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).

Reagan Begat Trump?

10/18: “Reagan: An America Journey” with Bob Spitz; then, a preview of this weekend’s performance at the Montague Book Mill with Dave Dersham; Rev. Peter Ives, Rev. Yohah Ralph and Mariel Addis on Ballot Question 3, transgender rights.

The Game

10/16: George Howe Colt, author of “The Game: Harvard, Yale & America in 1968;” John Shuttler, author of “Liberated Spirits: Two Women Who Battled Over Prohibition,” And the Comedy Quiz: on Sigmund Freud with the Has Ha s Pam Victor and Laura Patrick plus contestant Monte Belmonte & Quiz Master, Dr. Michael Klein.

Woodstock Meets Old San Juan

10/15: Young@Heart: a brilliant and moving preview of this weekend’s mash-up of the Young@Heart Chorus and Jesus Pagan y su orquesta; Adrienne Truscott previews her acclaimed worldwide one woman show coming to the Academy of Music, “Asking for It;” then Black in the Valley with Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov, and Roger Wallace.

Is It The Media’s Fault?

10/11: Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans; John Stinton, author of “Devil’s Den to Lickingwater: The Mill River Through Landscape and History;” then
three reverends (Peter Ives, Todd Weir and Sarah Buteau and a rabbi (Justin David).

We Definitely Talked About Things Other Than That One Big Sports Thing

10/10: The YANKEES WIN! (Newman wakes up from a dream, remembers nightmare). Also, Professor Malinda Maynor Lowery, author of “The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle.” And then, Robert Freedman, local activist, on traveling to other districts to help Take Back the House.

Cooperation

10/9: Live from the River Valley Co-op –our annual Coop Show with our amazing valley co-ops—what’s happened the last year; what’s apt to happen in the next twelve months.

Once Upon A Time There Was A Moth…

10/8: The Story Slam returns to the Academy of Music; them – A Woman Wins!– Nobel Prize news with Smith College professors of physics Doreen Weinberger and Gary Feldman.

There Is A Goblin in Our Solar System

10/5: Breaking News from Outer Space! with professor and astronomer Salman Hameed; then, breaking news in the field Massachusetts education and politics with professor and MTA Vice-President Max Page.

Science & Lust in the #MeToo Era

10/4: Rebecca Coffey, author of “Science and Lust: Brainy Sex Vol. I;” then, coming to the Academy of Music: “Life in the 413;” and then, coming before the Northampton City Council –the fossil fuel resolution with City Council President Ryan O’Donnell; on “The Reverend and the Rabbi:” in memoriam: Arky Markham.

Is It Time For The Springfield Diocese To Confess?

10/2: The priest sex scandals and the local Catholic diocese; then, author Michael Sokolove on “The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.”

Recent Headlines

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Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start amid high chocolate prices and affordability concerns

Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start this year as U.S. consumers grapple with high living costs and eye-popping chocolate prices. Halloween candy sales fell 6.7% in the month ending Oct. 17 compared to the same period last year, according to NielsenIQ, a market research firm.

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‘Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers’ brings artistry to a Halloween tradition

When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems engineer at a cybersecurity company, slips into his alter ego, "Farmer Mike," also known as the "Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers."

11 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Yamal, Mbappé, Kane and Messi in contention to win the Ballon d’Or. Here’s what to know

The Ballon d'Or winners will be announced on Monday with a new generation of soccer stars, led by Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé, ready to stamp their name on the trophy that for so long was a personal duel between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

4 days ago in National

Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fear for their future

The horse-drawn carriages that have cruised through Central Park for more than 150 years will soon be banished from New York City, ending an iconic tradition beloved by tourists but long opposed by animal welfare activists.

4 days ago in Sports, Trending

World Series preview: Surprising Rays-Brewers showdown to open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat

The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.