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).

Trouble Maker

7/16: 98 year-old political activist Frances Crowe –in court again for civil disobedience; Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US; Black in the Valley.

The Continuing Buz on Niberd

7.14.17 Attorney Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and fills us in on where he is at with Niberd Abdalla, the Valley resident originally from Iraq set to be deported. Plus, Amy Proietti on Women Rising in Greenfield, Northampton City Solicitor Alan Seewald and an arts report from the Northampton Arts Council.

Theatre In Resistance

7/13: The Chester Theater Company presents; Pam Victor of the Ha Has on women’s improv; The Revered and The Deacon.

What’s The Buz On Neiberd Abdalla?

7/12: Stewart (Buz) Eisenberg on his client– ICE detainee from Florence and Easthampton– Niberd Abdalla and yesterday’s rally in support of Niberd; Forbes Library Chair of Bd. of Trustees, Russ Carrier, and Library Director Lisa Downing on the settlement this week of the law suit between the Library and the City; Brittany Wood Nickerson– her new book is “Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen.”

Newman IS The Fishwrap

7/11: Newman and cohorts on the front page of the Daily Hampshire Gazette—Monte interrogates; Pulitzer Price-winning author Madeleine Blais on her new book “To the New Owners;” PHENOM founder Max Page on financial foibles of UMass and the legislature; then “Tense Vagina: An Actual Diagnosis” with actor Sara Juli and Ko Festival’s Artistic Director Sabrina Hamilton

As Sudan Slips Away

7/10: Professor Eric Reeves on the Trump administration lifting sanctions against Sudan and the unfolding human rights tragedy; Dr. Ira Helfand, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, on the nuclear weapons pact ratified by the United Nations last week (guess which countries are not included); Dr. Lea Waters, author of “The Strength Switch: How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish.”

Finding Your Voice at 50

7/7: ROCK VOICES rock the studio. Vivienne Simon explain the protests and court cases of the Sugar Shack Alliance protesters (including 98 years- old Francis Crowe) arrested for protesting the pipeline being constructed and the forest being felled by Kinder-Morgan in Otis State Forest. Then, professor and astronomer Salman Hameed with breaking news from outer space—new threats to earth in addition to Donald Trump.

Students Against Sexual Harrassment

7/6: SASH: Students Against Sexual Harassment explain their recent walk-out and sit -down at the Middle School in Northampton and their upcoming protest in Northampton. (These teenagers are amazing — you just have to listen.) Then, previews of the Ko Festival and New Century Theater.

Recent Headlines

19 hours ago in National

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

2 days ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

2 days ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

2 days ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.