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 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.