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…

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What to know about the investigation into Catholic priests in Rhode Island and sexual abuse charges

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