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).

History Repeating

6/18: Irene Butter and John Bidwell on “Shores Beyond Shores: from Holocaust to Hope: My (Irene’s) True Story;” celebrating Juneteenth on Black in the Valley; and a preview of this summer productions of Chester Theatre—”Bar Mitzvah Boy” opens this week

Auditioning The Finger Puppets

6/6: Sexologist Dr Jane Fleishman reviews May as National Masturbation Month; Northampton Education Foundation board members Lisa Papademetriou and Marty Wohl preview this Friday’s Showcase at the Arts Trust Building.

Is MA Here for Tahirah?

6/5: Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging Richard Neal for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives; Paul Newlin on Watermelon Wednesdays; Max Page on more out-of-state students –who are less qualified than Massachusetts

residents — being admitted to UMass.

The One-Eyed Judge

6/4: Federal District Court judge for western Massachusetts, Michael Ponsor on his judicial perspective, his novels and his future; The Vegan Brothers, Matt & Phil Letten, authors of “Vodka is Vegan.

The STEAM Show

6.1.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks about geology with the folks from Sci-Tech Cafe. The Moon with Salman Hameed and art with the director of The Mead.

The Bitter River

5.31.18 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker about how African-Americans have managed to survive the last 400 years of oppression.

4600 Dead in Puerto Rico

5.30.18 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with the author of “S*it Show” and about the s-show in Puerto Rico

Via la Revolution!

5.29.18 Buz Eisenberg guests hosts and talks theater, bookstores and continuing the political revolution

Sports!

5.25.18 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts with special guest author and sports expert Howard Bryant

David Murphy responds to Chelsea Kline’s Accusation

After candidate for MA Senate Chelsea Kline’s statement regarding Senate candidate David Murphy’s behavior (18 minutes into this podcast), The…

Recent Headlines

8 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.

1 day 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.

4 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.

5 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.

5 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.