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).
Is The Internet As We Know It Dead?
12.15.17 Josh Silver guests hosts and talks about the dangers of Montsanto’s Round-Up, cameras in Downtown Northampton, and the future of the web.
Back To The Moon?
12/14: Author and birder Heidi Stemple on counting owls; professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on revisiting the moon; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on lighting candles for Hanukkah.
The Manafort Indictment Explained
12/13: Former Director of the Western Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office, now white collar defense lawyer, John Pucci, on the indictment against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort; comedian, actor, and best-selling author John Hodgman –his new book—a great read — is “Vacationland.”
Sister Of The Perpetual Handcuff
12/12: Sister Jane Morrissey from the Sisters of St. Joseph, on becoming a civil disobedient; Max Page on UMass salaries, football, protests administration stonewalling on raises for staff, the Parade of Roses honor for the marching band and the Republican tax plan’s knife out for students who do not come from wealth; Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, on the word of the year; Dream on with Northampton author Tzivia Gover-her new book (pub date is today!) is “The Mindful way to a Good Night’s Sleep” (with many hopeful dreams!).
Don’t Let The Holidays Be A Drag
12/11: Political Gold with Represent US CEO Josh Silver; theatrical gold — the upcoming follies at the Shea Theater in Turnes falls with Lindel Hart and Joe Dulude; then gold-standard author Frances Moore Lappe, famous for “Diet for a Small Planet,” shares insights from her new book, “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want.”
I Spy Denied
12/8: City Councilor-at-large Ryan O’Donnell pans the Mayor’s worst idea ever—24/7 surveillance cameras in downtown Northampton; from the Massachusetts Fair Housing Center: Executive Director, attorney Meris Berquist, and Legal Director, attorney Ashley Grant, on the just-settled discrimination complaints against the Northampton Housing Authority and three other western Massachusetts cities.
They Blinded Me With Science
12/7: Click here for Pastiche with Cher Willems and Alison Klejna; enter the 4th and 5th dimensions with Sci-tech Café’s Smith College prof Gary Felder and MHC prof Kathy Aidala; get grounded & take a deep breath with the Revered Peter Ives, CBI Rabbi Justin David & the Executive Director of the Zen Peacemakers, Rami Efal.
The Wounds Of White Supremacy
12/6: “Black in the Valley” with Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, and Chair of UMass. African-American Studies Dept., Amilcar Shabazz; Dr. Marty Wohl on free dental services in the Valley for those in need this weekend; plus the “Dear Santa” letters.
This Little Light Of Mine
12/5: Eveline MacDougall, founder of Amandla Chorus and Fire Pond (with Douglas Reid), and Northfield resident Magda Ponce-Castro preview Sunday’s double-bill concert to benefit Maricao, Puerto Rico; Max Page discusses the travails of State Senate President Stan Rosenberg; Jeremy Lent, author of “The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning.”
The Next Governor of Massachusetts?
12/4: Bob Massie, candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor; MIT professor and labor expert Tom Kochan, author of “Shaping the Future of Work: A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract.”
