"We’re seeing the rollback of civil rights wins, the consolidation of power, and the abuse of power across all three branches of government. And what we’re witnessing right now is racism on steroids and the rise of political violence." -BVM co-founder, LaTosha Brown. wordinblack.com/2025/11/we-a...

This is the video that made Trump so angry he called for these Democratic lawmakers to be executed The video urges U.S. military service members to disobey unlawful orders from on high. Now because of Trump's tirade, even more people will watch it.

“Between the Mountain and the Sky” covers decades of Maggie Doyne’s life of work, love and tragedy in an orphanage in the Kopila Valley of Nepal. Hear @LarryHott’s interview with Maggie and her filmmaker husband Jeremy Regimbal on “Talk the Talk” on @WHMP radio. shorturl.at/Xr54j

Why would a Professor of Medicine become a filmmaker? (And why did he take a workshop at www.mainemedia.edu?) Hear @LarryHott interview Dr. Jon Hallberg about his passion for producing films about healthcare and more. shorturl.at/hl0OS

Do you have the eye and heart to be a great photographer? @LarryHott interviews Terry Abrams, award-winning photographer who has taught workshops around the world for nearly fifty years. Hear the interview on Talk the Talk on @WHMP radio. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/SDpPU

@LarryHott reviews two new documentaries, “Democracy Noir” and “Apocalypse in the Tropics.” Both are object lessons for Americans who care about their freedoms. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/F0KC6

@LarryHott interviews Israeli/American journalist Eli Katzoff about his “Through the Land” series about hostages, the war in Iran, and life in Israel today on “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewmand and Buz Eisenberg on WHMP radio. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/gjncm

Hear @LarryHott interview Jackie Hayden and Steve Daiber about their upcoming retrospective, “Traces: A Collaborative Journey” at the New England Visionary Artists Museum, September 12 at 5:00PM in Northampton, MA. On @WHMP. shorturl.at/nyPWy

Grownups of a Lesser God @LarryHott reviews the new documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” and connects the film with “CODA,” “Deaf President Now,” and “Through Deaf Eyes.” Click on the link below for “Talk the Talk” on @WHMP. shorturl.at/1ySzg

Hear @LarryHott and Brian Adams talk about the Academy Nominated film "Wild By Law" and the Wilderness Act on WHMP radio. shorturl.at/JxIXo

@Larry Hott interviews @RogerSorkin about successful clean energy projects that were championed by Republican politicians in their districts but are now threatened. Click on the link below to hear the interview on Talk the Talk on @WHMP radio with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. shorturl.at/ockmN

Larry Hott and Diane Garey made the film “The Wilderness Idea" nearly forty years ago. Hear Larry and Brian Adams discuss it on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the clink below. whmp.com/podcasts/rei...

Have you ever read “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass? Hear @LarryHott talk about Reading Frederick Douglass Together. The discussion is on Talk the Talk on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. shorturl.at/7cpPL

David Attenborough is 99 years old and still making films about mother earth. Hear @LarryHott review Attenborough’s new film about his fears and hopes for the oceans on Talk the Talk on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. whmp.com/podcasts/rea...

Hear @LarryHott review the new documentary “Deaf President Now” and compare it to the Florentine Films/Hott Production “Through Deaf Eyes” made 20 years ago. The reviews are on @WHMP on “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. whmp.com/podcasts/ele...

Hear @LarryHott interview Louis Alvarez about what he has learned about American culture, politics and accents over fifty years of documentary filmmaking Click on the link below to hear the interview on Talk the Talk on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. whmp.com/podcasts/the...

@LarryHott interviews Wes DeShano, director of communications for MassHumanities, about how Trump’s cuts to NEH funding are a serious threat and how this affects you. Hear the discussion on WHMP’s “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. whmp.com/podcasts/the...

Filmmakers Paul Stekler, Louis Alvarez, and Andy Kolker tell us how class still matters in America and who is most likely to succeed. Hear @LarryHott interview Paul and Louis on “Talk the Talk” on WHMP radio with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. shorturl.at/uto3b

Paul Stekler, Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker have been making dynamic political documentaries at The Center for New American Media for over forty years. Hear @LarryHott interview Paul and Louis about CNAM’s new project, “A Field Guide to Practical Politics,” on WHMP Radio. shorturl.at/QSErM

Cory Booker was the subject of the acclaimed 2005 film “Street Fight.” Beto O’Rourke was featured in the 2019 documentary “Running with Beto.” @LarryHott reviews these films and their meaning for politics today. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/FcC6f

@LarryHott reviews the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival. Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire; Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist; and The Blond Boy from the Casbah. Check out the reviews on WHMP’s “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/GKsXr

