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.  

Smith College Professor Carrie Baker

Fed Up

7/18/23: Andrew Morehouse, E.D., Food Bank of Western Mass. on the floods and our food; the Kingston Trio’s Mike Marvin; the Comedy Quiz with the Happier Valley Comedy folks–Maddy, Scott, Moe & Laura; Carrie Baker with Atty Jennifer Levi on GLAD’s trans rights lawsuits; UCLA prof David Myers on The Crisis of Democracy in Israel.

Veto

7/17/23:  Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle explains her veto of the reproductive health ordinance; Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder, Freedom from Religion Foundation; law prof Wendy Parmet on “Constitutional Contagion”– covid the Courts; Megan Zinn with Chloe Gong on “Immortal Longings.”

Devastation

7/14/23: Rep. Natalie Blais on the deluge — who’s hurting & what’s to be done? MTA Pres. Max Page on a big change in high school high stakes testing; Donnabelle Casis with photographer Nona Hatay on her AMAZING! new show; Steve Ellis, member, MA Econ. Devel. Planning Council, our region’s economic future; Sen. Paul Mark on the Green Bank & the floods; Dan Torres on preventing a corrupt former President from running again.

Ruth Griggs with Kristen Neville

Raining Accusations

7/13/23: Journalist Andrew Quemere makes accusations against DA David Sullivan; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on eternal life; Brian Adams with GCC soil scientist Tony Reiber on the downpour and its consequences; Ruth Griggs with Kristen Neville of “Blues to Green” on the upcoming fabulous S’fld Jazz & Roots Festival.

Justice?

7/12/23: Sen.Jo Comerford on flood damage to farms & SCOTUS’ damage to colleges; Smith Prof Carrie Baker on Easthampton’s pregnancy services ordinance; Paul Newlin on W. Whately’s Watermelon; Wednesdays death penalty atty Stephen Bright & James Kwak on “The Fear of Too Much Justice.”

Duke Goldman and Bill Newman

Truth and Consequences

7/11/23: Breaking media and baseball news with Duke Goldman; Trump’s co-defendant– will he flip? with atty John Pucci; a turning point in the screenwriters strike? with Hollywood screenwriter Jacob Forman; cluster bombs in Ukraine with “War Made Easy” author Norman Solomon.

Monday Monday, So Good to Me

7/10/23:  Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on ARPA money, a new middle school & downtown murals; UMass Afro-Am prof Amilcar Shabazz on affirmative action & admissions; WNEU law prof Bruce Miller on SCOTUS gutting precedent; Megan Zinn with editor Kate Senecal on finding your voice.

We Do Autopsies

7/7/23: Sarah Weinman on “…True Crime in an Era of Reckoning;” Salman Hameed on breaking news — the universe humming along; Donnabelle Casis & Procheta Mukherjee Olson on her show at Bombyx; Community Action’s Clare Higgins on new housing here; Carol Aleman (Historical Society) Jan Maher & Doug Selwyn (Lava Center) on “Black Families of Greenfield.”

Two Circuses and Two Presidents

7/6/23:  Rep Jim McGovern on efforts to impeach Pres. Biden, RFK Jr’s candidacy & more; Circus Smirkus –a preview — totally cool! UMass. Pres. Marty Meehan & MTA Pres. Max Page on affirmative action & student debt; science professors Brian Adams & Richard Little on the geology we live on; “All That Jazz” with Glenn Seigel and former night club owner Dennis Steiner.

Come Dance with Us

7/5/23: DA David Sullivan on the lawsuit against his office, affirmative action & bail; “Sex Matters” with Dr. Jane Fleishman on desire & arousal; the summer Cosmopolitan Ballet Theatre program at Smith College with founder Irina Vakhromeeva teacher and Oksana Kozhanova.

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