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.
Reparations!
2/14/23: Black in the Valley with Evanston, Ill reparations leader Robin Rue Simmons; Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke — Duke Goldman — on the new season (how about those Red Sox! new rules, and new HoF inductees; Educational Collaborative Executive Director Todd Gazda and Pioneer Regional Superintendent Patricia Kinsella on MCAS, covid, and rural schools; and Jackie Walsh’s Playbill with Shakespeare Stage Artistic Director Julian Findlay on Shakespeare, hip-hop, and the upcoming performance of Twelfth Night.
Policing the Police
2/13/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia responds to the revelations about his police department; National Defense expert Michael Klare on China, the balloon, UFOs and Ukraine; legislative aides Corrine Coryat and Elena Cohen on working for Rep. Natalie Blais and Sen. Jo Comerford; and Writers Block with Megan Zinn and Bookends owner Madden Aleia.
Blaising Saddles
2/10/23: Representative Natalie Blais on cannabis cultivation, protecting farmland, and dramatic changes at UMass Amherst; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition to End Gun Violence, Ruth Zakarin, on the fight here for new gun safety laws; ArtBeat with Kim Carlino and Luke Jaeger; Dan Torres on the January 6th Committee report—a detailed analysis.
Live in the Studio!
2/9/23: This weekend’s Youth Performance Festival in Northampton with Co-directors Sarah Marcus and Kelly Silliman and the performers—from a fourth grader to a high school senior; Rabbi Riqi Kosovske on the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria and our response; Professors Brain Adams and Denise Baden (live from the U.K.) on climate fiction and fact; Take Five with Bruce Niemczyk and Ruth Griggs –they trip out on jazz cruising.
Northampton Youth Performance Festival:
https://www.nohoarts.org/youth-performance-festival
Activists Welcome!
2/8/23: Nicholas Dawidoff on his acclaimed new book “The Other Side of Prospect;” “Plant, The Musical” with Serious Play Artistic Director Sheryl Stoodley; Attorney Ruth Greenberg on her case before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, asserting that life without parole for people under 21 is unconstitutional; and David Fenton on “The Activist’s Media Handbook.”
Crime and Punishment
2/7/23: Crime and Punishment with Attorney John Pucci on prosecuting bad cops; civil rights attorney Michael Meltsner on fighting for civil rights in the South in the 1960s and today; Senator Paul Mark on the Green Bank, regulating soaring electricity prices, and paying to repair local roads.
Senator Jo Comerford on East-West Rail and End-of Life Options
2/6/23: Senator Jo Comerford on East-West Rail and End-of Life Options; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra on pot shops, seven more all-alcohol licenses, reparations, and the new Department of Climate Action and Project Administration (CAPA); Constitutional Law Professor Bruce Miller on why the debt ceiling law is unconstitutional; and Writers Block with Megan Zinn and Narissa Nields.
GTMO!
2/3/23: Buz and Bill on yesterday’s transfer of Magid Kahn from Guantanamo; Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page and Vice President Deb McCarthy on the big news about MCAS; the fabulous women sports coach Sherry Webb on local girls and women’s sports; and The Good Thing with Jeff Napolitano.
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.
