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

3 hours ago in National

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor as Mamdani faces Cuomo in a generational battle

New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city.

3 hours ago in National, Trending

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

20 hours ago in National, Trending

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP for November, after two judges issued rulings requiring the government to keep the nation's largest food aid program running.

1 day ago in National

NYC mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day

New York City's mayoral candidates are making a final push Monday to get voters to the polls, as the race to lead America's biggest city nears its finale.

1 day ago in Sports, Trending

After the $500 million Dodgers’ title repeat, what’s next for MLB?

The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers' thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA's status as the sport's best team and drew more attention to baseball's payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations.