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

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An Oscar race that looked like a runaway may be a close call, after all

Who says to beware the Ides of March? A March 15 Academy Awards may feel late. By then, it will be almost a year since "Sinners" sunk its teeth into moviegoers last April. Some nominees have been on the campaign trail since the Cannes Film Festival in May.

1 day ago in National

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico in Texas Democratic Senate primary

Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday conceded the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race to James Talarico. The congresswoman called on the party to unify behind the state representative, who clinched the nomination overnight.

1 day ago in National

Republicans brace for an ugly fight in the Texas Senate runoff between Cornyn and Paxton

The mess in Texas may be just beginning. Four-term Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent nearly $70 million to survive the first round of the party's nomination fight on Tuesday. He was slightly ahead of conservative firebrand Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, with more votes still being counted on Wednesday.

3 days ago in Trending

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Sports, Trending

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.