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

5 hours ago in National

Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

1 day ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

4 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

5 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

5 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.