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 Democratic Candidates for Governor’s Council

8/31: The four candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor’s Council from Western Mass: Shawn Allyn, Michael Fentin, Tara Jacob’s, and Jeffrey Morneau.

Taking time to remember

8/30: State Representative Mindy Domb on observances: COVID Remembrance Day and Overdose Awareness Day; Monte and David Boles on the Source to Sea Clean-up.

A threatened democracy is the U.S.’s highest concern

8.24.22 Josh Silver from Represent.us guest hosts and talks elections with Mark McKinnon from Showtime’s “The Circus.” digital disinformation with Kelsey Suter from GQR and masks in Northampton schools with Greg Schwartz

Wingenbach to School

8/23: Edward Wingenbach, President of Hampshire College; Doug Selwyn, author of “The Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children’s Future.”

On the censure of a Greenfield councilor

8/22: Mayors Monday with Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner on back to school and covid, West-East rail, a city councilor censured, and police issues; Black in the Valley on the Amherst detention of bipoc youth on July 5 (the “You have no rights” incident) with Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov, Amherst at-large Town Councilor Ellisha Walker, Executive Director of Citizens for Juvenile Justice, Attorney Leon Smith, and Chair of the Progressive Coalition of Amherst, Pat Ononibaku.

Leonard Baskin at 100

8/19: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on the $ billion question and other matters we care a lot about; then, Hoise Baskin, Rich Michelson and Paul Gulla on the Leonard Baskin 100th birthday show at the RMichelson Gallery.

Recent Headlines

51 minutes ago in National

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

Fresh

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington's glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.

7 hours ago in National

Accused attacker at Washington media dinner is a tutor and computer engineer from California

The California man arrested in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer opposed to the policies of President Donald Trump.

7 hours ago in National

Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes

A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday.

7 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds

A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon.

3 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.