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

6 hours ago in National

Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress

The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement, that could gut a key provision of the law that prohibits racial discrimination in redistricting.

1 day ago in National

Trump honoring Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

President Donald Trump on Tuesday is posthumously awarding America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.

1 day ago in Lifestyle, Trending

Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.

1 day ago in National

Rare October storm brings heavy rain and possible mudslides to Southern California

A rare October storm arrived in California on Tuesday and threatened to pummel wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides. Some homes were ordered to evacuate.

2 days ago in National

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he "won't negotiate" with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen.