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.
Two Presidents
3/24/23: Rep. Mindy Domb on the fight against hunger here today; Mass. Teachers Ass’n President Max Page on teachers’ right to strike and MCAS; Donnabelle Casis’ ArtBeat with Amy Halliday on the amazing “After Achieves” at APE Gallery; Jane Healey, author of “Good Night from Paris;”—WOW! G’fld Community College President Michelle Schutt on debt-free higher ed. and extraordinary new opportunities.
Free Speech & Maple Syrup
3/23/23: Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass. Exec. Dir., on the recent free speech victory in Massachusetts and the nationwide threat to abortion rights; Rev. Carol Bull on faith in perilous times; Brian Adams with Eric Lively, from Sunrise Farm in Colrain, on all things maple syrup; Ruth Griggs with – from the UMass Fine Arts Center– Sean Glennon and Michael Sakomoto on Snarky Puppy, the Sean Jones Quartet & more!
Fire the Police Chief?
3/22/23: A Night Out for Ukraine—music, plays, dinner and discussion, this Sunday — with Serious Play’s Sheryl Stoodley, Marta Ostapiuk and John Feffer; Cool Films with Larry Hott and Matt Hixon; LGBTQI+ with sex educator Jane Fleishman; former Greenfield City Council President David Singer calls for the police chief to resign or be fired; Dr. Jonathan Bayuk, covid expert, on the vaccines you should have and, as Founder the One Roof Festival, on the festival and tiny homes for the homeless.
Big Doings and Tiny Things
3/21/23: Sci-Tech Café with physics professors Kerstin Nordstrom and Casey Berger on teeny tiny things; Economics Professor Andrew Zimbalist on the banks — should we worry? Feminist Futures with Carrie Baker and Lisa Clauson, Dir., Strategic Partnerships, Carpenters Labor-Management Program, on women in the trades; Natalie Love, from Shakespeare & Co., on its upcoming first sensory-friendly performance — Romeo & Juliet.
Making History
3/20/23: Tuesday’s hearing in Northampton on East-West Rail with Zane Lumelsky of Trains in the Valley; Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on re-envisioning her city; John Pucci on the impending indictments of Donald Trump; Rhonda Anderson, of the Ohketeau Cultural Center, will moderate a panel that includes author and activist Larry Spotted Crow Mann on the attempted genocide of indigenous people, the resurrection of culture, and this Sunday’s event at the Ohketeau Cultural Center; Megan Zinn and John Sayles on “Jamie MacGillivray: a Renegade’s Journey” and his upcoming reading at the Odyssey.
Fighting Fascism
3/17/23: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on health care and affordable housing; MTA President Max Page on MCAS, high stakes testing and state receivership of local schools; Artbeat’s Donnabelle Casis and musician Ken Winoker of Psychedelic Cinema on Saturday’s amazing event at the Academy of Music; historian and author Mark Bray on the rise of fascism in the U.S. and Antifa; Jeff Napolitano and Rose Webster-Smith from Springfield No One Leaves on rent control and Gov. Maura Healey’s housing policies.
An Amazing Mash-up of Headliners
3/16/23: The Shackleton Expedition and the Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra with Ken Winokur—coming to Northampton’s Academy of Music Saturday. Headliners, and headlines with Gazette, and Recorder Exec. Editor Dan Crowley. Edwards Church Rev. Michael McSherry on creation stories and human dominion.
16 y.o. climate activist hero Ollie Perrault from Easthampton on upcoming actions—with Science and Sensibility host Brian Adams. The Valley jazz scene with Ruth Griggs and Paul Arslanian.
Rock on!
3/15/23: “Rock of Ages” at NHS this weekend — with the play’s Director, Dave Grout, and two student stars; Northampton Councilors Jamila Gore and Garrick Perry on your becoming a critical part of city government; after the Oscars, Larry Hott on great films you should see; Greenfield Councilor Marianne Bullock on unresolved issues with the police; “Building Worker Power Through Solidarity, Cooperation & Care” with, UMass Labor Center prof. Clare Hammonds and Wellspring Cooperative’s Mary Hoyer and Nellie Marshall-.
Things That Really Matter
3/14/23: Death with Dignity Executive Director JM Sorrell and palliative care physician Jeffrey Zesiger on the proposed state law on end-of-life options. Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll on the budget and all things Western Mass. Long-time school superintendent (now Exec Dir. of Educational Collaborative) Todd Gazda on the conundrum of snow days. Alexis Breiteneicher, Exec. Dir. of Valley Community Development Corp., and Humera Fasihuddin, Chair of the Hadley School Committee, on the proposed affordable housing project in that town – the hearing is Monday.
Mayors Monday and Council Consideration
3/13/23: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on the upcoming 150 year late building dedication and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and his response to the highly critical report on the Holyoke police. Black in the Valley on Black businesses in Amherst and Hadley with Pat Ononibaku and Amilcar Shabazz with hosts Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Carlie Tartakov. Amherst Town Council President Lynn Greisemer on money, schools, the library, roads and the upcomingtown-wide vote. Writer’s Block with Megan Zinn and Sean Norton.
