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

8 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.

1 day 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.

4 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.

5 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.

5 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.