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.”

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