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).

NASA Reaches Out To Touch The Sun

8.27.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Salman Hameed about the NASA probe headed toward the sun. Plus corruption in the Guatemalan prison system and how if compares to corruption in the prison system in the U,S,

Somewhere, A Place For Us

8.24.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Tiny Weisblatt about remembering the way the world was 100 years ago. Plus Max Page with the head of NASE, Northampton’s school staff union.

The Jeff Napolitano Show

8.23.18 Jeff Napolitano from The Resistance Center for Peace guest hosts, fish wraps, talks about the UMass Feinberg Series and worker art at UMass. Plus the Reverend & The Rabbi.

August 21, 2018: A Day That Will Live In Political Infamy?

8.22.18 Josh Silver guests hosts and talks about the Manafort verdict and the Cohen plea. Plus, how quickly is the Arctic melting? And is America committing itself to the “gig-economy”?

Tragedy & Comedy

8.21.18 Josh Silver guest hosts and talks about how half of American households are below the ACTUAL poverty level. But we lighten the mood with the comedy quiz with guest quizmaster, dentist Dr. Sue Keller

It’s Campaign Jingle Season

8.10.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks about the 1st Franklin District and Kate Albright-Hannah’s jingle. And Buz talks with MTA Vice President Max Page about public education funding.

Meet The Candidates For Senate Part II: Jo Comerford & Steve Connor

8/9: Live in the studio — The Nields perform their new ditty for Jo Comerford; then Jo Comerford and Steve O’Conner, candidates for the state senate seat; and Pastor Stephanie Smith from Cathedral in the Night and Cherry Sullivan, from Hampshire Hope, on opioid abuse in the Valley.

Recent Headlines

18 hours ago in National

Trump honoring Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

President Donald Trump on Tuesday is posthumously awarding America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.

1 day ago in Lifestyle, Trending

Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.

1 day ago in National

Rare October storm brings heavy rain and possible mudslides to Southern California

A rare October storm arrived in California on Tuesday and threatened to pummel wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides. Some homes were ordered to evacuate.

2 days ago in National

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he "won't negotiate" with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.