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).

In It Together

1/10: Paul Newlin and Dr. Martha Nathan on the Markham-Nathan Fund and the upcoming Watermelon Wednesdays confab and fundraiser at the Academy of Music; Max Page, founder of PHENOM, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts on Trump and DeVos and the threat to public education.

The President of College Presidents

1/9: Lynn Pasquerella, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities; Josh Silver, founder and CEO of Represent.US.

Before You Say “I Do”

1/6: Leading American LGBTQ rights lawyer Elizabeth Schwartz, author of “Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise.”

Will We Make America Unamerican Again?

1/5: Richard Cahan, author of “UN- AMERICAN: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II.” Rev. Peter Ives, Rev. Andrea Ayvazian, & Rabbi Justin David on climate change and the new community effort to help save the world.

Newman Returns a New Man

1/4: Noelle Hanrahan, founder and producer of Prison Radio, on yesterday’s big win in the federal case of Mumia Abu Jamal against prison authorities for adequate medical care; Max Page, founder of PHENOM , Public Higher Equation Network of Massachusetts, on free higher ed; Harris Gruman, founder of Raise Up Massachusetts on the new minimum wage and the upcoming fight for 15.

Bringing Light Into The Dark Matter

1.3.17 Max Page guest hosts with ideas on how to stand up to facisim in 2017 and talks with Dr. Salman Hameed about dark matter. Plus, Pam Victor on how you can include improv to improve your corporation.

Turning First Night Up To Eleven (Strings)

12.30.16 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with Peter Blanchette, Archguitarist and Maestro of the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra. And there’s a whole lot of Northampton City Council President Bill Dwight

First Night Party

12.29.16 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks to the Happier Valley Family folks, The Fawns and Nerissa Nields about First Night and how to navigate the New Year.

The Godfather of Valley Rock & Roll

12.28.16 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Ray Mason about music and First Night and with Harris Freeman

Come Back, July!

12.27.16 Natalia guest hosts and talks with First Night performers F. Alex Johnson from Colorway and the Ha-has.

Recent Headlines

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2 killed and homes damaged after tornadoes tear through Illinois and Indiana, more storms moving in

Major storms whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana that leveled homes, killing at least two people and injuring others, and another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region Wednesday, authorities said.

1 day ago in National

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

2 days ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

2 days ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

2 days ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.