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).

The future of the Greenfield Police Department

7/8: Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner on the police, the cut to the budget, and more; Max Page, President-Elect of the Mass Teacher’s Ass’s, on the proposal to raise the bar for passing MCAS; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Cassis and Springfield Museum Curator of Art, Maggie North,

How powerful is “The Trump Effect”?

7/7: Josh Silver, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Florence-based national organization, Represent US,
on upcoming elections; Rev. Averill Elizabeth Blackburn, from the Florence Congregational Church, on SCOTUS and overruling Roe and the story of the Good Samaritan.

If Trump is indicted…

7/6: John Pucci, former head of Western Mass. U.S. Attorney’s Office, on what Trump could be indicted for;
Emmy Award-winning documentary film-maker Larry Hott on the Niagara Movement.

The Race for Lt. Governor & Governor’s Council

7/5: Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor.
Shawn Allyn, candidate for the Eighth (Western Massachusetts) District nomination for Governor’s Council.

Unpacking the Fair Share Amendment

7/1: MTA President-Elect Max Page on the Fair Share Amendment. Hampshire College Professor and astronomer, Salman Hameed, with what we are learning about the beginning of the universe.

Meet Yvonne Gittelson

6/30: Yvonne Gittelson, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Hampshire County Sheriff; Laurie Millman, Executive Director of the Center for New Americans (CAN), and Kwot Jay, a CNA student who will become a citizen on July 4.

Pride@Prejudice

6/29: David Elihu Kramer, Producing Artistic Director of Chester Theatre, on Pride@Prejudice. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on his upcoming film about the Niagara Movement.

Considering Regicide?

6/29: Sarah (“Dixie”) Dixwell Brown, on “Regicide in the Family: Finding John Dixwell;” “Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke”— Duke Goldman on the Negro Leagues and 2022 Red Sox and Yankees.

Carrie Baker

The Supreme Court’s Next Moves on Abortion

6/27: Carrie Baker, professor at Smith College’s Program for the Study of Gender, attorney, and contributing editor of Ms. Magazine, on the SCOTUS decision reversing Roe v Wade; Black in the Valley with Professor Carlie Tartakov, the Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Smith-Crooks and Rev. Dr. W.C. Watson, pastor at Canaan Baptist Church and recipient of the Springfield Urban League Community Builder Award.

West-East Rail and more from Beacon Hill

6/24: State Representative Mindy Domb on the VOTES Act, West-East rail, and more; Newman on yesterday’s SCOTUS gun decision; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Ali Osborn and Dean Brown.

Recent Headlines

21 hours ago in National

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.

21 hours ago in National

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.

1 day 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.

2 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.

2 days ago in National, Trending

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.