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).

Prius or Pickup? Part Two

12/21: More on America’s great political divide with Jonathan Weiler, author of “Prius or Pickup?” “Your State U.” with Max Page; and “Arts Beat” with Donnabelle Casis.

Nicole of Nazareth

12/20: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on what she learned in Israel; First Night! with Johnny Memphis and Steve Sanderson; Rev. Peter Ives on Christmas and Black Nativity.

Prius or Pickup?

12/19: Jonathan Weiler, co-author of “Prius or Pickup?” Arcadia Players on Handel’s Messiah being performed at Abbey Chapel at Mount Holyoke College this Friday; and Monte Belmonte interviews the Resident Wordster from Merriam Webster. (The word of the year is “justice.”)

Hamp Quiz

12/18: Sex Matters! with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman; the Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has’ Laura Patrick, Judge Michael Ryan, befuddled contestant Monte Belmonte, and Quizmaster Extraordinaire Barbara Kuschka.

Coming of Age

12/17: Madeleine Kunin, Former Vermont Governor and Ambassador, on “ Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties;” then “Black in the Valley” with Rev. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov and special guest Ingrid Askew on Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity.”

The Long Suffering of Mater Dolorosa Supporters Has Come To An End

12/14: Ernie Brill, retired but not retiring NHS English teacher and contributing author in “You Say You Want a Revolution: SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance;” MTA Veep ,Max Page, and Tim Sullivan, President of the UMass Student Government Association, on student debt and an oblivious UMass Board of Trustees; Donnabelle Casis and David Little on an amazing exhibit at the Mead.

Flo Ho Ho

12/13: Really for the birds with Heidi Stemple and friends; Johnny Memphis rocks the studio; Rev. Peter and Rabbi Riqi.

A Long Way Home

12/12: The Springfield archdiocese takes a wrecking ball to Mater Dolorosa with Rich Ahlstrom, Chair of the Holyoke Historical Commission, and John Fydenkevez, President of the Mater Dolorosa Preservation Society; then, Lisa Leizman—”The Long Way Home” her dance troupe’s journey; and Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

The Senator Elect and The Senate President

12/11: Massachusetts State Senate President Karen Spilka and Senator-elect Jo Comerford; award-winning (again!) author Jane Yolen; filmmaker Roger Sorkin and Ted Barker of Prosperity Candle.

Is This The End of The Mueller Investigation?

12/10: Attorney, and former head of DOJ in Western Massachusetts, John Pucci on the Mueller investigation; Andy Larkin on “ My Life in Boats, Fast and Slow.”

Recent Headlines

11 hours ago in National

Trump honoring Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

President Donald Trump on Tuesday is posthumously awarding America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.

18 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.

18 hours ago in National

Rare October storm brings heavy rain and possible mudslides to Southern California

A rare October storm arrived in California on Tuesday and threatened to pummel wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides. Some homes were ordered to evacuate.

1 day ago in National

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he "won't negotiate" with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.