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.
Bearly Believable
8/15/23: Reporter Richie Davis on “Flights of Fancy, Souls of Grace;” The Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman & Holly Ruderman; Feminist Futures with Smith prof Carrie Baker & Donna Haighighat, CEO, Western Mass. Women’s Fund; MA Fisheries & Wildlife’s Joseph Rogers on “Da Bear;” Amherst music prof Amy Coddington on “How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop.”
Please BEAR with us
8/14/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on fighting fentanyl; UMass Prof. Amilcar Shabazz on reparations in Amherst & beyond; Smith Prof Emeritus Lester Little on fighting fascism; Megan Zinn with Emily Todd & Matteo Pangallo on “Teaching the History of the Book.” Plus, a black mama bear came to visit us behind the WHMP studio.
Community ARE US
8/11/23: Rep Natalie Blais on floods, farms, schools, & budget; MTA President Max Page on the fruits of the Fair Share Amendment & meeting the needs of our kids; Law Prof Jocelyn Simonson on “Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration;” Laurie Sanders & Elizabeth Sharpe on Historic Northampton’s reopening of the Shepherd Barn
Grow Food, Northampton
8/10/23: Attorney Dana Goldblatt on her 60-year-old client’s claim excessive force by Northampton Police; Victoria Christopher Murray, co-author with Marie Benedict of “The First Ladies”; Brian Adams with Alisa Klein from Grow Food Northampton; Glenn Seigel & alto saxophonist Sarah Manning
Black Mirror
8/9/23: Tom Wartenberg on his new book “Thoughtful Images”; Cool Films with Larry Hott on “American Masters Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval”; Leah Wang, Research Analyst at the Prison Policy Initiative, on what climate change means for people in prison; Brian Adams with columnist Bill Danielson on the naturalist world in western Massachusetts.
Local Heroes & The Mets
8/8/23: Recorder Reporter Domenic Poli on where to sit outside & enjoy local craft beer; Duke Goldman on the passing of local baseball historian John Bowman; Prof. Bruce Miller looks at the defense strategy of Trump lawyer John Lauro; Activists Betsy Corner & Bob Beatty on The Nelson Legacy Project, Wally, & Juanita at Woolman Hill on 8/19
Healing, Writing, Painting & Protest
8/7/23: Megan Zinn with local author Megan Tady about her debut novel “Super Bloom;” Dr. Norbert Goldfield on the situation in the Israel & Palestinian conflict; Bob Masla to discuss his upcoming exhibit, Then & There, Here & Now, at R. Michelson Galleries; Cate Woolner and Joan Stoia to discuss their multimedia project on stopping the NED pipeline
Lock Him Up?
8/4/23: Atty David Hoose on Trump; Mass.Teachers Ass’n Pres. Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy on the 2024 vote; Artbeat with Donnabelle Casis & Terry Jenoure; Community Action’s Clare Higgins on cuts to childcare; Connecticut River Defenders Fergus Marshall & Theresa Turner on the fight to save our river.
CHASEing Bad Guys
8/3/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on Trump & Congress; Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on the Truth School and life after death; Brian Adams with Climate Action Now’s Eric Broadbent & Russ Vernon-Jones on local Chase Bank’s financing fossil fuels; All That Jazz with Glenn Siegel & Amherst musician & music-therapist Aaron Shragge.
Bottom-Up Uprising
8/2/23: Northwestern DA David Sullivan on Trump indictment for 1/6; Walter Greason on “Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of Critical Race Theory;” Jane Stevenson & Kate Stephens on the Community Reparations Fund; Lauren Rollins to discuss her new training and educational school for policy in Northampton.
