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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What to know about the investigation into Catholic priests in Rhode Island and sexual abuse charges

A new investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, shows that an estimated 75 priests abused more than 300 children since 1950, with the state's top law enforcement chief warning Wednesday that the scope of the abuse is likely much bigger.

1 day ago in Entertainment, Trending

An Oscar race that looked like a runaway may be a close call, after all

Who says to beware the Ides of March? A March 15 Academy Awards may feel late. By then, it will be almost a year since "Sinners" sunk its teeth into moviegoers last April. Some nominees have been on the campaign trail since the Cannes Film Festival in May.

1 day ago in National

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico in Texas Democratic Senate primary

Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday conceded the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race to James Talarico. The congresswoman called on the party to unify behind the state representative, who clinched the nomination overnight.

1 day ago in National

Republicans brace for an ugly fight in the Texas Senate runoff between Cornyn and Paxton

The mess in Texas may be just beginning. Four-term Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent nearly $70 million to survive the first round of the party's nomination fight on Tuesday. He was slightly ahead of conservative firebrand Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, with more votes still being counted on Wednesday.

3 days ago in Trending

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.