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

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Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell form in the Pacific Ocean as Dolly churns in the Atlantic

Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, both of which were expected to become hurricanes in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said.

3 hours ago in National

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs

There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.

3 days ago in National

Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the US this year, both people unvaccinated

Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia.