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.
Charge!
4/4/23: Attorney John Pucci on Trump’s indictment and arraignment; Massachusetts Review Editor Jim Hicks and poet Shanta Lee on the amazing new edition; Doug Selwyn and Jesus Leyva on demystifying school funding; Senator Paul Mark on ruts, rural roads, theatre, tourism, and more; from Mass. WildLife, Todd Olanyk, on putting the spring in Western Mass.
Past, Present and Future
4/3/23 The Nation’s Michael Klare on war, peace and Ukraine; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra and incoming superintendent, Dr. Portia Bonner, on schools’ future; con. law expert Bruce Miller on Trump’s charges; Megan Zinn with the acclaimed writer- illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka on his graphic memoir, “Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me About Life, Death, and Hope.”
Indictments!
3/31/23: MTA President, and UMass. prof. and historian, Max Page; Crime and Punishment with attorney John Pucci; Eric Carle Museum Director of Education Courtney Waring on people with color blindness seeing color; Donnabelle Casis and Nueva Esperanza’s Executive Director Kayla Rodriguez on the amazing new mural –come help paint it! Labor leaders John Womack, Peter Olney, Rand Wilson on “Labor Power,” strikes and struggle; Jeff Napolitano, with Fergus Marshall and Priscilla Lynch, on today’s political activism.
Opening Days
3/30/23: Talkin’ baseball with the Duke of baseball, Duke Goldman; author Alex Mar on “Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy;” Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on democracy and Israel; science professors Brian Adams and Tom Tyning on the upcoming Big Night for salamanders and frogs; Glen Siegel and percussionist legend Bob Weiner —— on fighting apartheid with Desmond Tutu and rhythms of life.
Love, Politics, & Poverty
3/29/23: Author Rory Carroll on his new book There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History; Cool Films with Larry Hott with local filmmakers Lucy Munger and Elijah Stevens on their film Fire of Love; Feminist Futures with Carrie Baker and Marianne Bullock of UpTogether on poverty and its disproportionate impact on women and families; Greenfield City Councilor Ginny DeSorgher on her candidacy for Mayor of Greenfield and the Greenfield budget process.
Women Poets, Singers, and Athletes
3/28/23: Northampton Poetry Radio host Rich Michelson previews Wednesday’s event at Forbes with readings by poets Lesléa Newman and Martín Espada; Political commentator Josh Silver on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and the politicization of our courts; Vocalists Ann Chiara, Roxy Schneider, and Ellen Augarten of the Green Street Brew on the upcoming Local Vocal Chord Bowl; Sport Historian Professor Rita Liberti on her Wednesday presentation “A History of Women’s Basketball and Northampton’s early role in the sport.
Fascism
3/27/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on police and policing. Black in the Valley with segment hosts Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Carlie Tartakov, featuring Rev. Otis Moss, author of “Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times.” Professor Jason Stanley, author of “How Fascism Works.” Romances with novelist Sarah MacLean and editor Jen Prokop, hosts of the podcast “Fated Mates.”
Two Presidents
3/24/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on the fight against hunger here today; Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page on teachers’ right to strike and MCAS; Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat with Amy Halliday on the amazing “After Achieves” at APE Gallery; Jane Healey, author of “Good Night from Paris;”—WOW! G’fld Community College President Michelle Schutt on debt-free higher ed. and extraordinary new opportunities.
Free Speech & Maple Syrup
3/23/23: Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass. Exec. Dir., on the recent free speech victory in Massachusetts and the nationwide threat to abortion rights; Rev. Carol Bull on faith in perilous times; Brian Adams with Eric Lively, from Sunrise Farm in Colrain, on all things maple syrup; Ruth Griggs with – from the UMass Fine Arts Center– Sean Glennon and Michael Sakomoto on Snarky Puppy, the Sean Jones Quartet & more!
Fire the Police Chief?
3/22/23: A Night Out for Ukraine—music, plays, dinner and discussion, this Sunday — with Serious Play’s Sheryl Stoodley, Marta Ostapiuk and John Feffer; Cool Films with Larry Hott and Matt Hixon; LGBTQI+ with sex educator Jane Fleishman; former Greenfield City Council President David Singer calls for the police chief to resign or be fired; Dr. Jonathan Bayuk, covid expert, on the vaccines you should have and, as Founder the One Roof Festival, on the festival and tiny homes for the homeless.
