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

12 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.

5 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.