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.
Grand Delusions, a Comedy Quiz, and Shortchanged Schools
4/18/23: “Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East” –with counter-terrorism expert, Steven Simon; then, funny animals—it’s our Comedy Quiz– with the Happier Valley Comedy cast; Educational Collaborative Exec. Dir. Todd Gazda on why many schools are shortchanged; Michael Ruskin on his parents “The Vow: A Love Story and the Holocaust.”
Earth Day Chase
4/17/23: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on the turbulent search for a school superintendent; author Andrew Boyd on “I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor;” Kathy Mulvey, from the Union of Concerned Scientists, on protesting Chase Bank in Northampton; Whatchareadin’? with 6th grader Elizabeth Galman and her mom, UMass Education Professor Sally Campbell Galman, and “Writers Block” host, Megan Zinn.
Fund Time
4/14/23: Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page on UMass. tuition & fees and tax cuts; First Franklin Representative Natalie Blais, from her perspective on Ways & Means, on funding for schools and other necessities; Clare Higgins, Exec. Dir. of Community Action Pioneer Valley, on early childhood education. Then, filmmaker Julia Mintz, on “Four Winters,” a harrowing story of resistance and courage.
Abortion Rights?
4/13/23: ACLU of Mass. Executive Director Carol Rose on the Texas abortion case and appeal; science professors Brian Adams (GCC) and Klaus Lackner (AZ State) on mechanical trees (!) removing carbon from the air; musicians Glenn Seigel and legendary saxophonist Jimmy Greene, coming to the Drake in Amherst, on “Ana’s Way,” the composition for his daughter who died at Sandy Hook.
Live in the Studio
4/12/23: Michael Klare on Taiwan and China, Ukraine and Russia; LIVE in the studio– Jaiden Meltzer (keyboard and voice) and Ezra Passalaqua preview Friday’s Bow Bow Bash; Producer/Director Julia Mintz previews “Four Winters,” on Jewish partisans of WWII, coming to the AoM; professors Carrie Baker (Smith) and Lisa Fontes(UMass) on coercive control in intimate partner relationships; Amherst Town Council President Lynn Griesemer & Councilor Cathy Schoen on the upcoming vote on money for schools.
On the Brink
4/11/23: Brianna Holt, author of “In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So ‘Post Racial’ America;” Bill and Buz on antisemitism in Belchertown; Duke Goldman –“Talkin’ Baseball” – quite the first 10 days!; Smith College professor and attorney Carrie Baker on the new abortion drug decisions; Dr. Ira Helfand, founder of Back from the Brink, —the award he is receiving this week for his anti-nuclear work puts him in the company of Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Coretta Scott King.
Dementia Friends
4/10/23: Aaron Vega, Holyoke’s Director of Planning & Development, on regional revitalization and possible cut-off of CPA funds; Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks with Lisa Green, UMass .linguistics professor and Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of African-American Language; Kathy Service, nurse practitioner and dementia specialist on avoiding and then living with dementia; Writer’s Block with Megan Zinn and Joan Grenier, owner of Odyssey Bookshop, on the bookstore’s history, authors it is featuring and its 60th anniversary.
Shining Stars
4/7/23: MTA President Max Page and artist Kelli Rae Adams on “Forever in Debt;” astronomer Salman Hameed on Artemis, the moon, and a newly-discovered solar system; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jason Montgomery; “We the People” – the winning team from Easthampton High– three students and their teacher, Kelley Brown,; Dwayne Bryant on “The Stop,” how to prevent police stops from becoming tragedy.
Brouhaha
4/6/23: Congressman Jim McGovern on the Trump indictment; Bill and Buz on today’s news about the Easthampton school superintendent brouhaha; Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on faith and poetry; scientists and professors emeriti Brian Adams (GCC) and Tom Wessels (Antioch University) on our forests, ourselves; all that jazz with Ruth Griggs and be-bop super-star Greg Abate, coming to the Marigold in Easthampton.
Ladies & Gentlemen?
4/5/23: Bill and Buz on the Easthampton school superintendent controversy; Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan on indictments; Children’s Advocacy Center of Hampshire County Executive Director Kara McElhone on child abuse here and nationwide; Dr. Jonathan Bayuk on the federal court decision undermining the Affordable Care Act; Buz and Bill on why yesterday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election matters so much to us all; Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach on his College’s offer to New College of Florida students, whose education was targeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
