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).

Cooley’s Take on Question 1

10/31: A robust discussion on ballot Question 1—nurse/patient hospital ratios with Jeff Harness and Ann Lebrun from Cooley Dickinson Hospital; then Valley Light Opera previews the upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.”

Take Back The House

10/30: Take Back the House with local Democrats; then royalty in the house (Ok, on the phone) author Ann Lamott; and Sex Matters with our show’s resident sexologist Jane Fleishman.

Our Rabbi Reflects on The Tree of Life Massacre

10/29: CBI rabbi Justin David on the murders in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; Edgar Villanueva, author of “Decolonizing Wealth;” Jim Lemkin on voter suppression

McGovern’s Challenger

10/26: MTA Veep Max Page on the Massachusetts Governor’s race.

Bill Newman Loves His Hat

10/23: Holyoke State Representative Aaron Vega on politics and policy; SABR (Society of American Baseball Researchers) member and baseball historian Doron (“Duke”) Goldman on the World Series.

Still Have Questions on Question 1?

10/22: Massachusetts Nurses Association nurses Donna Stern and Suzanne Love on ballot question 1; “Capitalism in America: A History”—we speak with co-author (the other is Alan Greenspan) Adrian Wooldridge.

Newman’s October Just Got Worse

10/19: Monte puts Newman mannequin under Red Sox hat; takes photo; promotes fake news-what is the world coming to?
Also, Lucio Perez on his year in sanctuary at First Church in Amherst; Max Page on the MTA’s endorsement of Jay Gonzalez over Charlie Baker;
Sci-Tech Café with MHC professor of physics Kirstin Nordstrom with Hampshire College professor of biology Megan Dobro; Inside/Out with Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone.

Question Four?

10/17: Medicare for All? Vote Yes on Ballot Question 4-with Patty Healy and Beth Eisenberg. Sports, Man! With Scott Coen—it’s Sox time.

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