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

17 hours ago in Trending

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.

17 hours ago in Entertainment, Sports, Trending

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.

17 hours ago in Features, Trending

Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.

19 hours ago in National

FBI investigates Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act

A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words "Property of Allah" killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran, as a potential act of terrorism.

19 hours ago in National

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday.