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).

The Sex Talk

2/14: On Valentine’s Day Dr Jane Fleishman tries to explain sex and love to Monte and Bill, after which local singer-songwriter Diana Alvarez makes us fall in love with her music.

The Environmental Bible

2/13: Ken Johnston on his upcoming “Walk to Freedom;” Kevin Templeton on “Bending Towards Justice: The Art of Robert Templeton and the Struggle for Civil Rights;” Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on his film about the founder of the environmental movement; then, PHENOM founder Max Page

Saving Tarboo Creek

2/12: Saving democracy with Represent US CEO Josh Silver; “Saving Tarboo Creek” and the natural world with Scott Freeman

Ain’t Gonna Let College Loans Turn Me Around

2/9: Live in the studio the Smith college a capella group –Blackapella! Newman and Monte on pot; Eva Fierst on the arts in the valley this weekend.

Ethan at 21

2/8: Camille McGovern, founder of Whole Children, on this weekend’s premiere of the film about her son; Max Page on State Senate President Stan Rosenberg and all things UMass.

Pretty Cool Festival

2/7: Penny Burke, on this weekend’s Ice Festival; Debra J’Anthony and Emily Curro from the Academy of Music on “Thurgood” and “The Valley Letters Project.”

Free As Niberd

2/6: ACLUM Immigrant Protection Project attorney Buz Eisenberg with his recently released from ICE custody client Niberd Abdalla and his wife Ellen McShane; “Salman Hameed’s Universe” with Hampshire College and Five College professor of astronomy Salman Hameed.

Black In The Valley In The 50’s

2/5: To celebrate Black/African-American History Month: Black in the Valley with hosts Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov with Smith College alum Dolores Cook (class of 1951); Northampton attorney David Hoose on the public defender crisis in Massachusetts, and UMass faculty Dan Chard, co-editor of just published “Science for the People.”

Understanding “The Memo”

2/2: Former head of the UA Attorney’s Office in western Massachusetts, Attorney John Pucci, on the Russia investigation and Trump’s strategy for shutting it down.

Tyrants Always Fall

2/1: ALIVE –REALLY ALIVE!! In the studio –The Northamptones; and then the Nields! And then, the Reverend and the Rabbi –Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David
on the rabbi’s new book.

Recent Headlines

11 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.

11 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.

19 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.