Podcasts: Bill Newman

Bill Newman

The Bill Newman Show. Weekdays at 9AM. Join Bill & Monte Belmonte as they talk with news-makers, elected officials, authors, artists, poets, and ‘fish wrap’ about the day’s headlines.

Recent guests include authors Senator Elizabeth Warren (Persist); Larry Tye (Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy); Daniel James Brown (Facing the Mountain); Chuck Collins (The Wealth Hoarders and Born on Third Base).

Is a busload of migrants from TX on its way to Northampton?

9/16: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa; Your State U hosted by Max Page; ArtBeat, hosted by Donnabelle Casis.

The Rabbis on Refugees and Rosh Hashana

9.15.22 Rabbi Justin David guest hosts and talks about the headlines of the day and is joined by Rabbi Riqi Kosovske to talk about her congregations relationship with the new Bombyx Center as well as her preparations for the High Holy Days

Voices of Resilience

9/14: Black in the Valley; the Doozy Do Parade; Northampton Arts Council presents.

Why younger black holes are watching their weight

9.13.13 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with the folx from Sci Tech Cafe about their return to Northampton. And he talks with Duke Goldman about women in baseball and the upcoming playoffs.

Holyoke Headlines

9/12: Mayor’s Monday with Holyoke’s Mayor Joshua Garcia, Director Development Aaron Vega and School Superintendent Anthony Soto. Then, Ellen Meeropol, whose new novel, “The Lost Women of Azaela Court, takes place today on the grounds and in the history of Northampton State Hospital.

Eating Northampton

9.9.22 Jeff Napolitano guest hosts and talks with MTA President Max Page about The Fair Share Amendment, And with the Mayor of Northampton’s Office, The DNA and The Eastside Grille about the return of the Taste of Northampton. As well as a preview of Florence Night Out on ArtBeat with special guest Sarah Stefana Smith

The Valley wrestles with racism and anti-Semitism

9/7: Standing Together Against Racism and Antisemitism with Rose Sackey-Milligan and Tom Weiner;
Covid protocols in schools and at local colleges and UMass with Jeff Napolitano.

Recent Headlines

3 days ago in National

Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fear for their future

The horse-drawn carriages that have cruised through Central Park for more than 150 years will soon be banished from New York City, ending an iconic tradition beloved by tourists but long opposed by animal welfare activists.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

World Series preview: Surprising Rays-Brewers showdown to open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat

The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in "Top Gun," a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's "Picket Fences" or the doomed captain of "Alien," has died. He was 93.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 for a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals

Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream are halfway toward their ultimate goal of winning the franchise's first WNBA championship.

3 days ago in National

Violent Arizona storms bring possible tornado, toppled trees and golf ball-size hail

Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.