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).

Will We Always Have Paris (Climate Accords)?

6/1: Dr. Martha Nathan on Trump and the Paris Climate Accord; Rev. Peter Ives and weatherperson Brian Lapis; funny person Jordan Carlos.

Who Framed Roger Stone?

5/31: Republican party operatives—reviews and previews by Emmy Award-winning Filmmaker Larry Hott; then “You Don’t Know Jack” with Jack Golden and Linda McInerney.

What Does The Trump Budget Mean for Massachusetts?

5/30: State Senate President Stan Rosenberg; Greenfield Community College President Bob Pura.

You May Have Already Won $5 Trillion Dollars

5/26: Joel Solomon, author of “The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism.”

A Vegetarian’s Guide To Eating Meat

5/25: Marissa Landrigan, author of “The Vegetarian’s Guide to Eating Meat: a Young Woman’s Search for Ethical Food.”

A More Massive Mass MoCA

5.24.17 Monte pinch hits as Newman nurses his vocal chords and talks about the expansion of Mass MoCA, plus Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Larry Hott with Barton Byg on the importance of East German films and Vaya Con Muñoz with Natalia Muñoz on the complicated history of Oscar Lopez Rivera.

Madeloni Gets Mad

5/23: Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni and PHENOM, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts founder Max Page. Then, Pam Victor –comedy star.

Bridges Not Walls

5/22: Professor and former political prisoner Mohammed Sawalha, founder and Director of the Palestinian House of Friendship.

Impeach Donald Trump…When?

5/19: Impeach Trump? Impeach Trump! with attorney John Bonifaz; then, Mikey Sweet and “Bad Dog Gospel.”

Passing On The Torch

5/18: The People Win! Smith College professor Andrew Zimbalist, author of “No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities are Passing on the Torch.”

Recent Headlines

21 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.