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 Radicalization Process

7/5: The Ko Festival presents! The Reverend and the Rabbi hosted by Cathedral in the Night pastor Stephanie Smith.

Me Tarzan. You (Doctor) Jane.

7/3: Paint Box Theatre presents! Zane Kotker – her newest book is “The Boy Who Walked to Distant Lands.”

Meet Candidate Mindy Domb

7/2: Mindy Domb, candidate for Democratic nomination for the state House of Representatives, 3rd Hampshire District (Amherst, Pelham, half of Granby); Javier Luengo-Garrido,

Coordinator, ACLU’s Immigrant Protection Project of Western Massachusetts.

Does Richie Neal Ta-Hear Her Now?

6/29: Tahirah Amatil-Wadud, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress; Professor Eve Weinbaum, President of the faulty and librarians union at UMass Amherst, on the Supreme Court’s Janus decision; Jan Maher, author of “Earth As It Is.”

Meet David Murphy

6/27: Dave Murphy, candidate for the Democratic nomination for (formerly) Stan Rosenberg’s seat.

Before There Was Pride There Was Stonewall

6/26: Max Page, PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts) founder and Vice-President -Elect of the Mass. Teachers Ass’n;
Sex Matters with our resident sexologist Dr. Jane Fleishman.

A Soft Civil War?

6/25: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US; Jonathan Green, author of “Sex, Money, Murder.”

Is Ripping Families Apart REALLY UnAmerican?

6/21: UMass. Professor Emeritus and founder of the Women’s Studies Department Arlene Avakian on America’s long history of separating children from their parents; Teri O’Brien,
author of “While I Danced Alone with the Moon Across the Front Yard;” and the Rev. and the Rebbe.

The MA Senate Race Continued…

6/20: A Round(ish) Table: the candidates who seek the state senate seat long held by Stan Rosenberg.

Congratulations, Millionaires!

6/19: Grow Food Northampton—the kids visit; Max Page; and The Comedy Quiz.

Recent Headlines

19 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.

2 days 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.

5 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.

6 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.

6 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.