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).

Alien Asteroid?

12/7: Astronomer and Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed with breaking news from outer space; MTA Veep and UMass prof. Max Page on breaking news from the University; and Inside/Out.

Who Knows How to Call Owls? Who!?!?

12/6: Author Heidi Stemple on owls; Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on Hanukah; and author and professor Felicia Kornbluh on “Ensuring Poverty: Welfare Reform in Feminist Perspective.”

Circle of Care

12/5: Keegan Pyle, from Catholic Charities, coordinator of refugee resettlement in Northampton and Amherst; John Ward, ACLU of Massachusetts Communications Director and author of “The Sovereign.”

Red Lines

12/4: Linda Gartz, author of “Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in the 1960s Chicago;” then, Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-author of the just-published “Billionaire Bonanza 2018: Inherited Wealth Dynasties of the United States.”

Why America Needs An Enemy In Iran

12/3: Award-winning journalist and author Reese Erlich on America’s policy towards Iran; the Sci-tech Café with special guest Ken Colodner, MHC professor of neuroscience; and a special Black in the Valley segment with Anika Nailah, author of “Every Day in the USA: 30 Black Moments.”

Why Was The Northampton Chief of Police Going To Go To Israel For Training?

11/30: Rachel Weber and Vijay Prashad on the decision of Northampton mayor and police chief for the chief to not attend the upcoming law enforcement training session in Israel; attorney Jeffrey Pyle on the ACLU of Massachusetts case challenging Holyoke’s new ordinance that prohibits lawn signs and bumper stickers; THANK YOU BETSY STONE, our arts correspondent and host of our Inside/Out segment.

La Poeta y The Poet

11/29: A fabulous edition of NPR- Northampton Poetry Radio; then Northampton Neighbors—
the ongoing story of neighbors helping neighbors.

TEDx & Sex

11/28: Previewing this weekend’s TEDx Easthampton Women; then Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman.

49% of People Don’t Believe Polls

11.26.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Josh Silver from Represent.US about the latest polling data

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.