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).
Dylan, The Gospel & Gospel
2/20: Seth Rogovoy on Bob Dylan and the upcoming movie, talk and celebration at the Yiddish Book Center; a special musical treat on “Black in the Valley.”
Groove!
2/17: Groove with Groove—a preview of “House Music: women’s a capella jam” –proceeds to help purchase a home for homeless young adults; then, the Northampton Community Music School invites you to pick up (and play) that instrument (again); Dr. Paul Blanc, author of “Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon.”
Rebel Rabbis
2/16: A Fishwrap on law suits against Trump; Alex Kent, President of the Amherst Food Co-op on Friday’s confab; Dan Zanes and Steve Sanderson preview ” Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child;” plus a very moving edition of “The Reverend and the Rabbi.”
Happyland
2/15: Happyland is coming to Turners Falls—a sneak preview; then, Erika Christakis, author of “The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups.”
Some Notable Folks Help The Homeless
2/14: The Notables rock the house –previewing Saturday’s benefit concert; then, following up the Notables, Rick Hart, President of the Board of the Friends of the Hampshire County Homeless, on homeless young people in our community; professors Max Page and Jules Chametzky (with a piece in this month’s Massachusetts Review on this topic) on the similarities between America today and the early 1950s.
Kickin’ It Old School?
2/13: Senior Editor of The Atlantic magazine, Derek Thompson, author of “The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction;” Vira Douangmany Cage, Marla Goldberg-Jamate, and Lisa Kosanpvik argue against the proposed Amherst elementary school construction project; and Josh Silver, Represent.US’s CEO, on the continued popularity (or not?) of Donald Trump and filling and refilling the swamp.
The 9th Circuit
2/10: We fishwrap yesterday’s Circuit Court of appeals decision on Trump’s Muslim ban; Leigh Bailey (Board President) and Kathryn Baker (V-P) of Northampton Neighbors describe this new community for our community; Rex Fowler on his gig this weekend at the Iron Horse; Steve Sanderson, Interim Arts Correspondent, hosts our “Inside/Out” segment.
Our Rabbi In Handcuffs
2/9: Free Justin! Rabbi Justin David speaks with Bill and Rev. Peter Ives about his recent civil disobedience and arrest, protesting the ban on refugees and immigrants; Sam Rush, from New Century Theater, and the Ha Ha’s Pam Victor, from bed, talk to us about love, a lot of love, for all to see on Sunday; Catherine Hiller, author of “Just Say Yes” A Marijuana Memoir” fills the joint with happy memories; Penny Burke, from the Northampton center for the Arts, ices this cake with the ice sculptures coming to and being created on the sidewalks of downtown Northampton Friday.
Do Not Throw Away Your Shot
2/8: First, we Fishwrap our rabbi; then, Dr. Meredith Wadman, author of “The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease;” followed by “Vaya con Munoz”– Jim Lescault from Amherst Media speaks with Natalia Munoz on the threat that the Town of Amherst might dismember its long-time and highly regarded local cable access channel.
The Devos Devolution of Education
2/7: Zak Bayers, new Executive Director of PHENON, the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, joins Max Page to discuss the 2017 education agenda in Massachusetts and the upcoming Day of Action; philanthropist and art collector Jordan Schnitzer on the extraordinary exhibit of work from his collection by Kara Walker now at the UMass Museum of Contemporary Art; Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed on the effect of Trump’s Muslim ban.
