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.
Gulp
5/5/23: MTA President Max Page on reimagining MCAS; Literacy Project teacher Thane Thomsen on Sunday’s runraiser; astronomer Salman Hameed on “planetary engulfment” (engulpment?); Donnabelle Casis and Lisa Thompson on the UMass ArtSalon; investigative reporter Dusty Christensen on the cannabis industry; Easthampton Theater Co.’s Michael Budnick and Eva Husson Stockhammer on “God of Carnage;” Clay Pearson on Pride—tomorrow.
Prejudice and Pride
5/4/23: Rep. Jim McGovern on the fight for LGBTQ rights, SNAP, & the debt ceiling; Michael Lind on “Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America;” Rev. Andrea Ayvazian on Hampshire Pride, yesterday & today; Brian Adams with Smith College basketball star Morgan Morrison, Div. 3 player of the year; “Take Five” with Ruth Griggs and sax great Chuck Langford.
Young@Heart, Live in the Studio
5/3/23: DA David Sullivan on the 27,000 wrongful OUI convictions; the Y@H Chorus Love Show with Bob Cilman, Julia van Ijken, Rosie Caine, & Chris Haynes; Sudan expert Eric Reeves on the war and genocide; Keith McCormick on “Great Bones” and osteoporosis.
Author Author,! Lawyer Lawyer!
5/2/23: Leslea Newman (“Heather Has Two Mommies”) on her three (!) new books–two published today; evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos on “The Cat’s Meow” — how cats evolved; Senator Paul Mark on his Revolutionary Commission, earmarks and democracy; Atty Joe Bernard on the tens of thousands of people whose oui convictions may be vacated.
Politics, Ethics, Prisons & Rights
5/1/23: Senator Jo Comerford on the Death With Dignity Act; Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra on the sagas of Main Street — the bear in the tree, the plans, and Pride; constitutional law professor Bruce Miller on Law Day, Supreme Court ethics & transgender rights; Megan Zinn and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on “Chain Gang All-Stars,” prisons & dystopia.
27,000 Convictions
4/28/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on schools and the UMass protest; MTA President Max Page; Donnabelle Casis with Ashley Eliza Williams on rocks, squids, clouds, and other beings; world renown Tony Trischka on his Earl Scruggs tribute at the Drake; Attorney Joseph Bernard on his win at Mass. highest court this week, vacating 27,000 convictions.
Celebrate!
4/27/23: The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy with Director Christian Appy; Levellers Press 40th anniversary with worker-owner Randy Zucco; Rev. Carol Bull on meditation; peecycling! –with Brian Adams + Gretchen Savenson & Julia Cavicchi from the Rich Earth Institute; Happy Birthday, Drake, Ruth Griggs & manager, Lincoln Allen.
The Power of Truth
4/26/23: “The Power of Truth,” this weekend at Bombyx, with prof. Ousmane Power-Greene, Michael Lawrence-Riddell and Peter McQuillan; Northampton Ed. Foundation’s Trivia Bee with Lisa Papademetriou and Megan Zinn; sex educator Dr. Jane Fleishman on bisexuality; Eveline MacDougall on Fiery Hope’s Saturday concert; Amherst Council Finance Committee Chair Andy Steinberg on $, schools, & the vote.
Civil Rights Icons
Due to a computer malfunction, we were unable to record Talk the Talk on 4/25/2023. We recovered the part of the interview with author and filmmaker John Sayles, who is coming to the Montague Bookmill and the Shea, and he discusses working with Harry Belafonte.
Policing, Politics, and Money
4/24/23: Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner on policing, politics, and municipal money. Where’s your radar? Sci-Tech Café with Professors Kerstin Nordstrom (MHC) and Aaron Rubin (Smith). The $97.5 million dollar question—the big vote on schools in Amherst has begun—with Councilor Anna Devlin Gauthier. Edit this: Writers Block with Megan Zinn and MacMillan Production Editor Susannah Noel.
