labor expert Harris Freeman on the UAW strike; atty John DiBartolo on Northampton’s proposed downtown plan.
Covering up?
9/21/23: Exec. Editor Dan Crowley on the Amherst Schools not disclosing the Title IX report; Rev. Michael McSherry on war, God & prayer; Brian Adams & Anna Laird Barto on kayaking the Connecticut & sewage overflows; Ruth Griggs with Jazz Fest star, bassist Matt Dwonszyk.
Google This
9/20/23: Tanya Maria Golash-Boza on “Before Gentrification—the racial wealth gap; Larry Hott on “The Busing Battleground” & “The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools”; Greenfield historian Tim Blagg on the Great Falls Massacre & today’s search for artifacts; National Taxpayers Union President Pete Sepp on DoJ’s antitrust suit against Google.
Class Acts
9/19/23: Madeleine Blais on “Queen of the Court” — class, race and “Tennis Legend Alice Marble;” the Comedy Quiz (on junk food) with Maddy Benjamin, Dave Ruderman & Scott Braidman; Smith prof. Carrie Baker with Women’s Media Ctr’s Barbara Findlen on “50 Years of Ms;” Harry (“Back to the Future”) Keramidas on the Ashfield Film Fest & the Writers Guild strike.
Terms and Limits
9/18/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on her last term, schools & downtown; astronomer Salman Hameed on life on other planets; former N’hton City Council President Bill Dwight on the downtown plan; DHG columnist Sara Weinberger on family, the Holocaust & the High Holidays; G’fld Recorder’s Richie Davis on “Flights of Fancy, Souls of Grace;” Writers Block with Megan Zinn on the books she loves.
On Point & On Strike!
9/15/23: Lindsay Sabadosa on physics and weaponized robots; MTA Pres. Max Page and labor organizer Nellie Taylor on the UAW strike & the Cherish Act; ArtBeat — tattoos with Betsy Stone & Lucky’s Patrick McDonald & Ian Healey; Noelle Janka on “Rebel Healing: Transforming Ourselves & the Systems that Make Us Sick;” the Doozy Doo with Kelsy Flynn, Mark Karpel, & Kelsey Flynn.
Lessons
9/14/23: Atty Rebecca Jacobstein on the MA. Supreme Judicial Court & police misconduct; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on the high holidays; Brian Adams with Ed Hamel & Tim Beaudry of Glendale Ridge Vineyard on winemaking; Schools activists Ali Wicks-Lim, M.J. Schwartz & Maxine Oland (Title IX complainant) on the Amherst controversy.
