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.
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.
The Supreme Court v. Equality
6/30/23: Sen. Jo Comerford, MTA Pres. Max Page, & political expert Josh Silver on SCOTUS, diversity, affirmative action & college admissions; ArtBeat’s Donnabelle Casis with Christina Balch on artistic mothering; Sidehill Farm’s Amy Klippenstein & Paul Lacinski on cows, yogurt and BREAKING NEWS—an environmental scoop; environmentalist Charles Eisenstein on our climate future.
A Whale of a Time
6/29/23: Center for New Americans E.D. Laurie Millman and new citizen Gary Wynter; Historic Northampton’s Laurie Sanders and Elizabeth Sharpe on Reading Frederick Douglass; rescuing whales with Brian Adams and Brian Sharpe, Director, Marine Mammal Rescue; All That Jazz with Ruth Griggs and superstar Andy Jaffe.
OWLS ARE POLYAMOROUS!
6/28/23: LIVE — the Brazilian Choro band Quarteto Urubatan; NYT bestselling author Jennifer Ackerman on “What an Owl Knows;” Larry Hott with award-winning documentary photographer Becky Moseman; Chester Theatre’s Tara Franklin on “The Making of a Great Moment.”
To Die For
6/27/23: Investigative reporter Alden Wicker, author of “To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick and How We Can Fight Back;” Johnny Memphis, Music Coordinator, Florence Summer Concert Series; Negro League expert Duke Goldman on reparations; Lisa Reilly on “The Hustler Files” and persons behind the wall.
Affirmative Action
6/26/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on immigrants and housing; Michael Klare on Ukraine & Russia; professor Amilcar Shabazz on affirmative action & diversity at UMass; child development expert Kim John Payne on kids & screens; Megan Zinn with Boston Globe Books Editor Francie Lin.
ALTAR TO An Erupting Sun
6/23/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on voting rights & sex ed; MTA’s Max Page on student debt & affirmative action; ArtBeat’s Donnabelle Casis with Talya Kingston on WAM; Chuck Collins on “Altar to an Erupting Sun;” Amherst gov’t officials Paul Bockelman & Brianna Sunryd on cops and CRESS.
