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

16 hours ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

16 hours ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

24 hours ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

2 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

2 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.