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).

Bill Newman Show with Michael Klare; Ibrahim Ali

1/8: Long-time Director of the Five College Program on Peace and World Security Studies, Michael Klare, on today’s announcement about U.S. troops in Syria; Ibrahim Ali on food deserts in western Massachusetts.

State Sen. Jo Comerford; filmmaker Syl Shread; Black in the Valley

1/7: Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester district state senator Jo Comerford; NHS filmmaker Syl Shread –“Boys Like Us”—coming to the Forbes; Garden the Community with Ibrahim Ali and Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks.

Governor Baker

Is Baker Going To Make Good on The Foundation Budget Changes?

1/4: Max Page, UMass prof. and V.P. of the Massachusetts Teacher’s Ass’n.; Hampshire College professor & astronomer Salman Hameed; Arts Beat: Bodies in Motion at the Northampton Arts Trust.

Who Is More Progressive When It Comes To Parole: MA or TX?

1/3/19: Jorge Renaud , Senior Policy Analyst, Easthampton-based Prison Policy Initiative; Rev Peter Ives and Andrew Moorehouse, Exec. Dir of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Ryan O’Donnell Will Not Seek Re-Election

1/2: Northampton City Council President Ryan O’Donnell on his decision, announced today, to not seek a fourth term.

First Night is The Last Night of 2018

12/31: Attorney David Hoose on the shortage of public defenders in western Massachusetts; Steve Sanderson on First Night.

The Cutest Couple In Nuclear Disarmament

12/28: Timmon Milne Wallis and Vicki Elson, co-founders of Nuclear Ban.US (Dr. Wallis also is the author of “Disarming the Nuclear Argument” –there is a new, updated edition.) Black in the Valley—we continue our conversation on Kwanzaa with Professor Amilcar Shabazz; Arts Beat with Donnabelle Casis.

The Untied States of Confusion

12/27: Bryant Welch, author of “State of Confusion” Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind;” Walter Carroll on the upcoming Bach concert at the Academy of Music; Rev. Peter Ives and Safe Passage Executive Director Marianne Winters on community, domestic violence and the Hot Chocolate Run.

Another Dose of Sabadosa

12/26: Representative-Elect Lindsay Sabadosa on Medicare for All; Natalia Munoz on the Northampton police, bullets, and Walmart.

The National Fish Wrap

12/24: Political Gold with Josh Silver; Representative-Elect Lindsay Sabadosa; Black in the Valley with special guest Professor Amilcar Shabazz—on Kwanzaa.

Recent Headlines

1 day ago in National

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington's glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.

2 days ago in National

Accused attacker at Washington media dinner is a tutor and computer engineer from California

The California man arrested in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer opposed to the policies of President Donald Trump.

2 days ago in National

Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes

A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday.

2 days ago in Sports, Trending

Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds

A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon.

4 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.