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

5 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Serena and Venus Williams to play doubles together at Wimbledon with a combined age of 90

Even at a combined age of 90, opponents should still be wary of facing the Williams sisters at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams won a combined 21 titles on the storied grass of the All England Club in their singles and doubles careers and now they're going for one more.

6 hours ago in National

Struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion

The struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion by parent company Yum Brands. Yum Brands said in February that it was considering selling Pizza Hut and the chain looked to close 250 U.S. restaurants.

23 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Cape Verde stuns Spain with a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut

So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

23 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

The world wants more high-protein products, but there’s not enough whey to go around

Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

1 day ago in National, Trending

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.