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).

Muslim Ban: Mission Accomplished

3/7: Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the effect of Trump’s Muslim ban and then, particularly under present circumstances, seven planets where you might want to resettle; PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts) founder Max Page on the “State of the University.”

Has The World Forgotten The Sudan?

3/6: Sudan expert, 40 year Smith College and now Harvard, professor Eric Reeves on the ongoing genocide and the world turning a blind eye; Lindsay Sabadosa on the International Women’s Day protest and rally in Northampton; a very special edition of “Black in the Valley” with Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov and 106-year-old African-American community elder Herlda Senhouse.

Brown Girl Dreaming of Another Brooklyn

3/3: A day of Jaquelines! NPR with Rich Michelson and Jacqueline Woodson; then, Jacqueline Sheehan on her new novel “the tiger in the house;” Harriet Diamond joins Betsy Stone on “Inside/Out.”

Father Abraham Had Many Children

3/2: A very special expanded edition of “The Reverend and the Rabbi” with Tahirah Amatul Wadud; “Your State U” with Max Page.

A New Sheriff in Town

3/1: New sheriff in town: Pat Cahillane; best-selling author Elinor Lipman on her new novel, “On Turpentine Lane;” Vaya con Munoz.

Paper Democracy?

2/27: Internationally renowned author and expert Maria Stephan on how democracies evolve into authoritarian governments; NCIS (Northampton Criminal Investigative Service):attorney Harry Miles on broken breathalyzers in Massachusetts and broken ICE detection systems at airports; Josh Silver, CEO of represent.US on the political swamp getting swamped with billionaires.

She Blinded Me With Science

2/24: We fishwrap Trump; then, Mount Holyoke College preeminent professors of physics, Kathy Aidala and Kerstin Nordstrom, on sand boxes and squishy things –a preview of the upcoming Sci-tech Café; Will Baczek joins Betsy Stone to describe the Animal Kingdom here in Northampton.

Camp IN Day Two

2/23: Monte’s Camp-In for The Cancer Connection at the Hotel Northampton Day 2– more moving stories, more stars, and a Proclamation to end all proclamations!

Camp IN Day One

2/22: Monte Belmonte’s Camp IN for the Cancer Connection – moving stories and many stars. Day 1.

Innovation Districts?

2/21: Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni on Gov. Baker’s proposals that would undermine or neuter local school committees; but first, a too-funny Comedy Quiz with the HA HA’s Laura Patrick and Moe McElligott(Quizmaster) , and Scott Braidman and contestant Monte Belmonte with scorekeeper (of sorts) Bill Newman.

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.

2 days ago in National

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid

A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

Put aside the mock drafts because it's time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.

3 days ago in National, Trending

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.

4 days ago in National

Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80

U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.