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

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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur

An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip.

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Cornell suspends fraternity parties, gives state police role in investigating campus assault reports

Cornell University suspended parties at fraternity houses until next year and is giving state police a role in investigating reports of sexual assault on campus in the school's latest response to outrage over its handling of a gang rape allegation.

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Surgery confirms pope has lung cancer and he had the lower lobe of his right lung removed

Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said. The tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery.

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RJ Mitte, ‘Breaking Bad’ actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34

Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34, authorities and his representatives said.

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Selma Blair accused of attacking 2 flight attendants and assaulting a police officer and nurse

Actor Selma Blair was arrested after she was accused of injuring two flight attendants on a trip from Los Angeles to New York. She was also accused of kicking a police officer taking her to the hospital and kicking a nurse once she got there.