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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Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

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Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

2 days ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

3 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

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US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.