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).

A Klare and Present Danger

9/22: Professor Michael Klare, Director, Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, on the possibility of impending war; Pete Rogers, Vietnam Vet. and intelligence officer, on this weekend’s Vietnam talk back; Daniel Little, Director, Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum, on Inside/Out.

Rocket Man vs Madman Across The Water

9/21: Dr. Ira Helfand, Co-President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, on North Korea and this weekend’s symposium on climate change and nuclear war; “Of Soil and Tongues” with artist le thi diem thuy at Hampshire College.

The Beacon Hill Weather Report

9.20.17 State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on what the MA Senate has in store post summer vacation. And Natalia Muñoz on what’s happening on her home island of Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria.

The Fate of Football at UMass

9/19: Ryan Bamford, UMass Athletic Director, on his new contract, integrity in college sports, and UMass. football; Debra J’Anthony and Emily Curro from the Academy of Music preview “Building the Wall.”

The Death Of Cassini

9/18: Hampshire College professor and Five College professor of astronomy, Salman Hameed, on the life and death of Cassini and other life in our solar system; Amena Elashkar, coming to Northampton Tuesday, previews her and Khawla Hammad’s presentation on stateless Palestinians and life in a refugee camp; Black in the Valley with special guest Dr. Demetria Rougeaux Shabazz.

Your State U

9/14: UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy on DACA, college ratings, and money for public higher ed; then, “The Scarlet Professor” with director Ron Bashford and Bill Hite, who plays Newton Arvin.

Celebrating Citizenship

9/15: Mayor David Narkewicz and Center for New Americans Executive Director Laurie Millman on Citizenship Day (this weekend) in Northampton; then the Mayor on proposed surveillance cameras for Main street. Then, Smith professor Michael Thurston and author Jane Yolen, Smith College, class of 1960, share analysis and memories of Smith college’s firing two male professors because they were gay.

Ken Burns On Vietnam

9/12: Filmmaker Ken Burns on “The Vietnam War;” author Barry Werth and professors Harley Erdman and Eric Sawyer on “The Scarlet Professor.”

Hillywood

9/11: From the Ashfield Film Festival—Tamara Sloan, Christopher Seward, and Harry Keramidas. From the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership—Rev. Andrea Ayvazian and Lilly Lombard. From the world of politics– Josh Silver, CEO of Represent Us.

Recent Headlines

22 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.

6 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.