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).
Is It Mueller Time Yet?
2/28: Attorney John Pucci, former head of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Western Massachusetts, discusses the Mueller investigation, the indictment of the Russians, and the risks Trump faces if he talks to the investigators.
Putting The First Congressional District First
2.27.18 Buz Eisenberg hosts and talks with candidate for US Congress Tahirah Amitul Wadud and with UMass’s Max Page on likely changes coming down from the Supreme Court in the way unions operate.
Fear & Wonder
2.26.18 Monte fills if for Josh Silver who was supposed to be filling in for Newman and talks with Howard Blum on his new book In The Enemy’s House-a history of Russian spying and it’s implications for the current administration. Umass professor Shaheen Pasha about woman of color and the state of journalism amidst the #metoo movement. And Northampton Poetry Radio with Rich Michelson and Ellen Watson on words of wonder rather than fear.
Political Tribalism
2.23.18 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with Amy Chua about her new book, political tribes. Also, reflecting on the loss of Rep. Peter Kocot and the science of bird brains!
Living In Sanctuary
2/22: Vicki Kemper, pastor of the Congregational Church in Amherst, now offering sanctuary; Scott Coen, Sports, Man! on spring training and the Olympics.
Ashfield’s Bucolic Writer’s Retreat
2/21: Donna Stern on the impending strike and lockout of the nurses at Baystate-Franklin; Preston Browning, author of “Struggling for the Soul of Our Country;” Cool films with Larry Hott.
John Scibak’s Not Coming Back
2/20: State Representative John Scibak on his upcoming last ten months in office; the Comedy Quiz—it’s all about animals—really a hoot.
Why W.E.B. Matters
2/19: We continue our celebration of Black/ African-American History Month –”Black in the Valley” with Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, and Director of the Dubois Center at UMass, Whitney Battle-Baptiste; Amalya Campbell, an MHC grad and author of “Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the Real World,” who is returning to the Valley –at the Odyssey Book Shop– for a book reading, signing and Q&A this Wednesday; JM Sorrell, the LGBT JP, on domestic violence; and Newman’s Fishwrap on the Mueller’s indictment of the Russians
Taking Back The House
2/16: Dan Canon, explains why he is running for Congress in Indiana; Steve Sanderson from the Northampton Arts Council previews the upcoming school vacation week of movies for kids.
The New Great American Songbook
2/15: Melissa Dahl, author of “Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness;” the incomparable Annie Patterson and extraordinary Mart Witt sing amazing duets; Jeff Napolitano, Executive Director of the
Northampton-based Resistance Center for Peace and Justice; and The Reverends and the Rabbis
