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).

Old McGovern on a farm

8/18: A special edition of The Reverend and the Rabbi– on imposition of religion doctrine by the Supreme Court — with Rev Michael McSherry and Rabbi Justin David. Then, Congressman Jim McGovern.

Amherst Police and Amherst BIPOC Teens

8/17: Yesterday’s primaries and the Movement Voter Project in Western Mass. with Larry Hott and Micky McKinley. Then, the Amherst Police and the detention of nine young people with Town Councilor Ellisha Walker, community organizer Pat Ononibaku, and youth activists and Amherst Sunrise Hub Co-Leaders, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz and Amrita Rutter.

Fire on The Mountain

8/15: It’s Mayors Monday –we have a wide ranging discussion with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; then, Attorney John Pucci on Trump’s lawyer and his representation that there were no more secret documents at Mar a Lago.

Bill Newman Show 8.12.22

State Representative Natalie Blais on just-enacted Massachusetts environmental and transportation legislation; MTA President Max Page on MCAS changes this coming week; Donnabelle Casis’s ArtBeat.

Pucci on the Case Against Donald Trump

8/11: Attorney John Pucci on the cases against Donald Trump, the search of Mar a Lago and his pleading the Fifth Amendment; Jan Maher, Co-coordinator of the Lava Center and director of “A Long Moment in the South;” plus Rabbi Justin David.

Bill Newman Show 8.10.22 – War, What’s it good for?

Michael Klare, Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies and Defense Correspondent for the Nation magazine on escalating tensions with China and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Bill Newman Show 8.9.22

Keri Blakinger, author of “Corrections in Ink: a memoir;” Duke Goldman—Talkin; Baseball with the Duke.

Bill Newman Show 8.8.22 – Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia & Black and The Valley

Holyoke Mayor the honorable Joshua Garcia & Black in the Valley talks about the police in Amherst (MA).

Bill Newman Show 8.5.22 –

Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed; MTA President Max Page; ArtBeat host Donnabelle Casis with Diane Dix from the Nolumbeka Project.

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

2 days ago in National

National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

2 days ago in National

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

3 days ago in National

Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.