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).

The Meaning Behind Yom Kippur

9/13: Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Yom Kippur; John Logsdom on NASA and the Incredible Story of Human Spaceflight; Congressman Jim McGovern on Democrats and Trump and saving SNAP.

A Helluva Saturday at Hawks & Reed

9/12: At Hawks and Reed, but first with us in studio: The O-Tones; and the Gypsy Lane burlesque and cabaret; then, Natalia Munoz on Trump and Puerto Rico.

A Massive Drug (Conviction) Take-Back

9/11: Matt Segal, Legal Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, on mass exonerations in the Commonwealth; GTMO detainees attorney Buz Eisenberg on the effects of 9/11; a special edition of Inside/Out hosted by Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone.

Josh Silver’s Rundown Of The Indicted

9/10: Josh Silver—Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US; Jeff Napolitano and Miranda Groux from the Northampton-based Resistance Center for Peace and Justice on military recruitment in the public schools.

Joe DiMaggio: Overrated or The MOST Overrated Baseball Player?

9/7: Max Page, Vice-President of the Massachusetts Techers Ass’n; Duke Goldman, baseball researcher, on DiMaggio, Mantle, and Ruth—oh ok– and Ted Williams.

Anonymous Op-Ed

9/6: Amandla Chorus Founder and Director Eveline MacDougall -a celebration; Save the swallows with Mara Silver; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Rosh Hashanah.

State Senator Elect?

9/5: We were broadcasting in the studio last night till midnight, covering the primaries; we continue our political coverage on the show, including an interview our new State Senator-Elect, Jo Comerford.

Newman’s Final Endorsements on Primary Day

9/4: Live in the studio– singer-songwriter Ben Grosscup takes on the Massachusetts political establishment; Newman shares election thoughts.

Recent Headlines

1 day ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.

2 days ago in National

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid

A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

Put aside the mock drafts because it's time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.

3 days ago in National, Trending

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.

3 days ago in National

Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80

U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.