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).

What Will The Fair Share Amendment Mean for Education in MA?

1/2: Barbara Madeloni, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association; artists Betsy Stone & Russell Powell.

The Last Show of 2017

12/29 First Night performers Heather Maloney Ryan Hommel come by and rock our world.

The Last Night Of The Year

12/28: First Night performers including Peter Blanchette and Ray Mason rock the studio; plus a very special “Reverend and the Rabbi.”

You May Say I’m A Dreamer…

12/27: Dreamers, DACAs, and allies.

The Top 10 Higher Ed Stories of 2017

12/26: Max Page, founder of PHENOM, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, on the top ten Massachusetts education stories of 2017. Jane Lyons, Executive Director of Friends of Children, on the reporting (or not) of sexual abuse of children in the custody Massachusetts DCF.

Is The Surveillance Veto Now Neato?

12/22: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz, City Council President Bill Dwight and Bill Newman, in his ACLU attorney role, on surveillance cameras in the city; the coolest films ever with Larry Hott.

A Nobel Quest

12/21: Jeff Napolitano, Executive Director of the Resistance Center for Peace and Justice-just back from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, joined by Timmon Wallis and Vicki Elson, on the new campaign to abolish nuclear weapons; Rev. Peter Ives and Episcopalian priest Catherine Munz, Rector of St. John’s in Northampton, on the beauty of the celebration of Christmas.

What Did Michael Flynn Know & Why Would We Believe Him?

12/20: Attorney John Pucci on the Flynn indictment and the threat to Donald Trump; more and even cooler films with Larry Hott.

Is Biomass Good for Mass?

12/19: Dr. Mary Booth on the new biomess of biomass; our monthly Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has; Cool films with Larry Hott.

Is The Opioid Crisis A New Crisis?

12/18: “Black in the Valley” with hosts Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and professor Carlie Tartakov joined by special guest Khadijah Tuitt; Chuck Collins on increased income inequality and the Trump tax bill; Brian Foote, Steve Sanderson and Penny Burke on the first First Night without Penny (in a long, long time).

Recent Headlines

3 minutes ago in National

Luxury retailer Saks seeks bankruptcy protection overwhelmed by debt

Fresh

The owner of Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking bankruptcy protection, buffeted by rising competition and the massive debt it took on to buy its rival in the luxury sector, Neiman Marcus, just over a year ago.

7 minutes ago in National

Minnesota protesters, agents repeatedly square off while prosecutors quit after Renee Good’s death

Fresh

Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists Tuesday during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis, while students miles away walked out of a suburban school to protest the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps.

24 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.