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

14 hours ago in National

Trump honoring Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

President Donald Trump on Tuesday is posthumously awarding America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.

21 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.

21 hours ago in National

Rare October storm brings heavy rain and possible mudslides to Southern California

A rare October storm arrived in California on Tuesday and threatened to pummel wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides. Some homes were ordered to evacuate.

2 days ago in National

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he "won't negotiate" with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.