@LarryHott, Deb Krivoy, director of the Springfield JCC, and Lisa Newman, Yiddish Book Center, describe the lineup for the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival and review “Midas Man,” about Brian Epstein and the Beatles and “Welcome to Yiddishland.” shorturl.at/vyKE4

@LarryHott reviews “Chaos: The Manson Murders” and “Is Anybody Out There,” about the surprising life of a woman born with no hip joints and short femurs. Hear the reviews on “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg on @WHMP. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/MRrvw

“No Other Land” and “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” won Oscars last Sunday. Hear @LarryHott explain why they won and what that says about the American state of mind. Click on the link below to Larry on “Talk the Talk” on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. shorturl.at/E5For

@LarryHott reviews all the 2024 Oscar-nominated documentaries, short and long, and a few that should have been nominated, on “Occupy the Airwaves,” on Valley Free Radio in Northampton (103.3 FM). Click on the link below to hear the show. archive.org/details/occu...

@LarryHott interviews Julia Mintz, producer/director of “Four Winters." Larry will moderate the Q&A with Julia Tuesday, March 4 at 7:00 PM at Amherst Cinema in Amherst, MA. Hear the interview with @LarryHott, Julia Mintz and @BillNewman by clicking on the link below. shorturl.at/pTliY

Who will get the Oscar for best documentary? Hear @LarryHott predict who will get the Oscar for best short and long documentary and why and review The Porcelain War and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. On Talk the Talk on WHMP Radio. shorturl.at/KrlWH

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Hear @LarryHott review “September 5," and “The Incident,” which uses body cam and surveillance footage to tell the story of a police shooting cover up. The reviews are on “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg on @WHMP radio. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/s44uq

Hear @Larry Hott review No Other Land, about Palestinian villagers’ fight to survive years long attacks from Israeli Defense Forces and settlers. Larry also reviews the delightfully creative film “Eno,” about the multi-talented composer and rock star. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/hIbVh

Hear @LarryHott interview Kate Way, producer and director of “Banned Together,” a new documentary about book banning in our libraries and schools, on “Talk the Talk” on @WHMP with Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/5CAnt

@Larry Hott reviews two powerful films about abuse in two very different cultures. “Black Box Diaries,” and “Sugarcane,” Hear the reviews of these powerful documentaries on “Talk the Talk” on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/zWQCQ

The health and safety of all Americans depend on leadership that prioritizes facts, science, and public trust – qualities Robert Kennedy Jr. doesn't carry. I just contacted my senators and urged them to oppose RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS. app.sosha.ai/s/JMSPGVCU

Robert Kennedy Jr. is a notorious conspiracy theorist who has spent years spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines and public health. Confirming RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary would endanger millions of Americans. app.sosha.ai/s/mJ834heH

The HHS protects our lives with programs that depend on scientific research and proven health solutions. RFK Jr. can't be trusted to lead an agency so vital to our health and safety. Make sure your senators hear from you. app.sosha.ai/s/igxh7UBa

What do you say at a sentencing hearing for the man who tried to kill you? Hear @LarryHott review Death By Numbers plus Only Girl in the Orchestra, and Instruments of a Beating Heart on “Talk the Talk” on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/nqxvh

Can you keep your mouth shut for 17 years? Hear @LarryHott review “Planetwalker,” Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr,” and “Keeper,” on @WHMP on Talk the Talk with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/EjPCc

What is it about prison that is such good fodder for filmmakers? Hear @LarryHott review Quilters, I Am Ready, Warden, and Sing, Sing. The reviews are on “Talk the Talk” with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg on @WHMP radio. Click on the link below. shorturl.at/mh1Q1

Hear @LarryHott review “Union,” a thrilling fly-on-the-wall narrative about the workers who “pick” the products that show up on your doorstep the next day. Larry also reviews the new, creative, inventive and poignant doc “Frida,” about Frida Kahlo on @WHMP radio. shorturl.at/XwsyD

“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” is a truly remarkable documentary. Hear @LarryHott review this award-winning film and Errol Morris’s new film, “Separated,” about family separations at the border in the first Trump administration. Click on the link below. rb.gy/axcycn

Listen to @LarryHott review the new documentary “Join or Die,” about the impact of Robert Putnam’s famous treatise “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" on @WHMP with @BillNewman and Buz Eisenberg. Click on the link below. whmp.com/podcasts/rem...

Hear @LarryHott interview Michael Mansfield, president of Maine Media, about how the school can change lives and, maybe, the future of our country. The interview is on “Talk the Talk” with Bill Newman on @WHMP. Click on the link below. whmp.com/podcasts/liv...