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 Buz Eisenberg 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), Crime & Punishment (John Pucci), DA David Sullivan, Writers Block (Megan Zinn), Science and Sensibility (Brian Adams), Community Action (Clare Higgins), Righting Wrongs (ACLUM Carol Rose), State Senators Comerford & Mark, Representatives Sabadosa, Blais, 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.  

Our House with Congressman Jim McGovern

2/2/23 Congressman Jim McGovern on gun violence, police reform legislation and the debt limit fight; criminal defense and civil rights attorneys David Hoose and Luke Ryan on police strike forces; Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on reparations; Brian Adams with landscape designer Brain Wormser; “Take Five” with Glenn Siegel and trumpeter Joe Magnerelli.

Ellsberg, Pot Shops, Alzheimer’s and Culomba

2/1/23: Chris Appy, UMass Professor of History and Director of the Ellsberg Initiative, on Daniel Ellsberg. war, the Espionage Act, and whistleblowing; Garrick Perry, Ward 4 Northampton City Councilor on the new pot shop ordinance; Meghan Lemay, from the Alzheimer Ass’n, on the signs of dementia and what to do; and LIVE IN THE STUDIO—six members of Culomba—they sing beautiful harmonies – it’s incredible music—a preview of their concert this weekend.

Calls from Prison; Reparations in Amherst

1/31/23: Peter Wagner, Exec. Director of the Prison Policy Initiative, on calls from prisons; Dave Wattles, from Mass. Wildlife, on the black bears in our backyards; UMass. Amherst professor Amilcar Shabazz and Amherst Town Councilor Michele Miller on reparations; Play Bill with Jackie Walsh and actors Peter Evangalista and Sara Linares on “Native Gardens,” now at the Majestic.

Political Gold with Josh Silver on Talk the Talk

1/30/23: Political Gold with Josh Silver, former CEO of Represent Us, on Trump and other Republican presidential contenders; War and Peace with Michael Klare, Nation magazine Defense Correspondent, on the state of the War in Ukraine; Professor Richard Wolff on the debt ceiling and “The Sickness Is the System;” and Writer’s Block with Megan Zinn and local Sci-fi author James Cambias on his new book, “The Scarab Mission.”

Recent Headlines

1 day ago in National

NASA sends 4 astronauts back to Earth in first medical evacuation

An astronaut in need of doctors' care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA's first medical evacuation.

1 day ago in Music, Trending

See the dates and ticket plans for the BTS tour that starts in April

The BTS comeback is upon us. The K-pop septet has announced a 2026 - 2027 world tour, kicking off in South Korea in April and running through March 2027 with over 70 dates across Asia, North America, South America, Australia and Europe.

1 day ago in National

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.

1 day ago in Sports, Trending

John Harbaugh and the Giants are working on a deal to make him their coach, AP sources say

John Harbaugh and the New York Giants are working on an agreement to make him the team's head coach, three people with knowledge of the decision said Thursday.

2 days ago in National

US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns

The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.