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).

Anatomy of The Anatomy of A Film

1.17.18 Larry Hott hosts and looks at UMASS University Without Walls film program and talks about the drug crisis and young adult lit.

Wherefore Art Thou?

1.16.18 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts Newman’s failed attempt to surprise Monte by interviewing his children about the Young Shakespeare Players. And Max Paige talks higher ed.

Return To The Garden of Eatin’

1.15.18 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and hears from author and poet Leslea Newman and from the folks behind the Garden of Eatin’ Cafe in Springfield

The Bill Newman Show Jan 9, 2018

Umass President Marty Meehan with Max Page.  Your State U.    

Good News On The Trump Travel Ban?

1/3: Attorneys Buz Eisenberg and Bill Newman on yesterday’s immigration decision; poet Mary Koncel on “The Last Blond;” Filmmaker Larry Hott on the “Last Men in Aleppo;” Natalia Munoz on Hillary Clinton.

Recent Headlines

16 hours ago in National

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

1 day ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

1 day ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

2 days ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.