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).

Do We Still Live In The Great Society?

1/31: Joshua Zeitz, author of “Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House;” The Gallery A3 Art Show. And a Fishwrap.

The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather

1/30: WNEU law prof. Sudha Setty on secrecy, surveillance and national security –previewing her talk this evening at the Jones Library; Alexandra Golikov and Mark Hart, members of the Northampton-Amherst chapter of the Citizens Climate Change Lobby, on pending legislative proposals that could change our world; UMass. prof and PHENOM founder Max Page on the Governor’s State of the State message; and Alanna Mitchell, author of “The Spinning Magnet: the Electromagnetic Force that Created the Modern World and Could Destroy It.”

Newman Returns!

1/29: Nationally acclaimed community organizer, attorney, and author Gordon Whitman—his new book is “Stand Up! How to Get Involved, Speak Out, and Win in a World on Fire;” then, Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US on this weekend’s Unrig the System Summit.

We Interrupt This Podcast…

1.26.18 Larry Hott guest hosts and talks with Maxine Stein from Jewish Family Services, Evan Goodchild from Educational Resources for Children about kid produced podcasts and Steve and Peter from the Northampton Arts Council about 21/2 Sundays in February

Niberd Abdalla Is Freed

1.25 The Rev. Peter Ives guest hosts and talks with Attorney Buz Eisenberg and the wife of Niberd Abdalla, Ellen McShane, on his impending release from ICE detention. Plus a conversation with Lucio Perez and the Pioneer Valley Workers Center’s Rose Bookbinder and Margaret Sawyer and Jenn Derringer from Community Legal Aid.

Take Me To The Mill River

1.24.18 Florence based filmmaker and member of the Academy, Larry Hott, guests hosts and talks film (of course) but also about The Mill River and the International Language Institute

The Health of Mass Workers

1.23.18 Max Paige guest hosts but cedes control to women leaders around the Valley, including Mass Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni

The Women’s March Part II

1.22.18 Jeff Napolitano guest hosts and recaps the Women’s March in Northampton and talks immigration protection and opera all with the same guest.

The Womens’ March Returns

1.19.18 Josh Silver guest hosts and talks about The Women’s March, an upcoming benefit for Charles Neville and the Patriots in the AFC Championship

Buz’s Big Bang Of The Brain

1.18.18 Buz Eisenberg guests hosts and has his mind blown about soft robots, Shea’s Rebellion and The Big Bang!

Recent Headlines

23 hours ago in National

Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

2 days ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

5 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

6 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

6 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.